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Hospice of the Chesapeake Launches New Dementia Program Amid ‘Urgent, Significant’ Need

Hospice News

Hospice of the Chesapeake has unfurled a new dementia care program aimed at providing improved emotional, educational and practical support for patients and their caregivers as their conditions progress. The new program provides patients and their caregivers with direct support from Hospice of the Chesapeake’s interdisciplinary care team.

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Inside The Pennant Group’s Palliative Care Philosophy and Practice

Hospice News

These practitioners are reimbursed via Medicare Part B and have the ability to integrate palliative services into a patients care when medically warranted. This approach helps reduce fragmented care for seniors, Walker indicated. These practitioners are backed up by a care coordination staff.

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Top Nursing Specialties for 2025

Diversity Nursing

These professionals bridge the gap between clinical practice and information technology, ensuring healthcare systems are efficient, user-friendly, and support patient care. GNPs specialize in managing chronic conditions, promoting healthy aging, and coordinating long-term care. Average Salary: $95,503 per year.

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HSPN Palliative Care: Fireside Chat with Contessa and Netsmart

Hospice News

Nikki Davis: I’m a nurse practitioner and have been working in geriatrics and palliative care for about 21 years now. 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.

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Family Caregiving: Practical Steps Following a Loved One's Alzheimer's Diagnosis

American In-Home Care

Get Organized Following an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, it is extremely important to tackle and organize the administrative tasks that will guide an older adult’s care. Gathering information and having it readily available will provide an important measure of control and stability. Geriatric Care Specialists. Record-Keeping.

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EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

GeriPal

It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. And then I did a geriatric orthopedic fellowship and that was really an exciting opportunity to help hip fracture patients, but then someone knocked on our door. Carmen: Yeah.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

What is unique about the practice of palliative care for people experiencing homelessness? We discuss the principles of harm reduction, social determinants of health, and trauma informed care. What we hear is that it is more trauma informed in many contexts to have people first language. On bias and trauma as you.