Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

MAY 5, 2020

Frances Shani Parker Frances Shani Parker, Author Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes is available in paperback and e-book editions in America and other countries at online and offline booksellers.

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Euro-American Connections & Homecare

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

A change in functioning doesn’t necessarily mean a move to assisted living or a nursing home, but it does indicate a need for extra help to support one’s desire to age in place. Here are 5 questions to ask yourself when trying to determine if your aging loved one needs extra assistance at home.

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Comfort Home Care

JANUARY 23, 2024

However, seniors often prefer staying in their homes’ familiar and comforting environment rather than moving to assisted living facilities. In-home care services make this possible by helping seniors manage their daily activities and responsibilities.

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Nurse.com

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Nurses are thriving with these novel staffing models. Utilizing LPNs in acute care Many licensed practical nurses/licensed vocational nurses (LPN/LVNs) seek jobs in post-acute care (nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living) or ambulatory facilities. “We

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Seniority, the Mavencare Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Almost all of us engage with technology in our daily lives – seniors included! We’ve talked before on the blog about how it can help seniors stay safe in their homes , and about how virtual spaces can provide seniors with both entertainment and opportunities to socialize.

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Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Licensed practical or vocational nurses are usually considered generalists, and their work is crucial in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, physician offices, and other milieus where they are the lifeblood of patient care. He has contributed chapters to a number of books related to the nursing profession.

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Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

MAY 2, 2022

Nurses continue to be at the center of COVID-19 response, whether it's our intrepid nationwide network of public health nurses focusing on population health and direct response, or nurses in hospitals, clinics, home health agencies, schools, dialysis centers, assisted living, nursing homes, and any other milieu you can think of.

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Daily Nurse

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Have you ever heard a nurse pass judgment on a colleague and say that another nurse isn’t a “real nurse”? Have you noticed some nurses looking down on those who choose to be school nurses or work in home health, dialysis, assisted living, medical offices, or ambulatory surgery?

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Comfort Home Care

JANUARY 31, 2023

All seniors, including seniors in assisted living facilities , need to stay physically and mentally engaged. Thankfully, the elder care professionals at Comfort Home Care in Rockville, MD, share a few ideas to help make the most out of winter with your senior. Organize volunteer events at local shelters or nursing homes.

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Hospice Law Blog

MARCH 18, 2020

Many hospices report that nursing homes and assisted living facilities are on infection lockdown (perhaps rightly so) and will not admit hospice staff to see patients. Our healthcare system is in just the initial stages of the Coronavirus19 crisis. Hospices have a role to play. Let’s keep it short.

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Hospice 101

APRIL 27, 2020

But during this time, can we truly maintain healthy relationships with loved ones outside of the home? Many of us reading this article have a loved one in a facility, whether it is at an Assisted Living Facility, Memory Care Facility, Group Home, Senior Apartments, Skilled Nursing Home, Hospital, or other CBRF.

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Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Let’s think even further afield from the hospital setting.

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Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

AUGUST 8, 2022

Whether on the actual battlefield or that of the emergency department, ICU, school, or community health center, nurse warriors walk among us daily. Nurse warriors also exist among those who staff our public health departments, research facilities, home health agencies, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 21, 2022

She had an UTI, her transport back to the, um, nursing home that she was from was delayed go figure. So the charged nurse kind of parked me there and I’ll never forget just how I felt like she was so sad and thinking, oh my gosh, I hope she’s not like this all the time. Go sit with her. So it was just very pointedly.

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