Hospice News

APRIL 26, 2024

Pediatric palliative care providers have room for improvement when it comes to understanding the factors that can impact health care decisions among seriously ill young adults and adolescents. Adolescence is a period for social and emotional development. Adolescents are impacted by different factors,” Radbill said.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Jason Hotchkiss, author, chaplain and psychologist, has unveiled new research on the ways online reviews can help drive hospice quality and staff morale. Prior to this work, he spent more than a decade as a hospice chaplain working for national and regional providers. How would you encapsulate the thesis of that work?

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

Despite this, in my 20-year career as a palliative care physician, I have yet to see a death doula in the wild. I’m unsure what they do, how often they’re used, and who pays for their work. We also invited Beth Klint to speak about the doula’s role within a traditional hospice organization. John: I do.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 18, 2024

Without family caregivers, most hospice and palliative care patients would be unable to receive care in the home. Now, some emerging payment models are including caregiver support as a key component. The model comes at a time when dementia-related illnesses are on the rise among hospice patients.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

To ensure smooth care transitions for patients with serious illnesses, palliative providers must tread carefully, collaborating not only with patients and their families but also with other health care providers and community resources to provide holistic support. Krmpotic said.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Illinois-based Great Lakes Health Partners, an Interim Healthcare franchise, is launching a grief support group for employees aimed at helping hospice workers deal with the stress of providing bedside end-of-life care. What are key pieces to include when developing an employee support program?

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The emotional toll of caring for the seriously ill contributes to high rates of burnout among palliative care workers. Burnout is a state of complete mental, physical and emotional exhaustion. For palliative care clinicians, that apathy can lead to the depersonalization of patients, negatively affecting patient care.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Having a greater understanding around the impacts of trauma and abuse can help hospices improve end-of-life experiences for patients and working conditions for staff. Training and education are keys to caring for patients and employees with unique needs impacted by trauma and abuse. Victims of financial abuse lose up to $36.5

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Hospice News

MARCH 28, 2024

Mihir Kamdar, Head of Clinical Delivery for Tuesday Health, has been named a 2023 Frontline Honors honoree by Hospice News. Hospice News caught up with Kamdar to discuss their time in the hospice care industry. Kamdar: I discovered my passion for palliative care during my medical internship nearly 20 years ago.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The topics range from unmet staff and patient needs, financial and operational headwinds and research fueling innovative care delivery approaches. This article explored the emerging strategies in palliative care that could have promising impacts on strengthening this workforce, including education and technology initiatives.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

A common hurdle to improving access to hospice and palliative care among children is that many clinicians across the health continuum lack the training and skill sets needed to have goals of care conversations. Adrian is also part of the Mettle Health team, which provides caregiver and patient support.

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GeriPal

APRIL 26, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary As Betty Ferrell says on our podcast today, nurses play an essential role in care of people with serious illness. Doing home care? Hospice visits? As I argue on the podcast, ELNEC has likely done more to lift the primary palliative care skills of clinicians than any other initiative.

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Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2024

A growing body of research touts the benefits of palliative care for patients, families, and even providers. Palliative Care News spoke with experts in the field to unpack the reasons behind those results and identify the obstacles that are getting in the way of a more effective approach. “It’s not blood pressure.

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Hospice News

JULY 22, 2022

Many come striving for change after witnessing loved ones receive poor end-of-life care or enduring bereavement without support. A death doula is a non-medical provider trained to care for a terminally ill person and their family physically, emotionally and spiritually during the process of death.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Hospice and behavioral health care could increasingly intersect in coming years as demand for specialized care grows. But the prevalence of mental health conditions and related concerns like isolation and substance abuse mean that hospice and behavioral health providers may need to find more ways to integrate their services.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In hospice, clinicians in the field have the closest relationships with patients and families, giving them direct insight into their needs and the challenge of providing care when many operators are understaffed. Akunesokwu (Neso) Obiora entered the palliative care field nearly 20 years ago as a hospice aide.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Palliative care, pediatric end-of-life care and end-of-life doula (EOLD) services are top of mind for hospices that are diversifying their services in 2024. There’s going to be so much change around value-based care coming in some way, shape or form for hospices,” Kudner told Hospice News.

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GeriPal

APRIL 11, 2024

Does being ambivalent mean you don’t care about the decision? What about ambivalence on the part of the provider? How should we think about that? How do you resolve ambivalence? Tell me how you are feeling about it.” ** Claim your CME credit for this episode! AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Reimbursement pressures, workforce strains and lagging awareness represent pain points preventing greater utilization of palliative care. There are so many things that need to be addressed to improve quality and access to pediatric palliative and hospice care,” Leonard told Palliative Care News in an email.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Globally, the need for hospice and palliative care has been growing faster than people can access them. This was the impetus behind the World Hospice Palliative Care Alliance (WHPCA), which emerged from an Oct. 8, 2005 meeting of health care leaders in South Korea. Case in point, as many as 71% of the U.S.

