Hospice News

JULY 19, 2022

Providers have gotten creative in their efforts to improve utilization, with some incorporating pets into nursing visits with patients. After receiving palliative care services, a patient gave Yoda to Kathy Mize, registered nurse at ResolutionCare. As he grew, the parakeet inadvertently became an integral part of patient care.

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Hospice News

APRIL 21, 2022

The palliative care team at Partners In Care expanded to include a physician, nurse practitioner, registered nurse and chaplain, which rounded out the multidisciplinary team approach they could offer patients.” This is not the first collaboration between the two organizations.

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Hospice News

JUNE 15, 2023

A registered nurse started the company back in 1985, and it was 100% volunteer-based. Even the nurses just volunteered their time. We have nurses, a social worker and chaplains that donate their time. The organization’s interdisciplinary care model, which includes some concurrent care, is funded 100% through philanthropy.

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Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2024

The number of registered nurse and social worker visits during a patient’s final week is one of the seven quality measures that CMS uses to evaluate providers. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed a financial incentive to foster better performance on the measure, the service-intensity add-on.

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Hospice News

MAY 25, 2023

Nikki Davis: I’m a nurse practitioner and have been working in geriatrics and palliative care for about 21 years now. I made my way through the ranks as a CNA, then a registered nurse, and then a nurse practitioner and now, I’m in a leadership position. The article below has been edited for length and clarity.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 15, 2022

For example,] a registered nurse acting as a social worker, or a social worker acting as a chaplain, child life specialist, or complementary therapist. Pediatric subspecialists are at a higher risk of burnout than others, according to authors of a 2020 study from the journal of Pediatric Quality & Safety.

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HPNA podcast

JANUARY 15, 2024

Amisha received her PhD in Nursing from the University of Connecticut (2020), and BS and MPH in Global Health from George Washington University (2001 & 2005). She is a Robert Wood Johnson, Future of Nursing Scholar (2017-2020) and Jonas Scholar for Chronic Health (2017-2020). She received her BSN from the University of St.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Home Health of the Ozarks and Hospice of Care Names New Director Missouri-based Texas County Memorial Hospital (TCMH) has appointed Cheryl Maley, registered nurse, as new director of Home Health of the Ozarks and Hospice of Care. Callaway previously worked as a nurse manager of UnityPoint Health.

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Hospice News

MARCH 27, 2023

“Based on these results, we find that institutionalized beneficiaries were less likely to receive SIA services, and even among those that did, received shorter visits,” Christian and Plotzke indicated at the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) Annual Assembly.

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Hospice News

MAY 31, 2023

However, researchers should pay more attention to potential risks in ongoing research, according to Ladybird Morgan, a registered nurse and social worker for the palliative care company Mettle Health and co-founder of The Humane Prison Hospice Project. “I I don’t see a lot of focus on the possible harms.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Things that are unique for rural and frontier providers are trying to find qualified staff, registered nurses, physicians, social workers or spiritual care providers,” Wood said. Among the persisting obstacles in rural communities is an insufficient supply of hospice and palliative clinicians.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2023

In addition to supporting hospital-based palliative patients, a second objective is to expand those services beyond its facility walls and into the community, according to Kathryn Lagus, advanced practice registered nurse at Midland Memorial Hospital.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Angela Maddock , RN, CHPN, has successfully passed the Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (CHPN®) examination through the Hospice and Palliative Credentialing Center. where she obtained her education as a Licensed Practical Nurse and of Minnesota State Community and Technical College in Detroit Lakes, Minn.,

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Hospice News

APRIL 18, 2023

Recent data may give hospice providers deeper insight around the driving forces of nursing shortages. million registered nurses expect to leave the health care workforce by 2027, representing roughly one-fifth of the nation’s overall health care workforce, the NCSBN research found. Nearly 900,000 of the nation’s 4.5

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APRIL 3, 2024

She is a registered nurse who has also served as a hospice case manager, nursing aide, director of nursing and regional director. Weber will now oversee New Day’s hospice operations across its four-state service region, including working closely with leadership on future acquisitions and partnerships.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 2, 2023

We also utilize registered nurse volunteers to help with our inpatient units when we’re short staffed. This program is so important, because we have an opportunity to be part of the education path for physicians and registered nurses,” Conway told Hospice News. Volunteers also help reduce providers’ costs.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 30, 2024

With nominations in the categories of Behavioral Health, Home Health & Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care, Senior Housing & Senior Living, and Skilled Nursing (SNF), the program showcases exemplary character and performance of frontline workers across the care continuum.

