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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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Impact of Section GG, ANAs and Social Risk Factors (SRFs) on PAC outcomes

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

The specificity and care taken to create these lists must mean that without them, the kids are all sure to fail! of 6) of 1.5″ ″ x 2″ and 1 pkg.

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Finding your PAC

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

This report outlines findings specific to present the prototype for the Unified PAC (UPAC) PPS. Is UPAC a new term to you? PAC providers include skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), long-term care hospitals (LTCHs), and home health agencies (HHA) [§ 1899B(a)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act].

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Understanding social determinants of health and rehab

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

It also requires giving people access to understandable information and decision support tools to equip them and their families with the information to manage their health and wellness, navigate the full span of the health care delivery system, and make their own informed choices about care.

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The Rise of Malpractice Claims Against NPs

Daily Nurse

Many older Americans receive care from aging services facilities across the United States. There are currently about 14 million people receiving some form of long-term care services. However, aging service facilities need more staffing to meet regulatory and quality of care standards.

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Barbershops are for girls too

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Second, in a time where we have all learned to expect the unexpected, you always know who will be present and what level of quality will be delivered during your visit. If you are not a local, you would never find this place. This is invaluable if you are a mother of sons who are adamant that only scissors should be used. It’s 2022 after all.

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Home for the holidays: What does it mean for your patients?

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Perhaps your patients’ traditions include wrapping presents, decorating a tree or lighting the menorah. In closing, let us use this special time of year to make our patients feel cared for, loved and truly home for the holidays. What are their traditions? She can be reached at rkinder@broadriverrehab.com.