WASHINGTON, July 25, 2023 — The National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI), Aliviado Health, and Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) announced today the release of a new NPHI dementia care resources guide that will improve quality of life for dementia patients, reduce hospitalizations, and ease the burden for families and caregivers.
LeadingAge is adding its organizational voice to other industry groups supporting the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General’s call for increased oversight related to hospice care. In two reports issued Tuesday, the OIG found that the majority of Medicare-certified hospices providing care in assisted living communities, skilled
More nursing homes are providing hospice care, but such services remain largely underused, a new LeadingAge report finds. The analysis notes that the hospices’ prevalence has skyrocketed in recent years, with the number of providers nearly doubling since 2000, at about 4,200 in 2016. “Over the same period of time, the hospice
