Florence Wald News Today

The McClure Miller Respite House in Colchester feels like a home away from home. Its fireplace, open kitchen and thoughtfully designed rooms make the 21-bed inpatient hospice facility feel cozy. Its staff and community volunteers — more than 300 of them — provide meals and round-the-clock care, including emotional and spiritual support for residents and their families. At the end of September, those residents included Respite House namesake Harlaine Dudley "Holly" Miller. H...

When my father went into hospice care, our family was able to focus on the present, be supported and prepare peacefully for his death. Here's what I learned.

.@RVNAhealth Hospice and Palliative care teams won the 2023 Florence Wald Award for Excellence in End-of-Life Care.

The US hospice system is supposed to provide compassionate end-of-life care. But private equity firms have swallowed up the industry: 7 out of 10 hospice agencies are now for-profit, putting profit maximization over patient well-being.

Yale School of Nursing (YSN) announces the launch of its first-ever online master of science in nursing (MSN) course of study: a three-year, part-time Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) program for RN-prepared nurses. Applications for the inaugural Summer 2023 cohort are now open through February 28, 2023. 

As Yale School of Nursing (YSN) looks ahead to its centennial in 2023, a second milestone is approaching the five-decade mark the following year: the arrival of hospice care in America, spearheaded by the efforts of YSN Dean Florence Wald.

what does medicare have to do with me? in fact, medicare has a role in the lives of all of us including residents. the presidents proposal will be yet another ongoinge de o fturef medicare. both democrats and republicans have proposed raising medicares eligibility age from 65 to 67. others have proposed that seniors buy in to the health exchanges that will be coming online during the health care reform. and others have proposed eliminating fee-for-service medicine in medicare entirely ...