Hospice News June 17, 2025
Hospices are seeing the potential for caregiver support improvement in the first year of the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) payment demonstration.
Intended to improve care management, caregiver education and respite access for dementia patients and their families, the GUIDE model could have significant impacts, according to Dr. Marny Fetzer, chief medical officer at Hospice of the Chesapeake.
The payment model could serve as a big step forward in dementia care and allow for deeper examination of what services are most beneficial toward improved outcomes, Fetzer said. Meaningful caregiver support is critical to the equation of safely aging in place at the end of life, she indicated.
“GUIDE funds some education as well as social service and medical...
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