Comfort Home Care

APRIL 18, 2024

From the characteristic tremors and rigidity to challenges with balance and mobility, Parkinson’s presents a unique set of obstacles that can make even the simplest tasks daunting. Living with Parkinson’s Disease presents numerous challenges, but you don’t have to face them alone.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This was presented back in Tampa at a post-acute long-term care conference earlier this year, where we looked at the ability of speech recognition to drive down Medicare denials of claims. PPS score, the prognostic statement, the disease progression, the ADLs, whatever it was, it was missing one or a multiple of those.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

AUGUST 21, 2022

Simply put, you must compare the present to the past. ADLS : dependent in all ADLs; frequently agitated; occasionally delusional. INTERVENTIONS: patient needs additional HHA time due to inability to perform all ADLs, previously she was able to assist with ADLs. 5 Tips for EASY Hospice Recertification.

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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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Hospice Nurse Hero

MARCH 6, 2024

Requires assistance with ADLs. Disease-Specific Declines: Each condition presents unique markers of decline. 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. Patient alert and responsive.

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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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AJN Off the Charts

APRIL 18, 2022

I realize what a privilege it is to be present for my patients and to share in their trials and triumphs. In rehabilitation, we learn things about our patients—we learn who our patients are and what makes them tick. I clock out, head to my car, and reflect on my day. My shift has ended, but my patients’ rehabilitation hasn’t.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

And of course those high rates of burnout and exhaustion are present across medical specialties. 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 so I think it’s not all sunny. I was like, holy smokes.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 26, 2022

And to make matters worse, you might not always be present when they occur. This is often referred to as negative charting. Change in pain (frequency/intensity) Increases and/or changes needed to pain medication Worsening symptoms (i.e. These words may imply that the patient should not be in hospice. Not documenting changes.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 30, 2022

Since 2020, half of all agencies have introduced online courses into their training program to evolve with the challenges presented during the pandemic. It can be hard for caregivers to find time to complete training and soak in all the information presented to them.

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The Productive Home Health Nurse

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Home health aides – also known as HHA , (who I’ve named as the home health angels) who works very very closely with the patient to complete their ADLs, demonstrate tasks, and so much more. The MSW is interesting because they’re a discipline that you should ALWAYS offer if the patient lives alone.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 27, 2023

Is this a, a safe home environment or this client to live in, you know, a thorough fall risk, but really a good look around the home and, you know, how can they do their ADLs? And Laura dropped so many nuggets during that little presentation piece right there. Are they safe? Do they need any equipment?

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

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. Mostly people use like a quick ADL IDL checklist and for function and a mini cog. And we give a variety of validated tools.

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GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

One of the criteria was needing help with three or more activities of daily living, things like bathing, getting in or out of bed, toileting, walking across the room, or needing help with two or more AdL’s, plus the presence of wandering or like constant need for supervision. Eric 20:13 Yeah, that seems like a higher bar.

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AlayaCare

JUNE 2, 2022

Adapting to value-based payments presents some hurdles for home care agencies, especially when proving how they are delivering these better outcomes. And measuring these outcomes goes well beyond checking off an ADL list. Home care leaders know the impact companionship, maintaining independence, and engaging in hobbies have on clients.

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AlayaCare

JUNE 3, 2022

Adapting to value-based payments presents some hurdles for home care agencies, especially when proving how they are delivering these better outcomes. And measuring these outcomes goes well beyond checking off an ADL list. And it offers a watershed opportunity to be paid more fairly for the exceptional care they provide.

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The Nurse Break

MAY 24, 2022

You still need all the speciality skills of dealing with different illnesses that might present in one person, plus additional skills in recognising medication interactions, side effects and aspects of polypharmacy that might need attention. There’s also a misconception about providing ‘basic care’ for older people.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

JAGS Hospital-at-Home Interventions vs In-Hospital Stay for Patients With Chronic Disease Who Present to the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. In our larger studies, before the study that Tacara helped lead, we never required family members to be present, or do work. Annals of Int Med. This is Eric Widera.

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