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HospicePass Resouce Guide

Products: 

The Death Deck and EOL Deck: Play the new party game that lets you explore a topic we’re all obsessed with but often afraid to discuss.

Grief Cards: Sympathy cards that don’t suck. Made for grieving people, by grieving people.

The Tag Bag: A nursing bag designed especially for clinicians (nurses, nursing assistants, therapists, etc) who provide care in the patient’s home (hospice, home health, caregivers, etc).

Durable Medical Equipment:

Qualis: Your comprehensive hospice DME manager. Control costs, save time, and simplify DME workflows. Learn More Here. Follow Bobbi Heimsoth and ask her how Qualis can assist your agency.

Dignity Lifts: Electric toilet lifts that help maintain independence and dignity. Stand up, for yourself.

Traversa: The future of NEMT comfort and mobility. A transport wheelchair that you’ll demand from all of your NEMT providers.

ShowerBuddy: Comfort in the bathroom. Everyone has the right to enjoy a hot shower. Our mission is to bring rewarding bathroom experiences to anyone with mobility challenges. We make this happen through our cutting-edge bathroom transfer solutions which give access to the bathroom without an expensive and time consuming remodel.

Hospice Experts and Specialists:

Nancy Heyerman, RN, BSN, CHPN, and Brenda Kizzire, RN BSN CHPN, have created The Hospice Care Plan by Odanta Care. One of the most informative guides we’ve found and close to 300 videos on their You Tube Channel called The Hospice Care Plan.

Shelley Henry, RN, CPHRM, CHPN of The Amity Group, Inc. You’ve seen her “Tips for Hospice Nurses,” on LinkedIn, Instagram and TikTok. Check out her “Documentation Guides” and I hear that there’s an documentation app on the way very shortly.

Marketing:

CareCompanion360: Are you looking to elevate your hospice agency’s digital marketing efforts? CareCompanion360 is the ultimate all-in-one digital marketing solution designed specifically for care providers. Mention “HOSPICEPASS” and save money.

beehiiv: This newsletter reaches 1000’s of hospice professionals, across the country every week. Imagine the possibilities of creating your own hospice newsletter for your referring physicians and your network. beehiiv is the #1 platform for newsletter marketing. Use this referral link for a discount https://www.beehiiv.com?via=JaredJerotz1.

Smarter Medical Care: Customized, animated videos are created to educate patients and their families with the goal of reducing anxiety and improving treatment effectiveness.

Services You Can Use or Refer:

Funeralocity: When the conversation arises, Funeralocity has a FREE Hospice Portal where you can assist families in comparing the prices of all funeral and cremation providers. This is a tremendous resource and highly recommended.

Parting Stone: Empower families in their grief through a form of remains that can be touched and held. They are seeing the beginning of a death movement away from the limitations of traditional care. Inspired future for death and dying.

Rendever: Committed to making incredible experiences simple, social, and accessible. The #1 Virtual Reality platform for empowering a better life and experience amongst the people in your care.

Everplans: Organizes the details of your life for you, and keeps you one step ahead of what you need to do next.

Befriending Death: Eileen Spillane has created multiple resources, courses, coaching, books for normalizing conversations around death. For family members and healthcare professionals alike.

Technology:

Odessa Connect: A technology system designed by geriatric specialists to be safe and simple. Using the largest screen in the home - their television. Odessa makes it easy to connect with your patients and their families. Easy to set up, you can now make regular calls with your patients easily and more effectively.

Help Texts delivers expert grief support directly to subscribers' phones, via text message, offering a convenient and accessible way to receive ongoing care. The program's success highlights the potential of digital interventions in grief support, especially in reaching demographics that may traditionally be underserved. As hospices face the challenge of providing comprehensive bereavement care, Help Texts offers a promising solution. Its high retention and satisfaction rates suggest that text-based support can be an effective component of a holistic grief support strategy.

DieWell is specifically tailored for parents with terminal illness. Guiding parents with topics co-created with child psychologists and grief counselors, and inspired by the sons and daughters who’ve lost a parent. DieWell was created in 2024 after my mom passed away. DieWell is here to guide people like Mom and their families to have a better end-of-life experience—one where they can express their thoughts, leave memories, and provide closure for their loved ones.

Neteera: Welcome to the Future of Contactless Passive Patient Monitoring. Automated monitoring technology helps medical staff keep track of vitals around the clock, enabling them to be ahead of the game.

Hospice Dynamix: Manage your hospice through predictive analytics. Project Medicare Revenue, Mitigate Compliance Risk, Benchmark Referral Sources.

BetterRX: The all-in-one medication ordering and management technology that’s shaking up the hospice pharmacy industry. With BetterRX, nurses can easily select medications, secure approvals, ePrescribe orders directly to pharmacies, and track order statuses.

Billing Services:

Hospice Engine - If you are having challenges with Medicare reimbursements, call Hospice Engine at 866-522-1138. They’ll take a look and can absolutely help resolve an outstanding issue and guide you in the future with their billing services.

Transportation:

Compassionate Medical Transport: Non-Emergency Medical Transportation servicing Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, and San Diego counties. Contracted hospice agencies receive a 20% discount. Call 800-982-6641 for rates.

VectorCare: Scheduling and coordinating NEMT rides for patients has never been easier with Hub. For Skilled Nursing Facilities, Assisted Living Facilities, and Hospice. Track your patient transportation in real-time. Set up your account today to access transportation options in your area.

STAT - Non-Medical Transportation Services: Servicing Michiana community and areas around Ft. Wayne, IN, STAT Transport was founded to address the growing need of wheelchair transportation and redirect focus to the patient/client.

Podcasts:

At The Bedside: Hosted by Marcela Lima, this podcast aims to humanize the incredible people behind hospice and highlight that it’s not just about end-of-life care.

The Heart of Hospice Podcast: The mission of The Heart of Hospice podcast is to provide patients, caregivers, and hospice workers with information and education about end-of-life care. Host Helen Bauer, a Certified Hospice RN, talks with industry experts who share wisdom to help consumers and providers have the best hospice experience possible.

Nursing Beyond the Bedside podcast with Audrey McCullough. The mission of the pod is to show nurses what’s possible. It’s been incredible to share the stories of other nurses who are out there doing incredible things with their nursing career. I hope that nurses can connect with the stories they hear and become inspired to take their own leap. I’d love for you to take a listen! You can tune in on YouTube, Apple, or Spotify.

Veterans Services and Information:

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: End of Life Resource Handbook for Veterans: The VA NorCal has a resource guide that is incredible. It’s NoCal specific and we’re tracking down additional guides like this across the country. If you’re in need of information, a contact, or a phone number, this is the guide to keep bookmarked.

We Honor Veterans: Empowers end-of-life care partners to meet the unique needs of America’s Veteran and their families. Here’s an incredible Hospice Veteran Partnership Roster for nationwide resources and contact information.

For Your Team:

AlesGrey: Our good friend, “Sneaker” Steve Patino, created Ales Grey to honor his son. Their innovative approach to footwear is designed for frontline workers focusing on foot health recovery. Your team is on their feet - Ales Grey will be the best shoes they’ve ever worn.

Uni: Redefining footwear for industry professionals. Anti-microbial, fluid-resistant, slip-resistant, all-day comfort. Use JARED38410 for your discount.