Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Contessa provides nurse practitioner managers, field staff, virtual care clinicians, data and analytics services, marketing and supplies, Dawn Black, clinical manager for palliative care at home at Contessa Health, said in a presentation at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s Annual Leadership Conference in Denver.

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Hospice News

MAY 25, 2023

I have spent about 11 years total with Optum and then worked with Aspire, but now I’m currently working with Contessa and Amedisys to help support palliative care at home programs. That’s what Contessa was founded on and we’ve been able to expand on that for palliative care at home services.

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Hospice News

APRIL 4, 2024

NHPCO penned the letter in response to a recent Congressional Hearing on Enhancing Access to Care at Home in Rural and Underserved Communities. Medicare has acknowledged the struggles of rural providers through the Home Health Rural Add-On, and this should be extended to hospice providers,” Hoover stated in the NHPCO letter.

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AlayaCare

JANUARY 17, 2021

These diseases of course are still present; for families and their health-care teams, it’s just become more challenging to manage them. We’re waging ba ttles on multiple fronts – and, like battles before this, our hospitals, governments and home care industry have tried to step up to provide solutions.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

What is age-friendly care, and why is it important now? One of the significant innovations that I’m very happy to bring forward on behalf of CHAP is Age-Friendly Care at Home. Finish this sentence: “The top strategy that care providers should employ in 2022 to best prepare for 2023 is…?”.

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Nurse.com

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Presently, the most prominent factor in nurse burnout are the implications of COVID-19. Whether it’s a contained infection or a global pandemic, colleagues will look to the infection control nurse for guidance in controlling and eliminating infectious threats that may be present. What’s causing bedside nursing burnout?

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AJN Off the Charts

JUNE 19, 2024

Inpatient, nurses oversee and utilize glucose results and help with self-management skills in anticipation of care at home or by family. Blood glucose checks are done at a specific time of day such as fasting, before a meal, two hours after a meal, bedtime, and when symptoms of low or high glucose are present.

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AlayaCare

JULY 1, 2019

AlayaCare brings significant quality-of-life improvements by enabling patients to receive health care at home. As legacy software solutions become outdated, the company is now poised to support even more customers through its market-leading cloud-based platform.

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Home Sweet Home In-Home Care

MARCH 7, 2023

Many family caregivers face a denial of senior care needs from other family members, but these tips can help you educate them on your loved one’s needs. When you start to notice the red flags that care at home is necessary for someone you love, it’s very common for the person to resist the idea.

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Traditions Health

MAY 22, 2023

Making the Transition from Facility Care to Home Health Care If you or a loved one receives care at a facility, at some point, you may want to get care at home instead. Patients turn to home health care for many reasons. Or perhaps they feel socially isolated in a nursing home setting.

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Freedom Home Care and Medical Staffing

MAY 22, 2024

The keynote speaker highlighted the future of healthcare and cancer treatment, focusing on personalized care and treatment tailored to the individual’s specific makeup and needs. Freedom Home Care extends its gratitude to the MRW Foundation and all participants for their dedication to this important cause.

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Home Care Pulse

AUGUST 31, 2022

Amazon’s acquisition of One Medical will change the landscape of home care forever—for better or worse. Incumbent home-based care providers in home health, home care, and primary care at home should all view Amazon’s One Medical acquisition as a long-term threat to current business operations. .

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Hospices’ public outreach efforts have evolved in recent years, with providers finding new strategies to dispel myths that have long impeded access to care. Nearly half, or 49.1%, of all Medicare decedents utilized hospice services in 2022, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

among Hispanic populations in 2022, the largest increase across all minority groups that year, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home. Improved health equity outcomes in part drove Kentucky-based Bluegrass Care Navigators to launch a PACE program in 2022. Hospice utilization rates rose by 4.1% An increase of 3.3%

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NHPCO

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The HAN Angel Awards were created to recognize select members of Congress on both sides of the aisle for their ongoing efforts to amplify the voices of patients, families, providers, and those advocating for the vital mission of hospice and palliative care in supporting patients and their families facing serious or life-limiting illness.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Patients with HCC who cannot undergo surgical resection often present with varying degrees of comorbidity burdens,” researchers stated. A large portion of patients also presented with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, anemia, cirrhosis and hypertension, among other conditions. Nearly half, or 46.4% Nearly half, or 46.1%

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AJN Off the Charts

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

While RSV, COVID, and influenza are all viral infections that cause acute respiratory symptoms, they can present with subtly different symptoms. As with influenza, most children with COVID do well with symptomatic care at home and will not require hospital admission. Escalate care.

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The Caregiving Years Training Academy

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

As family caregivers, we constantly educate providers, payers and other family members about our carees needs, wants, abilities, declines, quality of life, challenges and wins. I then presented about these systems to probably 300 individuals. My presentation ended with the introduction of the 18th system: The family caregiver.

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NHPCO

JULY 28, 2023

and Alexandria, VA ) – On Thursday, July 27 a panel of healthcare experts presented groundbreaking new research at a Capitol Hill briefing for Congressional offices, showing that patient use of hospice contributed to $3.5 With hospice, you can provide that care at home.”

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The Nurse Break

OCTOBER 3, 2022

It is my job to educate each patient on the regime they will be having, ensure the patient has a full understanding of the treatment and that they know how to manage any side effects that may present. Often the only symptom they will present with is a temperature. They can’t take a Panadol and see how they feel in the morning.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The need for increased funding in children’s palliative care has long been recognised (Together for Short Lives 2024), but consideration also needs to be given to how this is presented across the children’s palliative care sector. 2021) What does effective end-of-life care at home for children look like?

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Shining Light Hospice

JANUARY 6, 2022

Symptoms present as hand weakness or loss of hand and finger dexterity. Care planning can involve the hospice team, the patient, and family members to decide the specific goals and identify how best to provide patient support. Medications, spiritual care, and emotional support, are all targeted to alleviating discomfort.

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Palliverse

MAY 7, 2022

Dad wanted to take her home, he knew that he could feed her food she would like, and that home rehabilitation could be considered. After another week, Mum went home. She needed full cares which Dad provided. She responded to the care at home and her appetite returned.

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Home Care Pulse

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Uh, we’re gonna talk a lot about diversity today, and Ron and I could not be more opposite both in how we present ourselves to the world, but also how we operate and how we think. So the one thing that I love about Home Care, it’s about providing good care at home, at affordable rate.

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GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

And we would hope that these estimates could help with future planning on when a time might be when you would need to either hire an extra caregiver, provide 24/7 level of care at home, or think about actually entering a nursing home. So snaps to Ricky, but he presented this case to us of a person who had had a heart operation.

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Hospice News

MARCH 11, 2025

Increased transparency will help consumers make more informed health care decisions, while benchmarking will allow providers to compare quality metrics in a more detailed way. As care-at-home models continue to evolve alongside advancements in medical science, these insights will help the industry collectively drive better outcomes.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

If you are interested in learning more and meeting a community of folks interested in hospital-at-home, check out the hospital-at-home user group at hahusersgroup.org or some of these publications: Hospital-Level Care at Home for Acutely Ill Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Annals of Int Med. Would you accept?”

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