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More States Integrating Palliative Care Into Medicaid Programs

Hospice News

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

Hospice News

Victims battle an ever-present landmine of potential triggers as they reach the end of their lives. Epidemic of trauma, violence, abuse Examining trauma experiences over the course of a lifetime, is a potentially good way of providing a more complete picture of the prevalence and lasting health implications, Kotwal said.

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Challenges in Hospice Care for Terminal Anorexia Patients

Hospice News

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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The Intersection of Minority Identity and Palliative Care Nursing 

Minority Nurse

Palliative care can be equally rewarding and challenging. So much of who people are impacts their experience of the palliative journey. It should be no question, then, that minority nurses are an invaluable resource at this time. Yet, the current state of palliative care suggests that the industry doesn’t quite reflect this.

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Why Spiritual Care?

AJN Off the Charts

Across years of conducting mixed-methods research to explore the role of spirituality among people with cancer, I am constantly presented with ways where our connection to spirit is challenged, and ways that we can remain connected amidst the very real pain, challenge, busyness, stress, and burnout of this modern world.

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

Hospice News

Niagara Hospice is part of The Hospice and Palliative Care Group (HPCG), an organization that provides administrative services. I would like to personally thank every employee, past and present for taking this journey with me. Gordon Hospice and Palliative Care of Tidewater. I hope that will be my legacy.

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Storycatching: Podcast with Heather Coats and Thor Ringler

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We discussed it with today’s guests Heather Coats, palliative care NP-scientist, and Thor Ringler, poet. Many links: VA Presents: My Life, My Story: George: A Voice To Be Heard on Apple Podcasts. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 22 (5):392-400 / PMID: 32740304. Journal of Palliative Medicine , 23 (6), [link].