Literature Review
Cultivating cultural competence with interdisciplinary teams in serious care
01/15/24 at 04:00 AM
MLK day of service - Annual cards of caring workshop for Sanctuary Hospice volunteers
01/15/24 at 04:00 AMSanctuary Hospice Volunteers: MLK day of service - Annual cards of caring workshopVolunteerMatch.org; 1/10/24Editor's Note: While this post invites volunteers of Sanctuary Hospice in Independence, OH, it provides a creative service to imagine for your hospice volunteers.Everyone loves to receive cards of encouragement-especially when they are handmade! Do you enjoy using your creative talents and artistic abilities to make someone smile? Join Sanctuary Hospice for a Day of Service on #MLK Day MONDAY January 15, 2024, at our 5th Annual Cardworkshop virtually to help reduce the social isolation of our hospice patients.
Bayard Rustin: Why MLK's right-hand man was nearly written out of history
01/15/24 at 04:00 AMBayard Rustin: Why MLK's right-hand man was nearly written out of historyHistory.com, by Thaddeus Morgan; 1/2/24Bayard Rustin was an indispensable force behind the civil rights movement, and openly gay. ... To the hundreds of thousands who were bused to Washington for the [August 28, 1963] March [on Washington for Jobs and Freedom], Rustin was synonymous with the movement. After all, he was the march’s chief organizer.Editor's Note: Learn more by viewing Rustin, the biographical drama film released via Netflix on November 3, 2023.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Program
01/15/24 at 04:00 AMU.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility ProgramU.S. Department of Health and Human Services website; ongoing key referenceThe Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, Diversity & Inclusion (EEODI) is within the Assistant Secretary for Administration’s (ASA) office and its mission is to promote, encourage, develop, and maintain a culture of equality, fairness, and objectivity throughout HHS.
Handbook of Social Justice in Loss and Grief, in Routledge's Series in Death, Dying and Bereavement
01/15/24 at 04:00 AMHandbook of Social Justice in Loss and Grief, in Routledge's Series in Death, Dying and BereavementRoutledge, Series in Death, Dying and Bereavement, edited by Darcy L. Harris and Tashel C. Bordere; pub. 2016, available The Handbook of Social Justice in Loss and Grief is a scholarly work of social criticism, richly grounded in personal experience, evocative case studies, and current multicultural and sociocultural theories and research ... at the very junctures when people are most vulnerable—at points of serious illness, confrontation with end-of-life decision making, and in the throes of grief and bereavement. Harris and Bordere give the reader an active and engaged take on the field, enticing readers to interrogate their own assumptions and practices while increasing, chapter after chapter, their cultural literacy regarding important groups and contexts.Editor's Note: Are you eager to take a deep dive into Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in our worlds of loss and grief? Immerse yourself in this definitive, thanatological (the study of dying, death, and bereavement) research and its applications for you.
We were here: Black infant loss in D.C.
01/15/24 at 04:00 AMWe were here: Black infant loss in D.C. - A three part series on black infant mortality in the Dsitistrict. Who's at risk and why?Washington CityPaper, by Candace Y. Montague; 12/23Between 2014 and 2020, more than 330 Black infants died in D.C. before their first birthdays. Recent perinatal reports show this problem isn’t going away anytime soon. Washington City Paper is taking a closer look at why this crisis hits the Black community in D.C. so hard, how it affects families and clinicians, and who is working to prevent infant loss. This series is being produced as a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2023 National Fellowship.
Corporations award $20k in grants to make hospice care accessible in Texarkana area
01/15/24 at 04:00 AMCorporations award $20k in grants to make hospice care accessible in Texarkana areaTexarkana Gazette; 1/1/24A local nonprofit has received $20,000 in grants to make end-of-life care accessible. Tyson Foods, Weyerhaeuser and Union Pacific recently awarded the funding to Hospice of Texarkana's Diversity & Inclusive Care Project. The project is a comprehensive educational and awareness program to address demographic disparities in hospice and palliative care in Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas. It includes staffing, training, and community outreach, ...Includes quotes from Cindy Marsh, Hospice of Texarkana Executive Director
Washington, D.C., needs to address hospice care utilization disparities
01/15/24 at 04:00 AMWashington, D.C., needs to address hospice care utilization disparitiesThe Washington Informer, by Donna Gayles and Audrey Easaw; 1/13/23Our nation’s capital ranks high in many things, from access to outdoor activities and number of museums to its ethnic and cultural diversity and vibrant LGBTQ+ population. But the city lags far behind in one key area: hospice care utilization. While on average, just under half of Medicare decedents are in hospice care at their time of death, in the District of Columbia, only 25% are – ranking lower than 49 of the 50 states.
