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Dialysis vs Conservative Management for Older Adults: Manju Kurella Tamura, Susan Wong, & Maria Montez-Rath

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As background, we discuss Manju Kurella Tamura’s landmark NEJM paper that found, contrary to expectations, that function declines precipitously for nursing home residents who initiate dialysis. So, for example, you know, we see somebody coming in from the nursing. A nursing home. 2009, yeah, 2009.

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Ep. 43 - An Insider’s View: An Insider’s View: A Pediatric Nurse Practitioner’s Reflections as a Palliative Care Clinician, Caregiver, and Mother

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Join us for an insightful episode featuring seasoned Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Meggan Mikal-DeMont DNP, APRN-FPA, PCNS-BC, CPNP-PC, CHPPN , FPCNwith more than10 years of experience in palliative care and pain management. This led her to also become a board-certified pediatric hospice and palliative nurse in 2009.

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Care Synergy Becomes National Center for Johns Hopkins’ CAPABLE Program

Hospice News

The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing launched CAPABLE in 2009 and since then has overseen the program nationally. Its affiliates include the Colorado Visiting Nurse Association (CVNA), The Denver Hospice, Pathways, and Pikes Peak Hospice and Palliative Care, among others. .

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Phoenix Children’s Palliative Chief: Shift the Culture in Health Care

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The Phoenix Children’s palliative care program was launched in 2009. Shaw’s large staff includes eight board-certified doctors, an advanced nurse practitioner, a social worker, a mental health therapist, a bereavement coordinator, a bereavement counselor, a psychologist, a nurse coordinator and a medical assistant. “If

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CommuniCare Health Services Acquires Transitional Care Company Stonerise

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Founded in 1984, CommuniCare Health Services is a family-owned company that provides post-acute services including skilled nursing, assisted living, independent living, behavioral health and long-term care. The company was established in 2009.

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Hospices Leverage Technology to Improve Patient, Employee Satisfaction, Reduce Turnover 

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Hospice nurses pointed to this issue as their number-one concern about their jobs in a recent survey by The Amity Group. Nurses are saying, ‘I love being a hospice nurse. ’ I think we’re losing a lot of nurses because of this because their family is so unhappy.”

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Court Dismisses SouthernCare Fraud Allegations, Proceeds with Whistleblower Retaliation Complaint

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Former SouthernCare nurse Rhonda McClinton filed a qui tam complaint against the organization in 2016, alleging that the hospice provider submitted hospice claims to Medicare for patients who were not eligible and billed for services it did not provide. The Southern District Court of Mississippi granted hospice provider SouthernCare Inc.’s

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