Hospice of the Valley Company Profile
Hospice of the Valley, a leading provider and educator in advancing palliative end-of-life and community grief-care, affirms dignity and hope for those facing serious illness. Our team, experts in palliative, hospice and grief care, is comprised of physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, hospice aides, grief counselors, and volunteers who assist patients, their caregivers and families in their end-of-life care goals. Founded in 1979, Hospice of the Valley is the first not-for-profit hospice and grief care organization to serve Santa Clara County. Our Community Grief and Counseling Center provides individual and loss specific group grief care and is available to anyone experiencing a loss. A Childrenâs Grief Counseling program specializes in age-appropriate counseling for children and teenagers from ages 4 through 18. Our Transitions Program, a volunteer-based community service, is designed to enhance the quality of life for individuals and their families facing advanced-illness through emotional support, education, and practical assistance. Seriousillness.org/santaclaracounty is a community resource website for caregivers and families who are caring for someone with serious illness. Hospice of the Valley, a member of the California Hospice and Palliative Care Association and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, is licensed by the State of California and is Medicare and Medi-Cal certified. Hospice of the Valley is committed to serving its diverse communities and honors all cultures, beliefs, values, and traditions, and provides equitable access to care for all patients and familiesâregardless of their financial ability. For information, call 408.559.5600 or visit hospicevalley.org.
News Articles
Pennsylvania hospice reports elderly man kills wife, self
(Reuters) - A patient at a Pennsylvania hospice was shot and killed on Tuesday by her elderly husband, who then killed himself in an apparent murder-suicide, the hospital said. The shooting took place...
With boomers coming, hospice industry diversifies
Forget that image of a hospice worker sitting next to a hospital bed in a dimly lit room. Today, hospice care is delivered everywhere from the golf course to the casino.As they brace for the eventual...
Hospice visit number affects ability to die at home
(HealthDay) -- Hospice patients with cancer are more likely to be able to die in the setting of their choice if they receive at least one hospice visit per day during the first four days of hospice ca...
U.S. sues owner of nation's biggest for-profit hospice chain
WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is suing Chemed Corp and its hospice subsidiaries, including the biggest U.S. for-profit hospice chain, alleging false billings for Medicare h...
Minorities Less Likely to Use Hospice Care: Study
FRIDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) -- Minority patients with heart failure are less likely to use hospice care than whites, new research finds. Hospice provides palliative care for the terminally ill...
When does end of life begin: Hospice under scrutiny
For the vast majority of patients, hospice is paid for by Medicare. In 2010, of all the people who died and received Medicare benefits, 44 percent chose hospice, double the number in the past decade....
Achieving Earlier Entry to Hospice Care: Issues and Strategies
Date: This offering will be presented as a live, virtual event on June 11 at 1 p.m., ET. Summary: Hospice has been shown to improve patient care and support family at the end of life...
Hospice Savannah Announces New Center for Living
Savannah, GA (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 Community supporters are warmly invited to the groundbreaking of Hospice Savannahâs new Center for Living at 1 p.m. on Monday, June 10 at 6000 Business Center...
Drugs and Medications
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PubMed Articles
Characteristics of Prison Hospice Programs in the United States.
Hospice programs have emerged over the last 40 years as both an effective and humane practice for responding to terminal illnesses in the free society. More recently, hospice has diffused throughout s...
The Stresses of Hospice Volunteer Work.
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the interpretation of stress, the appraisal of the stressors, as well as the top stressors experienced by hospice volunteers. Individual semis...
Barriers to Hospice Care in Alabama: Provider-Based Perceptions.
Few studies have evaluated barriers to hospice from a hospice provider perspective. We assessed such views via a postal survey to all licensed hospices in Alabama (N = 193)-response = 55.4%. Most prov...
A Comparison of Hospice in the United States and the United Kingdom.
The modern hospice movement in the United States was modeled on the specialized care for dying individuals that was championed by Dame Cicely Saunders, a social worker, nurse, and physician, in London...
Population-based studies investigating access to palliative care often use death in a hospice as a proxy for service use. We linked data from a large South London hospice to Thames Cancer Registry (TC...
Clinical Trials
Efficacy of Hylenex in the Treatment of Pain Among Hospice Patients
The overall aim of this study is to find out whether Hylenex recombinant (for short, Hylenex) in subcutaneous (SC) injection improves the speed and effectiveness of SC opioids in hospice p...
Safety Study of Seneca Valley Virus in Patients With Solid Tumors With Neuroendocrine Features
The primary purpose of the study is to determine if Seneca Valley Virus may be administered safely to patients with certain types of advanced cancer.
The purpose of this study is to find out how, why, and when Rift Valley Fever (RVF) spreads. Participants will be 250 adults and children, aged 1 year and older, from the Ijara District, K...
Caregiver Assessments of the Quality of Home Hospice Care
The Objectives are to administer the Family Evaluation of Hospice Care (FEHC) questionnaire and The Texas Revised Inventory of Grief (TRIG) to caregivers previously enrolled into the paren...
Safety/Immunogenicity/Genetic Drift of MP-12 Rift Valley Fever Vaccine
This study is to determine if a vaccine for Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is safe to give to humans. Rift Valley Fever is a disease carried by mosquitoes that can infect both animals and humans....
Companies
Hospice of the Valley, a leading provider and educator in advancing palliative end-of-life and community grief-care, affirms dignity and hope for those facing serious illne...
Halcyon Hospice and Palliative Care
Halcyon Hospice and Palliative Care is committed to a standard of excellence in providing sensitive, patient-centered, and health care to hospice patients and families. Please vis...
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
Many people mistakenly think that hospice is simply a place you go when nothing more can be done to address an illness. That misunderstanding can keep people from accessing the expert care that hospic...
AseraCare Hospice is part of Golden Living, one of the nationâs premiere providers of health care services for the aging. AseraCare Hospice offers a full range of hospice and...
Pathways Home Health, Hospice & Private Duty
Pathways Hospice Foundation supports Pathways Home Health and Hospice by funding services that could not be offered without community support. These services include family bereav...
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