CareAcademy Blog

APRIL 30, 2025

To operate as a hospice agency, you must provide four levels of care: Routine home care This type of care is similar to standard home health services, with caregivers visiting patients regularly to monitor health and nutrition, offer physical therapy, manage medications, and document a patients well-being and quality of life.

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AlayaCare

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

You could even segment this list by target referral sources in each part of the senior living and senior care spectrum. For example, you could list your preferred hospice provider or an award-winning assisted living facility in your area. You can also think outside the box when it comes to potential referral sources.

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AlayaCare

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

You could even segment this list by target referral sources in each part of the senior living and senior care spectrum. For example, you could list your preferred hospice provider or an award-winning assisted living facility in your area. You can also think outside the box when it comes to potential referral sources.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 20, 2023

Demonstrate your high-quality care whenever possible Key Takeaways Share: We’re Home Care Pulse, a leading provider of experience management & surveys, caregiver/CNA training, and online reputation management. Their social worker calls with four new referrals to begin hospice services.

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 17, 2022

One of the primary benefits of hospice care is the ability to receive care wherever your loved one is, whether that is in your home or in the comfort of an assisted living facility. This may involve working with family members to create a home living space that is comfortable and appropriate for their loved one.

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Seasons Hospice

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Hospice care is generally available to individuals diagnosed with a terminal illness and a prognosis of six months or less to live, as certified by a physician. It is not restricted by age, and patients can receive hospice care in various settings, including their own homes, assisted living facilities, or hospice centers.

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Home Care Pulse

MAY 16, 2023

Caregivers have at least three years of tenure, and nearly one out of four caregivers have worked with a long-term companion for at least five years. So we’re coming to really validate all the things that the caregivers are gonna be providing, not a clinical assessment. Today, almost half of a long-term companion’s.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

Eric: So before we talk about improving… So first of all, we just had a podcast not too long ago on assisted living facilities, so it seems very timely. For example, bachelor’s degrees for social workers. I think if we value caregivers, if we value those jobs, we will have better nursing homes.

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 30, 2023

Most patients do not view this as giving up, but as coming to peace with their prognosis and deciding to live the best possible life for the time that remains. Emphasizing the quality of life for both the patient and caregivers is a priority for hospice care providers.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

Krista Harrison found , to her surprise, that caregivers of people with dementia who died rated hospice as well as similar patients without dementia who died on hospice. Nurse case management, social worker case management, medications, medical equipment, a home health aid, all that stuff goes away.

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 25, 2023

Hospital residential care assisted living, nursing facilities resident. And so to help families, you develop a relationship, you as a caregiver develop a relationship with the family so that you have developed trust and confidence in your knowledge that you know what you’re talking about, your ability to guide them.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

I’m a geriatrically trained social worker and it was my grandmother. All of them offer the same array of services, really emphasizing social determinants of health and preventive services like falls prevention, chronic disease, self-management, caregiver training. Do you have a caregiver in the house who might need?”

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This model will give participating programs a per-member-per-month payment to offer care management, care coordination, and other services such as caregiver training, disease education, and respite. There’s a book called The 36-hour day for dementia caregivers. They can be a- Diane: Social worker. Malaz: I love it.

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