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How Palliative Care Could Help Break the SNF-to-Hospital Cycle

Hospice News

A dearth of coordination or integration between rehab teams and palliative care teams routinely forces some patients into a cycle between the hospital and the nursing home in their last year of life. These results appeared in a 2019 New England Journal of Medicine study titled “Rehabbed to Death.”

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NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue Unveils New Palliative Care Unit

Hospice News

They’re vulnerable patients that might not have a lot of social support for a home hospice situation. They’re vulnerable patients that might not have a lot of social support for a home hospice situation. Its palliative care program began in 2006, launching its first clinic in 2010 and growing ever since, Cohen stated.

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Angela Hospice’s New Inpatient Facility; Hosparus Opens PACE Center

Hospice News

Constructed in 2006 as the Schmidt Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia, the facility was renovated after its closure in 2011. To qualify for PACE, residents must be 55 and older, in need of nursing home-level care and able to safely receive community-based services in a home-based setting.

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Enhabit Appoints General Counsel; The Denver Hospice Gets New Medical Director

Hospice News

Board-certified in hospice and palliative medicine, Howe has more than 20 years of experience as a physician and medical director for various health care organizations in the Denver area, including a number of rehabilitation, assisted living and skilled nursing home facilities. Shirlee Turner after 11 years of service at the company.

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Bartlett Regional Hospital Gets Green Light to Take Over Hospice Services, Executives Step Down

Hospice News

HHCJ received Medicare certification in 2006 and was operated by Catholic Community Services prior to its closure. The home health and hospice provider’s additional services included bereavement care, as well as free medical equipment loans for wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, bath benches, bedside commodes or canes.

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

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Through a series of events, I started working as a consultant to the Department of Corrections in around 2006, and I was assigned to the California Medical Facility. I’ve known Michele a long time, since the Joint Medical Program. Shout out to the UC Berkeley-USCF Joint Medical Program. Did I get that close? Michele: That was perfect.

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Gabapentinoids – Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Tasce Bongiovanni, Donovan Maust and Nisha Iyer

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valproic acid and gabapentin), in nursing homes, particularly patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. JAMA Surgery 2018 Gabapentin and mood stabilizers in the Nursing Home Setting: Antiepileptic prescribing to persons living with dementia residing in nursing homes: A tale of two indications.