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HSPN Staffing Summit: Leveraging Technology for Person-Centered Care

Hospice News

This article is sponsored by CareXM. This article is based on a virtual discussion with Kathleen Benton, President and CEO of Hospice Savannah. You’re running late and the only control that family members had all day long to help to get that good bath. This discussion took place on October 3rd, 2024.

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Managing Urinary Symptoms and UTI’s in Older Adults

GeriPal

First, we talk with Christine, a researcher and geriatrician from the University of North Carolina, who recently published a JAGS article titled Overdiagnosis of urinary tract infections by nursing home clinicians versus a clinical guideline. So my algorithm in that article is really based off the work Van Bo et all have done.

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HCP Approved for Renewal of 2-Hour ADRD Course in Florida

Home Care Pulse

It lays the important communication foundation that caregivers need to assist these individuals and their families with current care techniques, such as dressing, eating, bathing, grooming, toileting, behavior management and more.” . Print Article. To learn more about HCP’s 2-hour ADRD course, visit: [link].

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Long-Term Care Insurance and Senior In-Home Care

Freedom Home Care and Medical Staffing

In this article, we will delve into the realm of long-term care insurance and focus on the coverage it provides for in-home care or home health aides. Aging, illness, or disability can lead to a reduced ability to perform everyday tasks independently, requiring assistance and support.

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Are You Caring for Your Nurse’s Brain? 

Minority Nurse

According to sources like Harvard Health , the Massachusetts Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center , and numerous studies and articles, brain health isn’t rocket science. Nutrition: Nurses are well-versed in biology and understand that brain health depends on the brain’s hungry cells being bathed with nutritional goodness.

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Scales, Davis, Stewart: Black Public Health Nursing Pioneers

AJN Off the Charts

I have given baths, applied poultices, dressed wounds, washed and dressed newborn babies, cared for mothers.” Stewart remained a Red Cross volunteer for the rest of her life, and after almost 50 years of nursing, wrote an article about her experiences in the American Journal of Nursing called “ Ready to Serve.”

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Prioritizing Assessment of Postoperative Movement-Evoked Pain

AJN Off the Charts

Pain goals specific to undertaking certain functions such as walking, transferring from bed to chair, or bathing/dressing that are set by the patient and clinician have long been understood as important. To quote the advice in a James Brown song lyric, “Get up offa that thing/And shake ’till you feel better!” (For

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