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Hospice Savannah Fuels Expansion of CAPABLE Program to Enable Aging in Place

Hospice News

Seniors who qualify include individuals experiencing difficulty in at least one or more activities of daily life (ADLs), or challenges with two or more instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). These services can help providers learn where the greatest areas of unmet needs exist among swelling aging communities, Benton indicated.

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Alivia Care Inc. Launches New Home-Based Care Business in Florida

Hospice News

The new services also address patients’ nonmedical and psychosocial needs such as transportation, meals, companion support, assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs) and social determinants of health. Florida-based Alivia Care Inc.

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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. A lack of trained hospice and palliative care professionals in rural regions also presents a barrier to access.

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

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How To Help Aging Parents by Planning Ahead

Traditions Health

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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Navigating Palliative Care Models in ACO Partnerships

Hospice News

Partnerships between health care providers and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) can help to create effective, value-based palliative care models for patients, but navigating the development of those relationships requires communication and a true commitment to collaboration. Partnering with ACOs offers palliative care providers advantages too.

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

GeriPal

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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