Caregiver Support Services

JULY 5, 2024

Moving a loved one into a nursing home can be a challenging transition for everyone involved. Discover how to make a nursing home room feel like home to provide your loved one with a welcoming space. In fact, emphasizing comfort is one of the key design differences between nursing home beds and hospital beds.

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GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

If you develop dementia, odds are you will spend the last months to years of your life in a nursing home or assisted living facility. This study explored nursing home organizational factors and staff perceptions that are associated with the variation in care for residents with advanced dementia. Transcript.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

GIP is used for acute symptom management that cannot be addressed in the home or other setting, according to Hold-Weiss. Operators may not provide that level of care in a home, hospice residential facility, assisted living or a long term care nursing home, she said.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 11, 2023

If the agency follows the GAO’s recommendation, they would also have to notify survey agencies when others, like family members or caregivers, become abusive or neglectful. This would bring the hospice rules in line with those used in long term care.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

“We have to bring a lot of other people from other disciplines into this space, building an army of specialists that have the right support to go out and keep people at home,” Engskov explained. Many people will never be able to really afford long-term care, and I think there’s a big equity issue here.

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Chicago Caregiving

JULY 6, 2024

How to vet care facilities — and make a decision under pressure Fact checked by Catherine Gianaro What happens when an older adult leaves the hospital but still needs care? For caregivers, this lack of information can make it difficult to assess if a facility offers quality care for your loved one. Miska agrees.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

AUGUST 15, 2024

For therapists and caregivers alike, promoting spontaneous conversation is crucial in assessing a client’s functional communication skills, as it reveals how effectively someone can express themselves and engage with others in real-world situations. Contextual adaptability: Participants respond to the immediate context and cues from others.

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Seasons Hospice

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

As our parents age, many of us find ourselves in the role of caregiver. Balancing the needs of aging parents with our own responsibilities and self-care can be both challenging and rewarding. Additionally, caregivers may face their own stressors, such as work commitments, family responsibilities, and personal health issues.

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Executive Care

MARCH 22, 2022

In-home care is often very convenient and helpful for seniors, but just how many, and which, elderly home care services are available? Elderly Home Care Services Offer An Alternative To Long-Term Care Facilities. Caregivers can visit seniors and do all these chores and more.

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Chicago Caregiving

JULY 6, 2024

Start thinking about your long-term care options While no one wants to think about needing assistance with activities of daily living, it is important to think about your long-term care long before you need it, Wallbruch says.

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Chicago Caregiving

JULY 6, 2024

Look at it this way: Less doctor visits, hospital stays, or even the need for nursing home placement can save dividends in the long run. Take care of your health now, for a healthy tomorrow both physically and financially. What are some of the biggest challenges in care affordability that your clients face?

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

APRIL 28, 2022

. • September 2021 – CMS continued to modernize the Care Compare sites to increase transparency and ensure that all individuals that CMS serves, as well as their families and caregivers, have the information to make informed care decisions. Promote Safety : Prevent harm or death from healthcare errors.

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The World According to Dr. El

APRIL 19, 2022

The nursing home business has never been easy, but since the pandemic, it’s been vastly more difficult, with facility closures, large numbers of staff members departing, and new recruits hard to come by. CMS mandates Chief Experience Officer position for all LTC homes”. Community rallies to save local nursing home”.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

He wrote a book titled “ Psychiatric consultation in long term care ” that has a strengths based approach to staging dementia (how cool is that). Judy Long, MDiv, BCC , palliative care chaplain and educator at UCSF and caregiver. Eric: And Alex, who do we have with us today? Alex: We have a full house today.

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Traditions Health

AUGUST 21, 2023

Home health care Home health care provides the support needed to help you get and stay healthy. Payment options include private pay and long-term care insurance. To find home care services that fit your budget, consider the duration and frequency of care and the tasks you need help with.

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The World According to Dr. El

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

With worker shortages at critical levels, long-term care leaders are undoubtedly looking for creative solutions to their staffing woes. Supporting caregiving responsibilities. Marketing for the nursing home of the future might emphasize, “This is not your grandmother’s nursing home.”.

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The World According to Dr. El

MARCH 8, 2022

President Biden’s State of the Union address last week targeted several aspects of the long-term care industry, most of which have received more attention than his mention of reducing the inappropriate use of antipsychotic medications. As I’ve written about in the past (see “ Severely mentally ill residents: A ‘perfect storm’?

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AlayaCare

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In the course of awareness and appreciation, here are only a few eye-opening statistics that the National Association for Home Care and Hospice has broadcast this month: Home health providers travel an estimated 8 billion miles to deliver services to their patients.

