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Calls Grow Louder for Greater Federal Support of Rural Hospices

Hospice News

It can also be more difficult to address social determinants of health needs and provide assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs) with caregiver support lagging among rural populations, providers noted. The legislation has taken a circuitous route through Congress in recent years, repeatedly reintroduced without passing since 2017.

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Improving Hospital Care for Older Adults through Acute Care for Elders (ACE Units): Kellie Flood and Stephanie Rogers

GeriPal

My past boss, Seth Landefeld, wrote a Seminole paper on this back in 1996 in the New England Journal, showing that ACE units improved things like ADLs at discharge, discharged to long-term institutions. Same for the nutritionist and the chaplain and all these people. So there was a lot of difference in who was at these rounds.

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What Services Does Hospice Care Provide for Patients and Families?

Seasons Hospice

Chaplains and spiritual counselors are available to provide comfort, spiritual guidance, and counseling tailored to the patient’s beliefs and preferences. Assistance with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) Hospice care also recognizes the importance of helping patients maintain a sense of independence and dignity in their daily lives.

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Palliative Rehab?!?: Ann Henshaw, Tamra Keeney, and Sarguni Singh

GeriPal

We’re both in my mind, and I’m biased, great team players, the palliative care team, the chaplain is a great, everybody’s super. And a lot of them never actually improve their ADLs once they’re sent to SNF. They’re really great, the palliative care social worker and chaplain. Sarguni: Yeah.

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How Hospices Are Diversifying Their Services in 2024

Hospice News

Participants are typically those certified by a state to require nursing level of care (which can be home-based), and need assistance with certain activities of daily life (ADLs). A large pro is the team collaboration and how doulas collaborate with clinicians, chaplains and social workers in that interdisciplinary approach,” Bretthauer said.

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HSPN ELEVATE: The Common Thread Linking Documentation, Satisfaction, and Revenue Protection

Hospice News

PPS score, the prognostic statement, the disease progression, the ADLs, whatever it was, it was missing one or a multiple of those. We’re getting comments from nurses, some social workers, from chaplains saying, “I get comments back from the family saying, thank you.

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A Heartfelt Mention of Hospice of the North Coast in IAHPC’s Latest Article

Hospice of the North Coast

So far, Lisa has outlived her prognosis, and after one seizure two weeks ago when we thought we’d lost her, she rallied and is now back to eating on her own, walking up and down steps with help, and performing most activities of daily living (ADLs) with minimal support.

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