Sutter Health announces its first-ever Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer; Dana Beckton to drive diversity, equity and inclusion strategy and initiatives
01/15/24 at 04:00 AMSutter Health announces its first-ever Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer; Dana Beckton to drive diversity, equity and inclusion strategy and initiativesGlobeNewsire; 11/29/23... Beckton will lead the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) strategy for the California-based integrated health system, while serving as a key member of Sutter’s Executive Leadership Team. She will work directly with Sutter Health President and CEO Warner Thomas and interim Chief Human Resources Officer Gail Lerch to drive DEI programming and initiatives.
Today's Encouragement: We must walk on ...
01/15/24 at 04:00 AMToday's Encouragement: We must walk on in the days ahead with an audacious faith in the future. Dr, Martin Luther King, Jr.
Association Forum announces 2024 Woman of Influence
01/15/24 at 04:00 AMAssociation Forum announces 2024 Woman of InfluenceForum; 12/11/23Association Forum is pleased to announce Wendy-Jo Toyama, MBA, CAE, FASAE, CEO of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (a client of the Association Management Center), as the 2024 recipient of the Woman of Influence Award. This honor is awarded to trailblazers in the industry who have a proven track record of innovation, impact and paying it forward through coaching, mentoring and service to others. Being named the 2024 Woman of Influence reflects Toyama’s ... dedication to the advancement of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
Ethnicity and palliative care: we need better data - five key considerations
01/15/24 at 03:55 AMEthnicity and palliative care: we need better data - five key considerationsBMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, by Gemma Clarke, Jamilla Akhtar Hussain, Matthew John Allsop, and Michael I Bennett; 12/23 Complete and valid ethnicity data are essential for monitoring racial and ethnic disparities but consideration needs to be given to collecting data well and using it responsibly. ... Holism is at the core of palliative care, in the approach to a person and their ‘total pain’. Extending this framework to ethnicity data engenders a responsibility across both the collection and usage of data. We outline five key considerations informed by this framework relating to ethnicity data.
Civil rights activist Elmore Nickelberry dies at 92
01/15/24 at 03:00 AMCivil rights activist Elmore Nickelberry dies at 92WREG Channel 3 TV, Memphis, by Megan Fayard and Ashley Paul; 12/30/23MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Elmore Nickelberry, a civil rights icon who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the fight for higher pay and better working conditions for sanitation workers, has died at the age of 92, according to his family. ... [He] went into the hospital around Thanksgiving ... Soon after, he was placed in hospice.
Hospice of the Western Reserve targeting $75,000 grant to address racial disparities
01/15/24 at 03:00 AMHospice of the Western Reserve targeting $75,000 grant to address racial disparitiesCleveland.com Community News, by John Benson; 12/14/23Hospice of the Western Reserve applied for and recently received a Three Arches Foundation grant, with the intent to address healthcare inequity. Providing end-of-life care, caregiver support and bereavement services throughout Northern Ohio, the nonprofit was recently awarded $75,000 to expand outreach and address racial disparity in utilization of in-home, pre-hospice palliative care for patients with advanced serious and progressive illness.Quotes Heidi L. Barham, Hospice of the Western Reserve Manager of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
How history has shaped racial and ethnic health disparities: A timeline of policies and events
01/15/24 at 03:00 AMHow history has shaped racial and ethnic health disparities: A timeline of policies and eventsKFF, with thanks to Daniel Dawes, Gilbert Gee, Michelle Tong; ongoing reference for health policy research, polling and journalismThis timeline offers a historical view of significant U.S. federal policies and events spanning the early 1800s to today that have influenced present-day health disparities. It covers policies that directly impacted health coverage and access to care, relevant events in medicine, social and economic policies and developments that influence health, and efforts to tackle inequalities. ... While not exhaustive, the timeline aims to provide context for addressing disparities, acknowledging the complex history that shapes racial and ethnic health and health care disparities that persist today.
