Hospice News
MARCH 15, 2024
McPherson also serves on the board of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM). Common pain and symptom management medications used in the hospice space can be particularly “problematic” in terms of overlapping risk factors for adverse effects, he said. About 81.5%
Hospice News
APRIL 30, 2024
Given the significance of family caregivers in hospice care, providers can benefit from having tools to assess whether or not they are experiencing burnout. We as palliative care clinicians meet caregivers who may be particularly vulnerable given the circumstances under which they find themselves.”
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Hospice News
MAY 3, 2024
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. .
Hospice News
APRIL 8, 2024
HopeHealth has been growing its pediatric hospice and supportive care service lines in recent years to address a range of unmet needs among seriously ill children and their families. HopeHealth provides home care, hospice, palliative and dementia care, as well as caregiver and grief support services.
Hospice News
APRIL 12, 2024
Issues around defining criteria for terminal anorexia can complicate end-of-life experiences among patients and families, Berg said at the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) Annual Assembly.
Hospice News
MAY 10, 2023
Hospices are increasingly eying palliative care as a promising growth opportunity, prioritizing expansion in that field over other health care service lines. Survey respondents included nearly 330 hospice and palliative care industry professionals, including owners, executive leaders and managers, among others.
Hospice News
MAY 24, 2023
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. Case in point, New Jersey legislators are currently mulling a bill that would create a community-based palliative care benefit within the state’s Medicaid program.
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