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Nurses’ Union Reaches Labor Agreement with PeaceHealth for Hospice, Home Health Workers

Hospice News

After more than a year of negotiations, the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) labor union has reached an agreement with PeaceHealth. In February, about 90 PeaceHealth home health and hospice participated in a strike between Feb. In February, about 90 PeaceHealth home health and hospice participated in a strike between Feb.

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CAPC CEO Brynn Bowman: Palliative Services Are a Fundamental Shift in Health Care

Hospice News

Palliative care services including skilled conversations with patients and families to understand their goals of care, managing pain and other symptoms, support for family caregivers, care coordination, and addressing patients’ social, psychological, and spiritual sources of suffering. For this reason, stakeholders across U.S.

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What To Know Before Hiring In-Home Nursing Services

Caregiver Support Services

Hiring an in-home nurse can be a game-changer for family caregivers. Here’s what to know before hiring in-home nursing services. Here’s what to know before hiring in-home nursing services. Evaluate Your Caregiving Abilities You’re dedicated to caring for your loved one in need.

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PeaceHealth Hospice Nurses Move Forward with Strike

Hospice News

Roughly 90 of its home health and hospice registered nurses represented by the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) recently voted in favor of strike , previously postponing the decision as ongoing wage negotiations took place. “We The 90 nurses involved in the strike care for more than 500 patients.

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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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Judy Long, MDiv, BCC , palliative care chaplain and educator at UCSF and caregiver. We’re delighted to welcome Judy Long, who’s a palliative care chaplain at UCSF and a caregiver. He wrote a book titled “ Psychiatric consultation in long term care ” that has a strengths based approach to staging dementia (how cool is that).

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When Facing Language Barriers, Having the Same Home Care Nurse Improves Outcomes

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After a hospitalization, home healthcare enables patients to recover where they feel most comfortable: in their homes. Nurses visit patients to provide care to keep them at home, given that hospital readmissions cost the U.S. healthcare system more than $41 billion each year.

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Senior Living Options

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When a senior or elderly person lives in their own home, this is called aging in place. This is possible if you have caregivers who help you with your activities of daily living. Some people have friends and family that become caregivers. Nursing Homes. They are also referred to as skilled nursing facilities.