Hospice News
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
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.”
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
“While we found that hospice length of stay was longer for those enrolling from the community vs hospital or nursing home settings, we overall found that hospice length of stay among MA enrollees was only slightly longer than for those in [traditional Medicare].” Years prior to 2018 showed similar patterns.
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Hospice News
APRIL 11, 2024
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.
Minority Nurse
AUGUST 24, 2022
My nursing education journey began when I received my BSN in Nursing at Rutgers College of Nursing in 2011. Their strength helped me to see myself as a strong but caring nurse. It was not long before I started picking up per diem job opportunities to explore and broaden my horizons as a nurse.
GeriPal
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Eric’s blog post on Dignity Therapy from 2011. And these are a little bit more palliative care centric than things we might use with a general population of hospitalized old adults or people in the nursing home or in the outpatient setting because there’s that feeling of life closure and legacy in some of these questions.
GeriPal
MARCH 2, 2023
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.
Nurse.com
MAY 9, 2022
Nurses have integral roles in emerging healthcare models aimed at meeting the needs of a growing population of medically complex children. Content courtesy of UPMC. The programs may also address mental health needs by connecting families with social services. Evidence Is Building to Support Hospital-Based Models.
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