Volunteers lend companionship and support
Allina Health Hospice volunteer Rolly Balke visited a hospice patient who seemed to give only a blank stare. Balke gave him a certificate honoring his military service and pinned a shiny American ...
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JAMA study integrates palliative and dementia care for patients and caregivers
IN-PEACE, which provides palliative care integrated with state-of-the-art dementia care to patients with dementia and their caregivers, cut in half the number of emergency department visits and ...
Integrating palliative and dementia care can cut emergency visits and hospitalizations in half
IN-PEACE, which provides palliative care integrated with state-of-the-art dementia care to patients with dementia and their ...
C&G Newspapers2d
Volunteers provide care, therapy for hospice patients
A loved one’s decision to enter hospice care can begin a daunting and scary time for families, but volunteers providing ...
McKnight's Long-Term Care News8d
Palliative care slashes ED visits, hospitalizations in people living at home with dementia: study
A program that provides palliative care to people with dementia and their caregivers lowered the number of emergency department visits and hospitalizations by approximately half in about a year, a new ...
The Laconia Daily Sun10d
Pemi-Baker highlights support during cervical cancer awareness month
In recognition of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health emphasizes the importance of compassionate care for those living with cervical cancer. Through our Home Health ...
The New Zealand Herald4d
Hospice Tairāwhiti warns of unsustainable palliative care funding crisis in Gisborne
Hospice Tairawhiti in Gisborne. Referrals have increased by more than 50% in eight years according to Dr Anna Meuli. Photo / Wynsley Wrigley A Gisborne doctor is concerned palliative care services ...