Hospice News

JULY 25, 2023

For example, many programs do not include any training in skilled nursing facilities or rehabs, even though they discharge many hospitalized patients to those settings. I think this is increasingly recognized as an issue regardless of the specialty, but definitely, something that will need more attention as our population continues to age.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Since 2020, the company has been beleaguered by the staffing shortage, reduced lengths of stay, and disruption in skilled nursing, senior housing, and to some extent acute-care referrals. The company saw nursing home admissions jump 6.2%, but sustained a 23.4% They also saw a 7% decline in assisted-living facility admissions.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 5, 2022

About 20% of their patients receive care in their private residence or assisted living facilities. This includes frequent visits by a nurse practitioner, regular contact between care managers and patients, and oversight by a physician. The company’s interdisciplinary care model is “high-touch,” according to Phan.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The bonus program included a one-time retention payment that ranged from $2,000 to $15,000 per employee for nurses, nurse managers, home health aides and social workers. The majority of these hires were nurses, Westfall indicated. VITAS saw nursing home admissions rise 9.4% in Q4, along with a 2.7%

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2023

Board-certified in hospice and palliative medicine, Howe has more than 20 years of experience as a physician and medical director for various health care organizations in the Denver area, including a number of rehabilitation, assisted living and skilled nursing home facilities. Valley Medical Group’s New CMO.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2022

I think the last area that’s been important to us to recruit outside of our physicians, and our nurse practitioners have been in our palliative medicine area and our primary care practice. One of the things that we’re doing also is launch our new program on social isolation and loneliness with the frail elderly.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 10, 2024

Family of Caring Healthcare System includes 10 health and rehabilitation centers that provide subacute care and rehabilitative services, assisted living, and long-term care. New Jersey-based Valley Health System is partnering with Family of Caring Healthcare to offer palliative services to their patients.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Moving to this care management model is going to allow [nurses] to better manage a caseload of patients. We’re also going to have on-call and triage nurses to help them,” Jacobsmeyer said at the conference. Pennant is also starting to see occupancy rates improve among its skilled nursing and assisted living referral partners. .

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GeriPal

APRIL 27, 2023

Attendee 14: I am most hopeful that as palliative caregivers, we will continue to authentically welcome the voices of our interprofessional team members, chaplains, social workers, and so we have true interprofessional collaboration. We need good nurse practitioners. Alex: Nursing homes. We need good Docs.

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Hospice News

APRIL 25, 2024

VITAS earlier this month completed its $85 million acquisition of Covenant Health and Community Services’ hospice operations and one assisted living facility location. The initiative included a one-time retention payment that ranges from $2,000 to $15,000 per employee for nurses, nurse managers, home health aides and social workers.

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AlayaCare

DECEMBER 18, 2019

offering a full range of in-home services, from home care, to skilled nursing services, to highly-specialized care for chronic diseases. Home care is seeing greater participation in Medicare Advantage Plans and Transitional Care programs for healthcare systems and skilled nursing facilities, which are also important programs for Lifematters.

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CareAcademy Blog

APRIL 30, 2025

At the heart of a hospice care is its staff, including nurses, doctors, social workers, and chaplains. In addition to medical care like pain management and assistance with daily activities, the hospice team supports the emotional and spiritual journey of a terminal illness.

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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

Whether you are part of a private home care group, a corporately run skilled nursing facility, a home health or hospice agency, or a ny post-acute space in-between, referrals are how you are able to keep going in the industry. 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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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

All right, and finally we have Yael Zweig, who is a geriatric nurse practitioner at NYU. So for example, you know, the director of the assisted living facility could be the person who knows the patient the best. To have a social worker who’s dedicated in many places. Joe 01:59 Ann Arbor. I’m excited.

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Home Care Pulse

MAY 16, 2023

They required nurses to perform assessments before initiating care and regularly every 60 days. And that’s even though we were strictly a personal care provider and not providing any skilled nursing services. Census as a whole, New Jersey already had some of the highest standards of the country.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2024

These deaths can be traumatizing and bring on complicated grief experiences, with some individuals needing greater support compared to other types of losses, according to Laura Suozzo, licensed clinical social worker and bereavement coordinator at Hunterdon Hospice. “We Their sadness is so raw and painful.

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Hospice News

JULY 29, 2022

Richard Honzel, Hospice Admission Nurse for Angels Grace Hospice, LLC, has been named a 2022 Frontline Honors honoree by Hospice News. Honzel: Back when I was working as a social worker in an assisted living program I was able to witness the comfort and compassion a hospice nurse provided to one of our residents and her family.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary In April 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) issued a report on how the United States delivers, regulates, finances, and measures the quality of nursing home care. We have Alice Bonner, who’s Chair of the Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition. Alex: Great.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Owens: We are a home hospice provider and take care of patients wherever they call home, whether it’s with family or in their own home or at a skilled nursing, memory care or assisted living facility. Clinicians are the hardest role for us to fill, and so are social workers. We just admitted our 50th patient.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Marylander is also a licensed clinical social worker and practiced law for 35 years prior to stepping into health care. One of the greatest challenges facing bereaved families when a loved one dies is the lack of a will or other estate planning tool (for example, living trust),” Marylander told Hospice News in an email.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

Alex: We’re delighted to welcome back Lauren Hunt, who is a Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse Researcher, an Assistant Professor of Nursing at UCSF. As a nurse case manager in hospice, half of my patients had dementia. Welcome back to the GeriPal Podcast, Krista. Krista: Always a pleasure. Lauren: Hi.

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Hope Hospice

MARCH 12, 2021

In honor of Social Work Appreciation Month this March, we celebrate our wonderful social work team. Most nursing facilities and assisted living communities continue to restrict visits by outsiders, except for medically essential visits or when a patient is actively dying.

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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. These professionals are available to patients around-the-clock, but they are not necessarily staffed at a patient’s home or care facility twenty-four hours a day.

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 25, 2023

I’m the senior nurse educator at H C P, Speaker 1 ( 00:25 ): And you’re listening to Vision, the podcast for leaders and forward thinkers in the care industry. But Barbara is an award-winning, end of life educator and registered nurse. Hospital residential care assisted living, nursing facilities resident.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

I’m a geriatrically trained social worker and it was my grandmother. It was designed to really balance what Medicaid at the time was to provide nursing homes and Medicare is obviously health insurance. They’re older and frailer than a nursing home client is. Greg: Yeah, great question. Support for a caregiver.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Malaz: One day I was in internal medicine residency and I had to take care of a patient who was admitted from a nursing home with dementia. For me, right now, the worst thing, my nightmare is dying from dementia alone in a nursing home. People start thinking about putting them in a nursing home. They can be nurse if you want to.

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