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Traditions Health
MARCH 13, 2024
Still, as a hospice social worker, Ketchum doesn’t just visit patients, she helps them and their families with a whole host of other things, too. Like filling out paperwork, preparing funeral arrangements, and facilitating long-term placement needs. To honor these heroes, we celebrate National Social Work Month every March.
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
“What we found with this tool is that we could transition patients in need quicker, identify declines faster and get the appropriate team members there to be with them in a timely fashion, especially during those last and important days of care.” Croix Hospice cares for more than 4,400 patients daily across its 10-state service region.
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Hospice News
APRIL 25, 2023
The move will increase outpatient and inpatient pediatric palliative care services at the hospital, as well as across the health system’s footprint. Meanwhile, the CSH Long Term Care Center is renovating its inpatient facility to include 14 patient beds, including an additional hospice bed supported by a local nonprofit, Liam’s Room.
Hospice News
JUNE 21, 2022
How would you characterize this in an acute care setting? In terms of its interest in end-of-life, hospice and palliative care, Calvary is an institution that did those organized medical activities before anybody even thought up the term “palliative care.”
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
trillion annual health care expenditures, the U.S. While the term “behavioral health” refers to a broad spectrum of services, including services for mental health, autism, addiction and eating disorders, among others, some aspects have dovetailed with hospice care since the foundation of the benefit.
Hospice News
APRIL 8, 2024
HopeHealth is also a hospice and palliative medicine teaching affiliate for The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. The health system in 2021 began providing inpatient and community-based pediatric palliative and hospice care to infants, children and young adults. The numbers were pretty striking.
Hospice News
MAY 20, 2022
If enacted, PCHETA would support hospice and palliative care training programs for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and chaplains. Access to high quality palliative and hospice care services is vital for patients and their families,” Capito said in a statement. “As But the need is great.
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