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identify patients who needed extra attention and assigned them to one of 50
home coaches distributed around Southeast Kentucky and West Virginia, says
Susan Swinford, vice president for administration at Bluegrass. Results were
impressive (37 percent decline in readmissions), and the transitions program has
since been adopted by several departments at the University of Kentucky health
system, including screening in the emergency department, which identified a
homeless population needing the coaches' help.
Identifying new partners and expanding programs is all about maintaining good
relationships with all types of organizations, Swinford says. "Keeping those
relationships is just vital to our success. We're always willing to do what they
want us to do, and we are meticulous in the data we collect to loop back to them."
Read more about Bluegrass Care Navigators and the other honorees in the 2017
Circle of Life Award Booklet.

2015

CARE DIMENSIONS,
DANVERS, MASSACHUSETTS

Care Dimensions, the largest hospice in the Boston area, was providing
excellent care to children occasionally needing hospice and palliative care. But
to build a more robust and comprehensive program, two years ago, the hospice
hired Tamara Vesel, MD, a board-certified palliative care specialist from DanaFarber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital. To enhance the skills of
hospice staff whose experience was primarily with adults, Vesel developed an
intensive staff training program in the emotionally charged world of caring for
dying children.

...consider submitting
next year for the 2020
award cycle.

The specialized training prepared Care Dimensions staff for the day a very sick
three-year-old's heart stopped during an airplane flight with his family. CPR was
performed while the plane returned to Boston, where the child was rushed to the
hospital. The family wanted the child's death to occur at home so they could take
him to their mosque and prepare him for a traditional Muslim funeral. Vesel and a
pediatric team nurse were waiting in the family's driveway when they returned
from the hospital.
Over the next three days, the team supported the parents in their difficult decision
to remove the child's breathing tube.
"Removing advanced life support in a home setting is not something a lot of
hospice programs would take on," says Nate Lamkin, the hospice social worker
working with the family. "As tragic as it was, the family felt very well supported
and the staff coped well with it." Building the new pediatric program has had a
profound effect on the whole organization, says Lamkin, reinforcing the hospice's
compassionate mission.

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Table of Contents
2018 MLC Thank you (display ad)
Message from Edo
My Hospice Campaign
My Hospice Message Pillars
My Hospice Video
My Hospice Sponsor Acknowledgment
My Hospice on Capitol Hill
Circle of Life Award
Marketplace (display ad)
Supporting Children and Families
2018 Virtual Conference (display ad)
Pediatric Spotlight
Professional Development in 2018
2018 IDC (display ad)
Stay With Me Awhile
National Consensus Project (display ad)
Short Takes section
Palliative Care Spotlight
Diversity Council Spotlight
Content Licensing (display ad)
Council of States Spotlight
Career Center (display ad)
Member News
In Memorium
News from NHF
State Hospice Profiles (display ad)
News from We Honor Veterans
Pet Peace of Mind (display ad)
Heartland Hospice Memorial Fund (display ad)
Online Resources
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NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2018 - Message from Edo
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NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2018 - My Hospice Message Pillars
NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2018 - My Hospice Video
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NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2018 - Circle of Life Award
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