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Pleasantly confused: Finding the balance in dementia care

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Occupational therapy Occupational therapists focus on improving the persons ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs), such as dressing, cooking and bathing. A calm, private environment, with a trusted family member present, can help the person feel more secure and supported. The timing and setting matter.

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

GeriPal

And a lot of them never actually improve their ADLs once they’re sent to SNF. Lynn: If they need to go somewhere and receive ADL support and supportive care at the same time, there’s no mechanism to pay for that. We need that information. This information is so vital. Sarguni: Yeah. Eric: Yeah.

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10 Questions to ask when looking for a home care software platform

AlayaCare

How easily does your system make it for you to see if caregivers are completing activities of daily living (ADLs) on-site? Can you easily export data out of your current system to inform business decisions (i.e., All completed tasks are date and time-stamped within the system for full stakeholder visibility.

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Beyond compensation: How home care agencies can add value for caregivers

AlayaCare

No paper or timesheets : Well-designed software means caregivers never have to manually record any client information or drive to the office to clock in or out. Real-time information and communication: No more dealing with lost forms, incomplete information, or unknown situations.

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Traumatic Brain Injury: The Road to Recovery

Daily Nurse

“TBI survivors who see their primary care doctor after their head injuries are often sent home with meager information and left to figure things out on their own, says Tuttle. It is an all-pervasive experience that can wreak havoc on the lives of patients and their loved ones, and the road to recovery can be long.

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No place like community: Discharge planning beyond the PHE

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Home assessments should move well beyond home type, kitchen set-up, hallway width, bedroom and ADL analysis and shift into our patients’ “real world” in whatever sense neighborhoods and community are important to them. Is the emergency contact information present and accessible? What about travel?

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

Joe 18:38 Yeah, you know, it’s interesting, Soo, I’m doing a county by county visit here in Minnesota where I actually give a presentation on the basics of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. And either of those could be given to the patient or an informant. So there are some studies going on in that direction as well.

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