Hospice News August 30, 2024
Holly Vossel

Arkansas-based Hospice of the Ozarks has launched a non-medical care training program to improve caregiving support.

The hospice’s new Care Coaching program is being offered at no cost to family caregivers. Through the program, interdisciplinary staff use phone calls and in-person visits and assessments to assist caregivers who are navigating the needs of serious and terminally ill patients in the home.

These services are designed to help educate caregivers on the resources available to them and address some of their largest practical and personal challenges, said Greg Wood, executive director at Hospice of the Ozarks. Providing care coaching could ultimately result in improved goal-concordant outcomes, he stated.

“The Care Coaching program is a non-medical service to individuals living with serious,...

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