Black caregivers' symptom management, cultural, and religious experiences with home hospice care
01/15/24 at 03:00 AMBlack caregivers' symptom management, cultural, and religious experiences with home hospice careJournal of Pain and Symptom Management, by Taeyoung Park, Danetta H Sloan, Dulce M Cruz-Oliver, Manney Cary Reid, Sara Czaja, Ronald D Adelman, Ritchell Dignam, Veerawat Phongtankuel; 8/23 Objectives: This study seeks to address this knowledge gap by applying qualitative methods to understand Black/African American caregivers' experiences around symptom management, cultural, and religious challenges during home hospice care.
CMS.gov: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
01/15/24 at 02:00 AMCMS.gov: Diversity, Equity and InclusionCMS.gov, by Chiquita Brook-LaSure; ongoing key referenceAt CMS, we believe that at the core of our organization are the employees that carry out the Agency’s vision: Advancing health equity, expanding coverage, and improving health outcomes. Editor's Note: This definitive resource equips your organization with CMS's definitions; resources; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategic Plan; and more.
Black ownership provides a different perspective on hospice care
01/15/24 at 02:00 AMBlack ownership provides a different perspective on hospice careMichigan Chronicle, by Ebony JJ Curry; 10/10/23... In essence, Black-owned hospices stand as beacons of trust, understanding, and respect within the African-American community. They have the power to transform end-of-life care for African Americans, ensuring it is a time of peace, dignity, and compassion, surrounded by providers who understand and honor their cultural context, values, and wishes.
Welcome to our Martin Luther King Day Special Edition
01/15/24 at 01:00 AMWelcome to our Martin Luther King Day 2024, Special EditionWe invite you to use this Martin Luther Day 2024 to learn and reflect on today's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion needs throughout the hospice and palliative services your organization provides. Today's Special Edition equips you with a variety of DEI resources: ongoing, time-sensitive, data driven, inspirational, and more. What speaks to you?
Today's Encouragement
01/14/24 at 04:00 AMThe next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are. ~C.S. Lewis
Provider partnerships driving palliative care growth
01/14/24 at 03:40 AMProvider partnerships driving palliative care growthHospice News, by Holly Vossel; 1/8/24An increasingly diverse base of health care providers have taken an interest in the palliative care space, a trend that could be indicative of how strategic growth is taking shape in the field. ... A range of palliative care joint ventures, care collaborations and partnerships have evolved in recent years as more health care providers work to address the needs of a swelling aging population.
What is palliative care?
01/14/24 at 03:35 AMWhat is palliative care?Money, by Bianca Rodriguez Rojas; 1/4/24Palliative care is a healthcare approach that aims to provide comfort and improve the quality of life of people diagnosed with a serious or life-threatening disease such as cancer, heart failure or Parkinson’s.Editor's note: Interesting this appeared in Money magazine...
Care planning issues top lists of hospice survey deficiencies
01/14/24 at 03:30 AMCare planning issues top lists of hospice survey deficienciesHospice News, by Jim Parker; 1/4/24Amid rising regulatory scrutiny, issues related to care planning continue to top lists of the most common survey deficiencies among hospices. The most frequently cited deficiency is the requirement that each patient should have a customized care plan developed by the interdisciplinary team with involvement from a physician as well as the patient and family, the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) reported. The noncompliance rate was 66% for 2022.
CDC map shows dramatic increase in illness nationwide: See where it’s worst
01/14/24 at 03:25 AMCDC map shows dramatic increase in illness nationwide: See where it’s worstNexstar Media Wire News / The Hill, by Alix Martichoux; 1/5/24What a difference a week can make. New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday shows an 18% jump in people testing positive for influenza last week. The number of people going to the doctor with symptoms of respiratory illness — whether it be the flu, COVID, RSV, or none of the above — also continues to trend upward. Now, according to the CDC, 21 states and New York City are experiencing “very high” levels of sickness.
What do people dream about before they die? Doctors mention this one common detail
01/14/24 at 03:20 AMWhat do people dream about before they die? Doctors mention this one common detail24/7 News Agency, 12/25/23A study from 2020 confirms that patients who experienced such symptoms became stronger and mentally stronger. There was peace coming from them. The family and relatives of the dying person claimed that being aware of this information helped them go through the mourning process more smoothly. Christopher Kerr, a cardiologist and director of the Hospice and Palliative Care Center in Buffalo, as well as the author of the book “Death is Just a Dream”, is one of the first people who decided to explore the topic of dreams occurring just before death.