Hospice News

AUGUST 4, 2023

The home health and hospice provider’s additional services included bereavement care, as well as free medical equipment loans for wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, bath benches, bedside commodes or canes. The hospital in July completed its acquisition of a local nursing home, Wildflower Court.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 26, 2022

Attitude about documenting in front of the patient Short staffing Unclear understanding of hospice rules/regulations Lack of nursing experience (new to hospice) Inappropriate assignments (new nurse with complex patients) Travel time (rural vs nursing home vs inpatient) Too many patients. Hospice Charting Fundamentals.

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GeriPal

JUNE 16, 2022

First, we talk with Christine, a researcher and geriatrician from the University of North Carolina, who recently published a JAGS article titled Overdiagnosis of urinary tract infections by nursing home clinicians versus a clinical guideline. Imagine you receive a telephone call from the nursing home about the following resident.

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 16, 2023

While palliative care can be offered in the home, palliative care is commonly offered as a part of a comprehensive care program, alongside medical care, in an extended healthcare facility or nursing home. Palliative Care: What Is It? Palliative Care: What Is It? Hospice Care: What Is It?

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 27, 2022

ePrognosis started out as just a list of different prognostic indices, so things to predict mortality in hospitalized adults, things to predict mortality in community dwelling adults, things to predict mortality in nursing home residents. Welcome back to GeriPal, James. James: Thanks for having me. Welcome back, Sei. Sei: Howdy.

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GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

Next, we talk with James Deardorff about whether we can accurately predict nursing home level of care in community-dwelling older adults with dementia. Why do this? First, we have James Deardorff, who’s a geriatrician and assistant professor at UCSF in the division of Geriatrics. James, welcome back to GeriPal. Kara 04:09 Sure.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

It was designed to really balance what Medicaid at the time was to provide nursing homes and Medicare is obviously health insurance. Equally as important, is if you wind up in an ED or being hospitalized or wind up in rehab, eventually you’re going to be discharged back home. Acute care is called acute care for a reason.

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