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The power of language: Elevating documentation in skilled rehab services

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

As I walked in, I spotted something that immediately caught my eye: a real-life, physical vocabulary book. Just as vocabulary and grammar are foundational for students, precise language and documentation are crucial for us in demonstrating the skilled level of service we provide. It was like a portal to my past.

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Tips for Traveling with a Special Needs Child

Caregiver Support Services

Use a binder or digital folder to store medical documents, doctors notes, emergency contacts, and travel confirmations. Use visual schedules, social stories, or picture books to explain the trip step by step. Practice travel behaviors at home, including sitting still, using headphones, or wearing a seatbelt for long periods.

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Transforming the Culture of Dementia Care: Podcast with Anne Basting, Ab Desai, Susan McFadden, and Judy Long

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Her most recent book is Dementia Friendly Communities: why we need them and how we can create them . Her most recent book is Creative Care: a revolutionary approach to dementia and elder care . Judy Long, MDiv, BCC , palliative care chaplain and educator at UCSF and caregiver. Anne, we heard about this book.

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Voices: Exploring Today’s Hospice M&A Landscape with The Braff Group’s Mark Kulik

Hospice News

Agencies are now dealing with a very fluid labor pool, competing with other types of providers like hospitals, home health agencies and long-term care providers. You can’t make sound business decisions with sloppy or erroneous books. Certainly, on the recruiting side, that’s evident.

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Sticking to the plan of care pays off

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Raising children, like providing patient care, requires a plan. The guide book for plan of care development for patients is clearly outlined in Medicare Benefit Policy Manual Chapter 15 Section 220.1.2, Plans of Care for Outpatient Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, or Speech-Language Pathology Services.

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Telehealth CPT® Appendix P and T: What does it mean to me?

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Ap·pen·dix — a section or table of additional matter at the end of a book or document. The opinions expressed in McKnight’s Long-Term Care News guest submissions are the author’s and are not necessarily those of McKnight’s Long-Term Care News or its editors. Renee Kinder.

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How to Fix the Nursing Shortage and Address Burnout: Veteran Nurse Leader Has the Answers

Daily Nurse

We need to understand most nurses in acute care and long-term care settings now are novice nurses or nurses who have only been in the profession for a few years. So, whatever we do, we document it and get reimbursed. I work in acute care, so I never see a reimbursement because the hospital sees the reimbursement.