Hospice News April 19, 2024
Improving education and training for family caregivers may give hospices’ quality scores a boost.
Maryland-based Hospice of the Chesapeake has introduced a standardized caregiver training program designed to enhance the work they had previously done in this area. After a review of scientific literature, it became clear that nationally, caregiver training was spotty, and this affected families’ perceptions of the care their loved one received, Monica Ferebee, clinical manager of hospice at Hospice of the Chesapeake said at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) Virtual Interdisciplinary Conference.
“As a clinician, we’re often expecting these untrained, informal caregivers to do what it took some of us years in school to be trained to be able to do,” Ferebee said...
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