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Breaking the Silence: The Mounting Need for Trauma-Informed Hospice Care

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More than half (51.5%) of home care workers overall have experienced verbal aggression, while 24.7% Victims battle an ever-present landmine of potential triggers as they reach the end of their lives. These can go undetected by a hospice provider who may unknowingly be adding to a patients’ stressors, Devoti stated. .

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More States Integrating Palliative Care Into Medicaid Programs

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The channels for palliative care payment may be widening as more state legislators recognize growing demand for these services and start to weave them into Medicaid reimbursement. California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine and Oregon each have established Medicaid reimbursement for community-based palliative care.

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Challenges in Hospice Care for Terminal Anorexia Patients

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Ingrid Berg, palliative medicine physician at CHI Health, an affiliate of Creighton University Medical Center. The structure of some state laws can present issues when it comes to deeming severe enduring anorexia nervosa as a terminal condition versus treatable, according to Brandt.

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Executive Changes at Niagara Hospice, Transcend Strategy Group, AMOREM, HomeCare & Hospice

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-based Niagara Hospice will soon have a new president and CEO with the upcoming retirement of John Lomeo, who has led the organization since 2000. Niagara Hospice is part of The Hospice and Palliative Care Group (HPCG), an organization that provides administrative services. I hope that will be my legacy.

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Hospices Need a ’Huge Catapult’ to Replenish Workforce

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In enacted, the recently reintroduced Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA) could make a dent in the recruitment barriers that hospices keep hitting. A late referral often means that the patient will not receive the full benefits of hospice care. This tracks with available data.

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