Hospice News
JANUARY 3, 2023
Hospices can help the family by preparing the necessary documentation bereaved families will need to arrange a natural burial, according to Webster. . “That education aspect is the biggest part of communicating all these different burial and funeral options to families so they have a better understanding.”.
Hospice Nurse Hero
JANUARY 26, 2022
Hospice documentation is tedious and time-consuming. I’ve outlined simple tips to help you master the fundamentals of hospice documentation. Do you spend hours documenting at home? Worse yet, do you find yourself frustrated when “corporate” only seems to care about timely documentation? Documentation is king!!
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Hospice News
DECEMBER 9, 2024
You’re running late and the only control that family members had all day long to help to get that good bath. We have to know that this is Mrs. Smith, who gardens when you’re there to give a bath, that this is Mr. Jones, who just went to the wedding that he always wanted to go to.
AlayaCare
DECEMBER 18, 2019
Lifematters associates also assist clients with bathing and grooming, personal safety and security services, transportation and errands. The full range of in-home services includes care management, counseling, nutrition counseling, medication management, social companionship, wound care and care for neurological disorders.
AJN Off the Charts
JULY 31, 2023
The nurse documents the pain score as 0/10 and continues their rounds. 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. The patient replies “zero, as long as I don’t move.”
Hope Hospice
OCTOBER 28, 2019
The Five Wishes document is a way for you to communicate your desires for how you want to be treated—medically, physically, and spiritually—if you get seriously ill and/or death is near. Five Wishes is a legal document for persons age 18 and older in California and 41 other states. How to obtain a Five Wishes document.
Daily Nurse
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
So people like certified nursing assistants or patient care techs will do many hands-on activities of daily living like bathing, dressing, and other things. They won’t be in there doing the baths as much and that type of thing. So, whatever we do, we document it and get reimbursed. So that’s what the team model does.
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