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Hospice News

MAY 16, 2023

As the chair of the Massachusetts Medical School Collaborative and an associate professor at UMass Medical School, she is leading one effort to integrate palliative care into the core medical school curricula in her home state. to train more doctors in palliative care. How can we better manage their symptoms?

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This article is sponsored by OnePoint Patient Care. In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Michael Porpora, President – Hospice Division, OnePoint Patient Care, to talk about the current state of hospice pharmacy, technology and staffing. I was amazed at how she was able to handle it all.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

If you were to write a book about hospice in 2023, what would you call it? To help answer that question, Hospice News asked the CEOs of eight providers how they would title a book about the state of the field today. Croix Hospice, AccentCare, Chapters Health System, Alivia Care, Enhabit, Inc.,

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 25, 2024

Death and dying are an intrinsic aspect of our work as nurses, and hospice is a nursing specialty for those who feel especially comfortable and conversant with the care of patients facing the dying process. Hospice is focused solely on symptom management and support through the dying process.

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Hospice News

MAY 30, 2023

In this Voices Interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Brandy Sparkman-Beierle, Chief Clinical Officer, Homecare Homebase, to talk about why clinicians are pitted against their technology resources, driven by a desire to spend their time helping people, not documenting. How are you feeling about this? It became my “Why.”

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Hospice News

AUGUST 12, 2022

Patients suffering from long COVID stand to benefit if health care providers integrate palliative care principles into their approach to treating the disease. It’s going to have an emotional impact,” Rotella said. “In As of now, insufficient time has passed to determine a typical duration of this condition.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary In the early 1990’s, California Medical Facility (CMF) created one of the nation’s first licensed hospice units inside a prison. Keith per many reports, is the heart and sole of the hospice unit and oversees the Pastoral Care Workers. A few are let out early on compassionate release.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Similarly Jessica Zitter, an intensivist and palliative care doctor analogized the inevitable clinical momentum toward highly aggressive intensive care in US hospitals as a conveyor belt. Eric and I are joined today on this podcast by Anne Kelly palliative care social worker to discuss these issues with Liz. Liz: I do, indeed.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

As hospice nurses, we embark on a journey filled with compassion, empathy, and the desire to provide comfort to those in their final stages of life. The Ethical Dilemmas in End of Life Care: Hospice care is unique and although it revolves around providing comfort and dignity to individuals at the end of life.

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 8, 2024

Supporting someone with a life-limiting diagnosis or talking about death can be difficult for many people, but not for a hospice nurse. What’s it like to care for patients and their families in the end-of-life process? Maryette Williamson, RN, BSN, is a BAYADA Hospice Nurse in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

A primary barrier for patient and family access to palliative care is a lack of standardized definition and payment mechanism. Without an established palliative care benefit or universally recognized definition in place, care delivery models, patient experiences and reimbursement of palliative care services vary widely across the nation.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

These cover the innovative partnerships, new technologies, pediatric care, health equity and other key developments in the hospice space. Pandemic Pushes Death Doula Awareness, Hospices Seek Strengthened Ties. Is Bereavement Care Going High Tech? In 2019, the organization had just 200 members.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In many instances, hospices will not be able to provide care if patients lack the support of a family caregiver. Her work is informed not only by her career of more than 20 years as a hospice professional but also by her experience as a caregiver for her husband. You’ve personally been a caregiver yourself.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 15, 2022

The unique needs of families and children facing life-limiting can wear pediatric palliative and hospice care clinicians especially thin, and the potential for burnout can leave providers even more short-staffed than many already are. They face the death of dreams along with the loss of their child, as hopes for the future fade.

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Hospice News

MAY 12, 2022

Some hospice providers are willing to take on additional regulatory pressure if it successfully roots out “bad actors” in the space, Sarah McSpadden, president and CEO of The Elizabeth Hospice, told Hospice News. Regulatory scrutiny is on the rise for hospices nationwide, but is gaining particular traction in California.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. Vivek Mathew, vice president of marketing at Maxwell Healthcare Associates has been named a 2023 Future Leader by Hospice News.

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Hospice News

MAY 2, 2022

Katrina Agnew joined UnityPoint Health in December of 2021 as vice president of hospice. Though professionally she has cared for terminally ill patients for more than 30 years, her personal experience after her mother’s diagnosis with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer underscored the critical importance of her work.

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