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Hospice News

JUNE 15, 2022

With nominations in the categories of Home Health & Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care, Senior Housing & Senior Living, Skilled Nursing (SNF), and Behavioral Health, the program showcases exemplary character and performance of frontline workers across the care continuum.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

Previously, Bigiarelli has served as Hospice of the Panhandle’s clinical director, assistant clinical director and as a nurse manager. She began as a nurse at the hospice in 2010, and started her career at Berkeley Medical Center in 2008 as a primary nurse and charge nurse in the progressive care unit.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The hospice and palliative care provider recently received a $50,000 grant from the Oregon Center for Nursing to support the program’s launch, which is dubbed Care for the Caregivers. million registered nurses expect to leave the health care workforce by 2027, the NCSBN research found. Nearly 900,000 of the nation’s 4.5

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Hospice News

AUGUST 31, 2022

We were seeing retention as being harder and harder, competing with other organizations for doctors, nurses, CNAs and other clinicians,” Rubel told Hospice News. As demand grows, we know we’ll need more resources from different avenues, with the bulk needed in our operations.”. Building career paths for hospice clinicians.

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Hospice News

JULY 25, 2023

Brody is also a registered nurse in end-of-life care. Our mission is to build expert teams who can then provide expert care and an extra layer of support to persons living with dementia and their care partners,” researcher Ab Brody, associate director and founder of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at Aliviado Health. “As

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

O’Neal, the incoming COO, is a registered nurse with 35 years of health care experience, including executive management positions. California-based post-acute care company Charter Healthcare Group has tapped Cheryl Lovell to become its new CEO and Anna-Gene O’Neal as the company’s first chief operating officer.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Its technology platform connects patients and family members to palliative and hospice nurses, social workers, spiritual coordinators and other interdisciplinary staff. Holstein is a registered nurse with more than a decade of hospice and health care experiences in community-based and hospital system programs. “It

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Kathleen Coronado, a registered nurse, has been promoted to associate VP of hospice operations after 18 years at VITAS. Starting out as a bedside nurse in 2006, Coronado has held multiple roles within VITAS, including team manager, inpatient unit manager and patient care administrator.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 9, 2024

Nurses at PeaceHealth’s Sacred Heart Home Care Services have voted to authorize a strike, citing low wages and staffing strains. Clinicians have struggled with larger patient caseloads and tougher financial burdens that impact their ability to provide quality care, according to Jo Turner, hospice nurse at PeaceHealth.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

For more than 40 years, Community Hospice has grown from an inspired idea by two registered nurses to a respected and leading provider of vital service for those with serious and life-limiting illness in the Central Valley area. Agape Care Group Appoints M&A VP. Mission Healthcare Make Clinical Leadership Moves.

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Hospice News

MARCH 25, 2024

The company was established in concert with his wife, Janet Seebert, director of nursing at Stoneridge Hospice, and his niece, Patti Bratzel, a registered nurse who became co-owner, and executive director. Seebert is a retired sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona. Stoneridge Hospice launched in 2020.

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Caregiver Support Services

APRIL 10, 2024

Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) LVNs perform more complex tasks than CNAs, including administering medications, monitoring vital signs, and providing wound care under the supervision of registered nurses or physicians. Registered Nurse (RN) RNs have a broader scope of practice and can carry out more complex clinical tasks.

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Hospice News

JULY 17, 2022

“As HHS committed to earlier, we will provide a 60-day notice to states before any possible termination or expiration.”.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The company also offers care management, home health, palliative care, rehabilitation, skilled nursing, telehealth, non-medical, and personal care services. Hospice of Southern Maine recently developed a tuition reimbursement program to encourage workers to pursue training to become registered nurses or certified nursing assistants.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 24, 2024

Hospice and home health nurses at PeaceHealth’s Sacred Heart Home Care Services have announced an impending strike following failed attempts to reach wage agreements in negotiations with the organization. Home care and hospice nurses at PeaceHealth have given notice that the strike will launch on Feb. 1 and end on Feb.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2023

Board-certified in hospice and palliative medicine, Howe has more than 20 years of experience as a physician and medical director for various health care organizations in the Denver area, including a number of rehabilitation, assisted living and skilled nursing home facilities. Agrace Expands Medical Team.

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Hospice News

MARCH 8, 2024

Cane is also a registered nurse with a background in neonatal care and reproductive health legislation research. Cheryl Mele, advanced practice neonatal and pediatric nurse practitioner, the Community PedsCare program The post How Changing Reproductive Health Laws Could Impact Perinatal Hospice appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Its affiliates include the Colorado Visiting Nurse Association (CVNA), The Denver Hospice, Pathways, and Pikes Peak Hospice and Palliative Care, among others. . CAPABLE is a patient-directed initiative designed to keep seniors in their homes through interventions designed to improve mobility, function, and quality of life.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 26, 2022

One contingent of providers who benefited significantly from the rebasing were those who have respite care contracts with nursing homes, according to Judi Lund Person, NHPCO’s vice president of regulatory and compliance. Though the is not yet final, the proposal included a 4.2%

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Hospice News

MARCH 10, 2023

Anderson is a registered nurse who has served seniors in skilled nursing facilities for roughly 26 years. “I Patients at the hospice house receive 24/7 inpatient end-of-life care from nurses and aides. Marcantonio is COO and interim CEO at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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