Literature Review

24 hour home care to lay off over 700 employees Home Health Care News; by Morgan Gonzales; 9/4/26 24 Hour Home Care plans to lay off 738 employees, according to a California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filing. The layoffs are scheduled to take effect on Sept. 15, according to the filing. 24 Hour Home Care said the layoffs were the result of Health Net’s planned discontinuation of Personal Care and Homemaker Services (PCHS), an optional Community Support under the insurer’s Medi-Cal managed care plans, effective Jan. 1, 2027. Health Net is a California health insurer and managed-care organization.

How compassion and research build palliative care for the precision oncology era OncLive; by Ross Camidge, MD, PhD and Laura A. Petrillo, MD; 9/9/26 Drs. Camidge and Petrillo discuss Dr. Petrillo's evolution from a science-curious student to a leader in palliative care research. How This Is Building Me, hosted by world-renowned oncologist D. Ross Camidge, MD, PhD, is a podcast focused on the highs and lows, ups and downs of all those involved with cancer, cancer medicine, and cancer science across the full spectrum of life's experiences. In this episode, Dr Camidge sat down with Laura A. Petrillo, MD, a palliative care physician-investigator in the Division of Palliative Care and Geriatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

"Let there be peace on earth," sung at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum by the Young People's Chorus of New York City, for Pope Francis and other world interfaith leaders YouTube; excerpt from televised global service in the suriving, deepest basement of the Twin Towers; 9/25/15On September 25, 2015, Pope Francis led a profound interfaith prayer service at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York City. Held in the subterranean Foundation Hall against the solemn backdrop of the World Trade Center’s original subterranean wall that survived the attacks, the historic gathering brought together around 500 guests and leaders from Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, and Sikh traditions to promote global peace and healing. The emotional climax of the service occurred when the Young People’s Chorus of New York City, comprised of more than 60 diverse teenage singers, delivered a moving rendition of "Let There Be Peace on Earth," echoing a message of unity through the sacred, historic space.

Your culture isn't what you say—it's what you tolerate | part one Teleios Collaborative Network (TCN); by Chris Comeaux; 9/926 Your organization’s culture isn’t defined by the values hanging on the wall—it’s defined by the behaviors leaders allow to continue. In Part One of Your Culture Isn't What You Say—It's What You Tolerate, host Chris Comeaux sits down with Tom Foster, President of Foster Learning Corporation and author of Premeditated Culture: The Consequences of What We Tolerate, for a compelling examination of how organizational culture is actually created.  Foster challenges a common leadership assumption: culture begins with defining what an organization believes. Instead, he argues that leaders should start by identifying the specific behaviors they want to see—because beliefs, values, customs, and ultimately culture become visible through what people actually do.

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Navigating generational shifts: strategies for sustaining organizational knowledge and future-proofing the workforce Recruit-Talent.com; 9/9/26 The modern workplace is in the midst of an unprecedented demographic transformation, driven by the mass retirement of Baby Boomers and the increasing entry of Generation Z. This confluence of generational shifts presents both significant challenges and unique opportunities for organizations globally. ...

As home health moratorium nears expiration, advocates press CMS against extension Home Health Care News; by MK Manoylov; 9/9/26 LeadingAge and the National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance) submitted new letters urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to allow the moratorium on Medicare home health enrollment to expire — even after LeadingAge has supported the freeze. These new letters also urge CMS to adopt more targeted enforcement measures to avoid implicating compliant providers.  

Time is of the essence: evaluating short-term prognosis tools in cancer and non-cancer patients Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; by Kayla Sheehan, Navasuja Kumar, Julia Pudar, Susan Duong, Megan Bricely, Mohamman Alhameed, Mohammed Kabeto, Donglin Zeng, Adam Marks; 8/27/26 Accurate end-of-life prognostication supports patient, family, clinician, and health system decision-making. The Palliative Prognostic Index (PPI), Palliative Performance Scale (PPS), and Short-Term Prognosis Signs (SPS) have been used in palliative care populations, particularly advanced cancer (1-3), but their utility for short-term prognostication in non-cancer patients is less established.

Beyond the bottle: a whole person approach to pain management for veterans enrolled in inpatient hospice Medscape; by Tracy Shamas, APRN, MSN, ACHPN, Andrea Ruskin, MD, HEC-C, and Alexandra Laffer, PhD; 9/9/26 Background: ... Veterans Affairs inpatient hospice units are uniquely positioned to implement non-pharmacological pain interventions due to longer lengths of stay and broader resources compared to Medicare GIP-regulated settings. This quality improvement project aims to support the uptake and utilization of non-pharmacological pain management interventions for veterans receiving inpatient hospice care. ... Conclusions: Initial findings show that veterans with pain at end-of-life express interest in holistic non-pharmacological options, and integrating these approaches is feasible within inpatient hospice care. ... 

Grieving children need more than our sympathy. They need a place to belong Rhode Island Current; by Deanna Upchurch; 9/8/26 Children who lose a close family member grieve differently than adults, and their grief changes as they grow. A loss experienced at 8 can take on an entirely different meaning at 12, 16 or 25. A child can be deeply sad and still want to swim, make art, play games and laugh with friends. HopeHealth makes room for all of it at Camp BraveHeart. This summer, 100 grieving children and teens attended our day camp at Camp Hoffman in South Kingstown with another 75 experiencing the camp offered in North Attleboro, Massachusetts. ... According to the 2026 Childhood Bereavement Estimation Model, 1 in 11 children in the United States —- about 6.6 million —- will experience the death of a parent or sibling by age 18.

Our Hospice collects $110K at Labor Day weekend concert Jennings County KORN 97.7 & 1460 AM, Columbus, IN; 9/8/26This year's Our Hospice Concert returned to the Bartholomew County Public Library on Saturday, September 5, for an afternoon of music benefiting Our Hospice of South Central Indiana. Community partners, raffle participants, sponsors, benefactors, and attendees raised over $110,000 for Our Hospice patients and their loved ones. The 40th Annual Our Hospice Concert came back to the library steps in downtown Columbus, where the tradition began in 1987.

Croí Health Hospice residence renamed to include Barbara Roch Access Newswire, Hingham, MA; Press Release; 9/8/26 On September 8, Croí Health officially unveils a new sign renaming the Pat Roche Hospice Home in Hingham, MA, to the Barbara and Pat Roche Hospice Home. The change honors the generosity of the couple, co-founders of the Roche Bros. supermarket chain, who helped make the residence possible. The Pat Roche Hospice Home first opened in 2013 as the region's first hospice residence, named for Patrick Roche following his passing in 2012. The organization is now expanding that tribute to include his wife, Barbara, who passed in November. The Roche family has long supported Croí Health's mission to expand access to hospice and palliative care across the 27 South Shore towns it serves.