Traditions Health

MAY 1, 2023

Caring for Someone with ALS Caring for someone with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) can be a challenging experience for even the most concerned and diligent of caregivers. Eventually, all the muscles that a person can control are affected, forcing the person to use a ventilator and/or feeding tube.

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Hope Hospice

JUNE 29, 2022

Fall prevention is an important topic for caregivers of elderly individuals. If no obvious injury is present, have the person roll onto their side. Falls are dangerous at any age, but older people are especially prone to injuries for a few reasons. Getting up too quickly or in the wrong way could make an injury worse.

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Hope Hospice

JULY 23, 2020

For a person living with dementia, this process is on overdrive and it may cause him to not see a caregiver approaching from the side, or even a plate of food in front of them if he is not directly looking at it. Hope Hospice offers a free education series for family caregivers. Vision decline. Tips to help make mealtime go smoothly.

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Comfort Home Care

APRIL 18, 2024

From the characteristic tremors and rigidity to challenges with balance and mobility, Parkinson’s presents a unique set of obstacles that can make even the simplest tasks daunting. In-home caregivers provide a much-needed respite to family caregivers so they can recharge and attend to their own needs.

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Seniority, the Mavencare Blog

JUNE 10, 2020

Considering the prevalence of high blood pressure, it’s important for seniors, their loved ones, and their caregivers to be informed about what it means to have a blood pressure condition, and the strategies for managing blood pressure. How do caregivers help seniors manage and monitor their blood pressure?

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The film provides a window into what hospices actually do, as well as the experience of families whose loved ones are nearing end of life, the challenges of caregiving and grief that often begins long before the patient dies, according to Jonathan Fleece, CEO of Empath Health. “I

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Our volunteers can help with a pet’s daily needs – things like walking, feeding, and cleaning litter boxes. A caregiver can certainly complete the form, but when you get to the notarized page, the patient will have to sign it and be present upon the notarization.” We can get pets to grooming and veterinary appointments.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 30, 2022

Share: We’re Home Care Pulse, a leading provider of experience management & surveys, caregiver/CNA training, and online reputation management. Cure the caregiver shortage industry-wide epidemic by tackling the number one complaint from caregivers around North America. What to Include in Your Training Program.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Does it improve outcomes that patients, caregivers, and clinicians care about? hint: 80% can be done in advance by patients or caregivers) Why is it that some oncologists are resistant to conducting a geriatric assessment, yet have no problem ordering tests that cost thousands of dollars? The caregiver has access to these tools.

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GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

For a deeper dive, check out some of these other studies and resources we talked about in the podcast: The Influence of Nursing Home Culture on the Use of Feeding Tubes. The Lived Experience of Providing Feeding Assistance to a Family Member with Dementia. Archives of Internal Medicine 2010. Rehabbed to Death. Ruth: Oh, thanks.

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Home Care Pulse

DECEMBER 6, 2022

And then the big one, which is a big focus, is caregiving and, you know, finding those caregivers. And so the likelihood that some random caregiver that has no idea who you are that is gonna find and see your we’re hiring post is not an ideal strategy. How can we sell caregiving more?

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

And for a few reasons, which I’m sure we’ll get into, I think it’s probably most effective upstream of the acute care setting, more in the nursing home setting or for patients who are not presenting in the hospital or emergency department setting. But yeah, full treatment. Karl: Okay. I want to make a disclaimer.

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Living With Hospice

AUGUST 26, 2020

Every once in while, we discover that a dear friend or family member is cast into the role of being a caregiver for someone who is in an end of life situation. In this episode, Mitch Ware explains the importance of helping out our caregiver friends, and offers several ways to do so tactfully. " So how can you help a caregiver?

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Today we have a star-studded lineup, including Lexy Torke of Indiana University, who discusses her RCT of a chaplaincy intervention for surrogates of patients in the ICU , published in JPSM and plenary presentation at AAHPM/HPNA. So yeah, I mean, this is one of the small number of studies, randomized trials that are out there.

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Home Care Pulse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

And I knew that the training for the caregiver’s aids and CNAs would be what suffered. So I, I sat down at my dining room table and gave birth to this business plan for a monthly subscription for caregiver training. And then now that’s passed down to caregivers in a lot of settings, right?

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Home Care Pulse

APRIL 19, 2023

Share: We’re Home Care Pulse, a leading provider of experience management & surveys, caregiver/CNA training, and online reputation management. Who is at risk to contract Candida auris? How do you treat Candida auris? Who is at risk to contract Candida auris?

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Living With Hospice

JULY 19, 2021

You know, in other cultures, part of the getting ready to die process is giving things away, bringing people in and presenting them with your precious belongings, or, at the very least giving them some sage advice. And this applies to those who are dying too. They find reasons not to engage in this as well. This is not so much in our culture.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 11, 2022

Be present. Listen and be present in the moment. Show Up and Be Present! If you are a new nurse or new to end-of-life care, it might be more natural to spend most of your time talking to the family and caregivers. Try these Simple Ways of Being Present. Allow yourself to get into the moment and be truly present.

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GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

And I have a long interest in identifying family caregivers and supporting them in care delivery. I’m hearing family and caregivers. Eric 14:13 And the caregiver was encouraged to be at these facilitated meetings. So intubation, cpr, feeding tubes. Eric 06:26 Great. Danny, I’m going to turn to you.

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Home Care Pulse

MAY 22, 2023

Next Steps Share: We’re Home Care Pulse, a leading provider of experience management & surveys, caregiver/CNA training, and online reputation management. Brenda used to start her morning by getting the dining room ready for the clients who would need assistance feeding themselves. Are Your Brenda’s At Risk of Leaving 5.

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GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

Areej 03:50 So at the state of the science, I was actually presenting a study that was focused on addressing sexual health concerns in transplant survivors, and I actually told the story of the state of the science for those of you who were there. So we got a lot to cover on sexuality, sexual health, and serious illness.

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