Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Palliative care, pediatric end-of-life care and end-of-life doula (EOLD) services are top of mind for hospices that are diversifying their services in 2024. Fewer than half of 143 respondents to Hospice News’ 2024 Outlook Survey , conducted with Homecare Homebase, reported that their hospice organizations would pursue new care types this year.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Hospices provide medical care plans, while the center’s staff provides 24/7 personal care, medication administration and assistance with meals, bathing and other activities of daily living (ADLs). ProMedica began divesting its home health and hospice services earlier this year with the sale of Heartland Hospice and other assets to Gentiva.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 12, 2023

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. So before we get into that, ACE units have been around for over 25 years. Just gigantic.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 27, 2022

It predicts mortality, it predicts time to walking disability, so time until someone can’t walk across a room, and time to ADL disability. Alex Smith: And we’re delighted to welcome back James Deardorff, who is a geriatrician and research fellow in the UCSF Division of Geriatrics. Welcome back to GeriPal, James. Welcome back, Sei.

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Hospice of the North Coast

AUGUST 2, 2024

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. A wise decision.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

PPS score, the prognostic statement, the disease progression, the ADLs, whatever it was, it was missing one or a multiple of those. There are things that I think CMS can look at and fix and do it fairly quickly that would alleviate some of the burden that’s put on these hospice providers. It’s an administrative burden.

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 10, 2022

Get The Care Your Parents Need for Activities of Daily Living (ADLs). As parents age, their ability to carry out what are known as activities of daily living (also called ADLs) declines. This may include hiring a nurse, palliative care , or hospice care (if your loved one has a terminal illness).

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Hospice Nurse Hero

MARCH 6, 2024

Requires assistance with ADLs. This can include worsening symptoms, decreased functional status, or increased dependence on ADLs. However, the second example has more details demonstrating how the patient is declining. Example #1: Routine Visit (Don’t) Patient resting in bed upon arrival. Patient alert and responsive.

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Mostly people use like a quick ADL IDL checklist and for function and a mini cog. And then we recommend a cognitive screening tool and a functional screening tool. And either of those could be given to the patient or an informant. And we give a variety of validated tools. But something like the GP Cog or 88 are options as well.

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Home Care Pulse

MAY 19, 2022

Over half of all home care agencies currently offer their caregivers training in the following 8 topics: personal care (ADLs), client safety, infection control basics, employee safety, Coronavirus, client rights, communications and other soft skills, diseases and chronic conditions. So which topics should your training program include?

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The Nurse Break

MAY 24, 2022

Because they may need additional support in terms of fundamental care (ADLs, hygiene, mobilisation, nutrition, hydration) some people, and perhaps the broader public, presume that ‘basic care’ is all there is to aged care nursing (leading to assumption that it is boring). Meet Dr Kasia Bail!

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

And in that, they found it significantly improved ADL function and life space. So I got to help create one of the first geriatric orthopedic fellowships. It was a great opportunity to really explore new spaces too. And what we see is with falls, you see a significant contraction of life space, which is probably one of the mechanisms.

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Traditions Health

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

However, these activities of daily living ( known as ADLs ) may become more challenging even if the patient is able to move around on their own. As mentioned, a lack of mobility caused by ALS can lead to a struggle with activities of daily living such as moving around, cooking, cleaning, bathing, and eating.

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Seasons Hospice

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

These goals may include regaining independence in activities of daily living (ADLs), improving mobility, enhancing cognitive function, or addressing emotional well-being. Alternatively, for a senior with mobility limitations, they might recommend installing grab bars in the bathroom to facilitate safe transfers. Where Is The Line Drawn?

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Home Care Pulse

APRIL 28, 2022

Stay current by ensuring you’re training your employees on the top 5 topics agencies are prioritizing: Personal care (ADLS) . As HCP Training took the top spot for training providers this year, it’s never been easier to offer orientation, ongoing, and specialized training to your employees. Client safety . Infection control basics .

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Eric: What excites me about the med students is when I was a med student, I never heard of ADLs or IDLs and we just gave a talk to first or second year of med students. And they give off so much energy for me and make me feel so good. There just aren’t enough of them. There aren’t enough of them. I was like, holy smokes.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 26, 2022

They also paint the picture about the patient’s activity, mental status, and decline. CommonHospice Scales & Measures. These scales are just one way to document hospice eligibility and changes. This is often referred to as negative charting.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 30, 2022

Over half of all home care agencies currently offer their caregivers training in the following 8 topics: personal care (ADLs), client safety, infection control basics, employee safety, Coronavirus, client rights, communications and other soft skills, and diseases and chronic conditions. 7 popular topics are hitting the charts.

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GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary We are dusting off our crystal balls today with three amazing guests who have all recently published an article on prognosis over the last couple months: Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley. Why do this? James, welcome back to GeriPal. James 00:42 Thanks for having me. Welcome back to GeriPal.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 19, 2024

Where to Find Information Examine the patient’s EMR Review recent hospitalizations Patient interview and assessment Families and caregivers Past and current treatments Anywhere you can!! Patient completed chemotherapy and radiation therapy in February 2023. When she returned for six-month scans, she had lesions on her pelvic bones.

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GeriPal

APRIL 20, 2023

Than someone who is perhaps dependent on all their ADLs. I think that that is often said by geriatricians of what we should be looking at as people’s function, that there are 79-year-olds who are climbing Mount Everest, and they should be treated differently, right? Eric: Good luck with the power out there. Margot: Thank you.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Home health aide at 25 to 50 bucks an hour is, actually, a very inexpensive, and well-worth input for people who need help with ADLs and the like. It probably costs between two and three grand a day, your bill in the hospital. It’s, actually, an area we’re doing a lot of research in right now, and appropriately so.

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