Hospice Management Advisor articles from July 2006

Hospice Management Advisor archives from July 2006

Hospices develop a variety of programs to recruit and retain long-term volunteers.
July 1, 2006... Special Report: Recruiting, retaining hospice volunteers Hospices develop a variety of programs to recruit and retain long-term volunteers Volunteer hours skyrocketed at one hospice Recruiting and retaining volunteers is likely to...

Hospice creates volunteer ambassador to spread good news about hospice care.
July 1, 2006... Special Report: Recruiting, retaining hospice volunteers Hospice creates volunteer ambassador to spread good news about hospice care Ambassadors donate hundreds of hours each month A regional hospice's community educators were...

Hospice opened center to provide community with end of life planning.
July 1, 2006... Hospice opened center to provide community with end of life planning Hospice's census rose 59 percent with program Hospices sometimes find it challenging to meet a community's needs in end of life planning and bereavement services,...

Can surrogates really know patients' wishes?
July 1, 2006... Can surrogates really know patients' wishes? Just more than half of surrogates get it right Making end-of-life decisions for incapacitated patients most often falls to surrogates chosen by the patients, or to next of kin. But a recent...

DM program helps AIDS patients.(disease management)(acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)
July 1, 2006... DM program helps AIDS patients One-on-one education is the key to success An intensive one-on-one case management program helps people with AIDS stay adherent to their medication regime, avoid hospitalizations and emergency department...