Job vacancies among hospice employers dropped to 12.78% in 2025 from 14.03% in 2024. Meanwhile, the rate of pay increases for registered nurses has fallen to 3.58% this year, compared to 2024’s 3.97%. This is according to a new salary and benefits report by the Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service, the National Alliance for Care […]
Florida-based Treasure Coast Hospice has launched a new certified nursing assistant (CNA) training program. The effort has already born fruit in terms of strengthened recruitment and retention. The scope of new clinicians entering the hospice workforce has shrunk significantly in recent years, leaving a deficit of resources in the face of rising demand. This issue […]
Florida-based MorseLife Health System Inc. has announced the first cohort of graduates from its inaugural certified nursing assistant (CNA) program. Each of the six CNA graduates have achieved board certification and are now employed at the nonprofit health system, including some who entered its hospice and palliative care workforce. The CNA program is designed to […]
By the Bay Health is collaborating with Dominican University of California to establish a new nursing scholarship designed to improve workforce diversity and culturally relevant care delivery. Two students each received $25,000 through the Pat Kendall Memorial Nursing Scholarship, which launched this year as part of By the Bay Health’s Pathways to Care Careers initiative. […]
Hospices need a greater understanding of clinicians’ most complex and challenging issues in order to sustain and grow their workforce. The nation is facing a growing deficit of board-certified hospice and palliative care physicians and nurse practitioners, according to Holly Davis, clinical operations manager of community-based palliative care at Atrium Health Hospice & Palliative Care. […]
Chicago-based Oasis Hospice & Palliative Care has launched a new initiative designed to bolster its workforce. The company’s charitable arm, the Oasis Foundation, is now offering the Pathway to Purpose Scholarship, which includes $2,500 in tuition dollars for students whose lives have been shaped by hospice or palliative care. New clinicians and other interdisciplinary group […]
Reps. Earl “Buddy” Carter (R-Georgia) and Dr. Ami Bera (D-Calif.) have introduced the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA). The legislation was announced on Thursday and has a Senate companion bill led by Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) The PCHETA legislation has been reintroduced several times, most recently […]
Employees at the University of Vermont Health Network’s (UVM) home health and hospice segment have voted to unionize. A majority of the organization’s 85 hospice staff voted to formalize a union agreement following six months of organization. The unionized employees includes nurses, social workers, licensed nursing assistants, chaplains, bereavement coordinators, volunteer coordinators and administrative staff, […]
Hospices have sought various ways to build supportive organizational cultures that fortify their retention strongholds amid widespread staffing shortages. Understanding the competing professional and personal priorities of hospice workforces is key to ensuring sustainable career pathways, according to Priscila Feijó Mattingly, chief people officer at the home-based care provider Compassus. Workers need a culture that […]
Palliative care providers face a host of unique recruitment and retention challenges compared to others, with organizations employing diverse strategies to rise above the competition. Misunderstandings about palliative care can serve as a large barrier to retention, said Wendy Winokur, vice president of Traditions Health Palliative Care, part of Traditions Health LLC. The nuances of […]
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