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Choice Health CEO Jackson: Instant Care Deal an Extraordinary Opportunity in Non-Medical Home Care

Hospice News

Its supportive services include assistance with daily activities, housekeeping, meal preparation, feeding and transportation. In 2022, close to 15% of all MA plans – about 1,000 in total – offer in-home support services, according to Washington, D.C.-based As of 2019, the U.S. based research and advisory firm ATI Advisory.

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Key Palliative Care Trends to Watch in 2024

Hospice News

Today, many palliative programs are supported by philanthropic donations or treated as a loss leader that can feed referrals to other services like hospice care. For example, the company in 2022 formed a joint venture with Mount Sinai Health System.

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Learning from women’s sport, an open goal for healthcare workplaces?

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

Following England’s Lionesses European Cup win in 2022, there was a financial boost from the UK government to drive opportunity for equal time for girls and boys to participate in sport [1]. Thirty-two countries have a national female football team competing for the top spot with more prime-time TV coverage in the UK and USA than before.

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Reflection on Gratitude as a way of Taking Care at Christmas

The Nurse Break

And though there is a dullness to the glitter and ka-ching of the coming Christmas of 2022 – on account of our enormous national debt, high inflation, low wages, floods, and so much more – I still get concerned about the annual freneticism that takes over. There is simply more work, with either the same or less resources.

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Supporting parents to communicate with their premature baby – why do we need to explore this?

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

Studies have investigated approaches such as early feeding and skin to skin care, which are important for bonding and parent mental health outcomes (Baley et al., For parents who experience a premature birth, learning to interact with their baby can be exacerbated as a result of the barriers imposed by admission to a neonatal unit.

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6 ways your home care staff can increase caregiver retention

AlayaCare

How to retain caregivers continues to be the main question agencies are asking as they shift their focus to growth in 2022. They are not being given enough hours to make this into a full-time job so that they can feed their families.” - How to improve caregiver retention by predicting their satisfaction, HHCN.

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Nurse’s Side Gig: Skincare Blogger

Daily Nurse

My future goal is to have the option to do this full-time, as well as generate enough revenue to feed back into my business to hire 1 or 2 writers to help my business grow. I started my blogging business in October 2022, and I’ve had a little affiliate revenue come in, but I’m still early in my journey.

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