Latest Palliative care Stories
Mission Healthcare introduced their service line of hospice and palliative care to the San Diego area. Mission works with terminally ill patients to help manage pain and provides support for the patient and their loved ones. SAN DIEGO, CA (PRWEB) March 14, 2013 This March, Mission Healthcare launched a hospice service-line that will serve the greater San Diego community. Mission Hospice was accredited by the Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP) and has spent the past two years...
As baby-boomers age and the number of people with serious chronic illnesses continues to rise, the demand for experts in palliative medicine is sure to outstrip the supply, according Timothy E. Quill, M.D., professor of Medicine, Psychiatry and Medical Humanities in the Center for Ethics, Humanities and Palliative Care at the University of Rochester Medical Center. In a perspective published in today's New England Journal of Medicine, Quill, who serves as president of the American Academy...
CHICAGO, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Midwest Palliative & Hospice CareCenter announced today that it has entered into a collaborative agreement to provide hospice services to patients and families of Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Midwest CareCenter has one of the largest groups of specialists - physicians and advance practice nurses - in palliative care and hospice and the only music-thanatology program for hospice patients in Illinois. The organization's mission...
Professional Healthcare at Home, a leading provider of homecare services, is now offering care management services to meet a growing demand in the San Francisco Bay area. Pleasant Hill, CA (PRWEB) March 01, 2013 Professional Healthcare at Home, a leading provider of homecare services, is now offering care management services to meet a growing demand in the San Francisco Bay area. The geriatric care managers at Professional Healthcare at Home coordinate individualized care plans and...
- Thought leaders in medicine and home health outline advanced models of home care and innovations with significant outcomes - WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation (the Alliance) and the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine held a Capitol Hill briefing today on a recently released supplement to the Journal titled, "Optimizing Home Health Care: Enhanced Value and Improved Outcomes." The supplement compiles articles on...
Hospice Savannah affiliate Laura Wiggins, Director of the Steward Center for Palliative Care, will speak at the National Hospice and Palliative Care annual leadership conference. Savannah, GA (PRWEB) February 21, 2013 Laura N. Wiggins, MSN, APRN, BC-ANP, ACHPN has been selected to speak at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s 28th annual Management and Leadership Conference to be held in National Harbor, Maryland in April, 2013. As the Director of The Steward Center...
Watching a loved one die tests some family members’ relationships with God or the higher being of one’s faith. And the spiritual anger and resentment grow with the level of pain and suffering their family member endures, according to researchers at Case Western Reserve University. Psychologist Julie Exline and palliative care advanced practice nurse Maryjo Prince-Paul surveyed 147 family members with a hospice patient under home care. More than four of every 10 respondents reported...
SUNRISE, Fla., Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Interim HealthCare, a leading national home care, hospice and healthcare staffing franchise, announced today the addition of two new franchisees in Middle Tennessee and Connecticut. The Middle Tennessee franchise office will provide services to Davidson, Rutherford and Williamson counties and includes the cities of Franklin, Murfreesboro and Nashville. The Connecticut franchisee will support three territories covering the entirety of...
NORWALK, Conn., Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Medica US announced today that its online community for oncology nurses and cancer care team members - TheONC.org - will be hosting a live, free webinar, "Palliative Care: Identifying the Need and Beginning the Conversation," on Monday, February 25, 2013 at 12 p.m. ET. Hosted by Dr. James Tulsky, Chief of Palliative Care and Professor of Medicine and Nursing at Duke University, this webinar will: Define palliative care and describe...
Center for Hospice Care is building the first phase of a new campus along the northern banks of the St. Joseph River in Mishawaka, IN. Mishawaka, IN (PRWEB) February 06, 2013 Although it's now just a steel skeleton rising from the mid-winter Michiana snows, in the architect’s renderings, it looks as if it could have grown organically from the river banks – two buildings made of stone, wood and glass connected by a central entry structure. Together, they rise from the green space...
