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Long-Term Care Insurance and Senior In-Home Care

Freedom Home Care and Medical Staffing

As individuals and families plan for the future, one crucial consideration is the potential need for long-term care. Long-term care insurance has emerged as a valuable tool to ensure that individuals can access the care they need without depleting their savings.

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Brushing away the risk: The crucial role of daily toothbrushing in preventing hospital-acquired pneumonia

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

A phenomenon that skilled nursing teams have long appreciated was recently highlighted in a recent article published in JAMA Internal Medicine , researchers Ehrenzeller and Klompas shed light on a critical yet often overlooked aspect of healthcare — oral hygiene and daily toothbrushing.

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Transforming the Culture of Dementia Care: Podcast with Anne Basting, Ab Desai, Susan McFadden, and Judy Long

GeriPal

He wrote a book titled “ Psychiatric consultation in long term care ” that has a strengths based approach to staging dementia (how cool is that). Judy Long, MDiv, BCC , palliative care chaplain and educator at UCSF and caregiver. Eric: In the article, you wrote about creative engagement. Transcript.

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Parting thoughts, and a pricey problem

The World According to Dr. El

Over the years, I’ve used the column to explain what psychologists do in long-term care and what they could do if given the chance. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from sitting by the bedsides of elders in the nursing home, it’s that life goes faster than we think it will, and I have other mountains to climb.

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Home care industry contending with Delta variant crisis

AlayaCare

This article originally appeared on LinkedIn , by AlayaCare CEO, Adrian Schauer. In many states, authorities, health-care workers, and residents are watching a situation unfold that most hoped was in the rear-view mirror. The mood in the nation’s home health community is a worry that we could be in for another rough time.

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Home care industry contending with Delta variant crisis

AlayaCare

This article originally appeared on LinkedIn , by AlayaCare CEO, Adrian Schauer. In many states, authorities, health-care workers, and residents are watching a situation unfold that most hoped was in the rear-view mirror. The mood in the nation’s home health community is a worry that we could be in for another rough time.

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Dysphagia Revisited: A Podcast with Raele Donetha Robison and Nicole Rogus-Pulia

GeriPal

We also talk about the importance of a proactive approach to involving speech-language pathologists in the care of individuals early on with neurodegenerative diseases like dementia and ALS. And then when you look long-term care facilities, more between that like 35 to 50%, and then much higher estimates in hospitalized older adults.

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