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Hearts for Home Care

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

As Baby Boomers continue to age and the population of older adults needing long-term care increases, the need for caregivers will continue to increase as well. This is great news for the hundreds of thousands of individuals and families who prefer to age at home rather than in a facility.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

DECEMBER 9, 2021

First: Technical Expert Panel (TEP) for the Refinement of Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH), Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF), Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)/Nursing Facility (NF), and Home Health (HH) Function Measures. The contract number is 75FCMC18D0015, Task Order 75FCMC19F0003.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

For a trial to have value, it should not exclude patients over age 80, or those with dementia, or patients residing in nursing homes. Additional links mentioned in the podcast: Recent JGIM article on POLST in California nursing homes, hospitalization, and nursing home care Karl’s GeriPal post on appropriate use of POLST Enjoy!

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Caregiver Support Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

You can also ask the care home about their emergency response should there be an accident. Ensure Easy Communication Channels Living in a care home means your parents are away from you. Make sure that you can easily communicate with your parents and their caregivers while they’re in the care home.

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Home Care Pulse

APRIL 28, 2022

– Trend #1: The Caregiver Shortage Negatively Impacted Nearly 100% of Providers—the Worst it’s Ever Been. Article Contents: Trend #1: The Caregiver Shortage Negatively Impacted Nearly 100% of Providers—the Worst it’s Ever Been. Agency owners haven’t struggled with caregiver shortages this much in 3 years.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

It was designed to really balance what Medicaid at the time was to provide nursing homes and Medicare is obviously health insurance. Acute care is called acute care for a reason. The long-term care is being actually provided in the community at a much higher rate than what the formal system provides.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

MARCH 19, 2023

This was in the 80s, before Long-Term Care (LTC) Standards were anywhere near what they are now. It was common then, and I’m afraid still today, to hear seniors swear they would never “go into a nursing home, because that’s where people go to die.” Topping the list of answers to the question, “How did we get here?”

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AlayaCare

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The mood in the nation’s home health community is a worry that we could be in for another rough time. Alarm bells are now sounding in long-term care facilities and nursing homes, where clients may be vaccinated ( U.S. data shows 81 percent of nursing home residents are fully vaccinated) but staff may not be.

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AlayaCare

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The mood in the nation’s home health community is a worry that we could be in for another rough time. Alarm bells are now sounding in long-term care facilities and nursing homes, where clients may be vaccinated ( U.S. We’ve seen that busy coordinators can work efficiently from home.

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Chicago Caregiving

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The Care Plan helps people navigate healthcare systems not set up for LGBTQ+ or racially diverse caregivers. After her wife was diagnosed with stage IV cancer in 2011, Marsha Wetzel spent the next two years taking care of Judy, her partner of 30 years, until Judy entered hospice care. She’s continued to learn ever since.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The good news is that the financial case for comprehensive dementia care is changing thanks to a new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) alternative payment model (APM) called Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model. And we’re seeing some hope the first time in a long time. It requires a fight.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 13, 2023

I, one of the ways I like to kind of talk about this and, and, and my passion is to kind of tell a story of when I was a kid actually growing up, you mentioned that I grew up, my dad was running nursing homes as a kid. And so I would spend so much time at these different nursing homes.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

He wants to know what do you guys think about the effect of private equity on hospice and long-term care? Eric: One out of six hospices, so there is financial concern, not just again with hospices, nursing homes, and now physician groups. We have on that podcast about re-imagining long-term care.

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Chicago Caregiving

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Before she moved, Carolyn Davis, 65, remembers thinking about nursing homes, knowing she wouldn’t want to live in one. If I had to go to a nursing home, I would have to go back into the closet. These barriers are why 1 in 5 LGBTQIA+ individuals avoids seeking medical care for fear of discrimination.

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Elizz

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Support your family and caregivers. In line with this approach, treatment focuses on pain and symptom management, and providing support (emotional, psychological, spiritual and social) to the person with the illness or disease and their family/caregivers. 3. Where do people receive ‘hospice palliative care’? In the home.

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Elizz

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Support your family and caregivers. In line with this approach, treatment focuses on pain and symptom management, and providing support (emotional, psychological, spiritual and social) to the person with the illness or disease and their family/caregivers. 3. Where do people receive ‘hospice palliative care’? In the home.

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Elizz

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Support your family and caregivers. In line with this approach, treatment focuses on pain and symptom management, and providing support (emotional, psychological, spiritual and social) to the person with the illness or disease and their family/caregivers. 3. Where do people receive ‘hospice palliative care’? In the home.

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