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Hospice of the Bluegrass affirms life. The program exists to provide support and care for persons in the last phase of an incurable disease so that they can live as fully and comfortably as possible. Dying is recognized as a normal process, and death is neither hastened nor postponed. Hospice, which is not a place but a concept of care, exists in the hope and belief that, through appropriate care and the promotion of a caring community sensitive to their needs, patients and families may be free to attain a degree of mental and spiritual preparation for death that is satisfactory to them. Hospice is a team...which includes multi-disciplinary professionals, as well as, the patient and family. Being a Hospice patient allows the patient, along with the family, to be in charge of treatment decisions. The patient's own physician works with the Hospice team and remains in charge of care. The Hospice nurse performs an evaluation, carefully assessing medical problems...
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Andrea TroutmanNumber of Employees 174
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Englewood Hospital Home Health and Hospice Services Selects Cardiocom Telehealth Technology
MINNEAPOLIS, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Englewood Hospital Home Health and Hospice Services, the oldest homecare agency in Bergen County NJ, announced that it has entered into a business relationship with CardiocomR to provide advanced home telehealth technology to patients with chronic illness. Cardiocom, the Experts in...
Barriers to hospice use among African Americans: a systematic review
Approximately 1.3 million dying individuals and their family members received services from a hospice agency in 2006 (National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization [NHPCO], 2007). Hospice providers work to ensure that patients experience a death that is as natural, dignified, and pain-free as possible. A number of services are typically...
LHC Group Enters into Joint Venture with Grant Memorial Hospital in Petersburg, West Virginia, to Provide Home Health and Hospice Services
LAFAYETTE, La. -- LHC Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LHCG), one of the largest providers of home nursing services in the United States, announced today that it entered into a joint venture relationship, effective July 1, 2008, with Grant Memorial Hospital, a 61-bed hospital located in Petersburg, West Virginia, to provide home...
Hospice care offers peace
By Dianne Lawson SPECIAL TO THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Hospice care allows 101-year-old Virginia Duran to stay in her own home instead of being placed in a nursing home. It also allows her daughter, BeBe Bahr, to have peace of mind. Heartland Home Health Care &...
Columbus Hospice named employer of the year
The National Board for Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses (NBCHPN[R]) has announced that Columbus Hospice is the 2006 recipient of the Employer of the Year Award. The NBCHPN Employer of the Year Award recognizes the work of an employer who has provided exemplary, sustained support of the certification programs...
Hospitals adapting to surge in palliative care awareness; Number of providers offering services to cope with pain of serious illness nearly doubles since 2000.(News)(Cleveland Clinic Health System)(University Hospitals Health System Inc.)
Byline: SHANNON MORTLAND As people discover they don't need to live with pain, palliative medicine is carving a bigger niche at some local hospitals. The Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals are boosting their palliative care staffs and services at their main and...
Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. Announces SolAmor Hospice as Name of Its Hospice Services Operations
Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNH) today announced that it is renaming its hospice services segment to SolAmor Hospice. Sun had announced in August 2006 that it had entered the hospice business through the acquisition of Preferred Hospice.
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Living well with hospice
Though death is inevitable, dying alone and in pain is not. With more families unable to adequately care for terminally ill relatives, the hospice concept has evolved and grown. Hospice services can either be provided in the home or in a homelike setting, offering around-the-clock care, making patients as...
Trends in Hospice and Palliative Care in the United States and Kansas
For three decades, hospice providers in the United States have been changing the care for dying Americans and their families by providing options and choices that enable patients to be in control of their care at the end of life. The hospice movement in the United States can be traced...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Andrea Troutman | Volunteer Coordinator |
| Cindy Johnson | Public Relations Coordinator |
| Dr Hahn X Pham | |
| Dr Terence L Gutgsell | |
| Linda Nolte | Worker |
| Lori Portman-Lewis | |
| Melissa Klink | Professional Liaison |
| Deede Morgan Byrne | Director |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Hospice Services | Volunteer Coordinator | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Hospice Services | Public Relations Coordinator | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Hospice Services | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Hospice Services | Current | |
| St. Joseph Hospital | Former | |
| University of Kentucky | BA | Former |
Linda is a part time therapist with Marathon Youth Services. She earned a Bachelor's of Science degree in Social Welfare from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in May, 1981. She holds a license as a Certified Social Worker from the Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing. She minored in Women's Studies and has been actively involved as a volunteer in women's crisis counseling for the past 15 years. She earned a Masters of Science degree in Educational Psychology/Counseling from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in August, 1982. Linda is currently employed in three different part time positions, satisfying her desire for diversity of service. She is a home care social worker for Comfort Care and Hospice Services, a social worker on the rehabilitation unit of Mount View Care Center as well as a therapist with Marathon Youth Services.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Comfort Care LLC. | Worker | Current |
| Marathon Youth Services | Part Time Therapist | Current |
| Hospice Services | Worker | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Shelor School of Dance | Owner and Director | Current |
| Hospice Services | Current | |
| Royal Academy of Dance | Board of Directors | Current |
| Royal Academy of Dance | Member | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Hospice Services | Professional Liaison | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Hospice Services | Director | Current |
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