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Home Health Care Can Help Seniors With Loneliness and Social Isolation

Hearts for Hospice & Home Health

With COVID-19 introducing social distancing guidelines and restrictions on visitations, social isolation and loneliness are increasing. A report referenced by JAMA discussed the need for solutions for social isolation and loneliness in older adults. Daily Caregiving suggests some ways to help: Encourage a sense of purpose.

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5 Strategies for Strengthening Referral Relationships in Post-Acute Care

Home Care Pulse

If you could write a book on how to obtain and maintain referral sources , could you do it? 1. Their social worker calls with four new referrals to begin hospice services. Take a deep breath, respect the social worker who must have reasons behind their expressed needs and wants, and dig deeper.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

And importantly, our social worker, Aunt Kelly, actually does a search and I would say 75% of the time she finds somebody maybe even higher than that, finds somebody who’s actually a surrogate. To have a social worker who’s dedicated in many places. What’s your next step? Because if you.

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HSPN Staffing Summit: Leveraging Technology for Person-Centered Care

Hospice News

Her first publication, a children’s book entitled Daniel’s World: A Book About Children with Disabilities , is the closest to her heart. That CNA, that nurse, that social worker, that chaplain feels supported in the field by this robust tool. We know that technology is certainly a double-edged sword. .”

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Normalcy, Introspection, & the Experience of Serious Illness: Bill Gardner, Juliet Jacobsen, and Brad Stuart

GeriPal

He has a book, which I have read, Facing Death, and we will discuss Facing Death: Spirituality, Science, and Surrender at the End of Life. You’re a senior author on this article in JPSM, where you interviewed some geriatricians and other people caring for older adults, nurse practitioners, social workers, et cetera.

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Palliative Rehab?!?: Ann Henshaw, Tamra Keeney, and Sarguni Singh

GeriPal

How do you clearly articulate the value in what you deliver when we can’t even fully document it in our notes so that we can sit at tables and boardrooms and say, “Look, we’re more than just mobility training. They’re really great, the palliative care social worker and chaplain. Sarguni: Yeah.

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Advance Care Planning Discussion: Susan Hickman, Sean Morrison, Rebecca Sudore, and Bob Arnold

GeriPal

And yet, I think for everyone who’s elderly, which is anyone who’s my age or older, I would say it’s very important and ought to be part of an annual exam that we ought to be asking that, and documenting it in the chart. I think Bob also noted documenting it. Eric: Anybody else’s thoughts on that?