Hospice News

MARCH 26, 2025

Its seeing the promise of hospice care being realized, and seeing the greater focus on an expansion in the definition of palliative services as being exciting, positive things coming about. Nursing homes have had this, home health has had it as well, but maybe it didnt all have the same name.

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GeriPal

JUNE 16, 2022

First, we talk with Christine, a researcher and geriatrician from the University of North Carolina, who recently published a JAGS article titled Overdiagnosis of urinary tract infections by nursing home clinicians versus a clinical guideline. Imagine you receive a telephone call from the nursing home about the following resident.

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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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GeriPal

MARCH 2, 2023

valproic acid and gabapentin), in nursing homes, particularly patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. JAMA Surgery 2018 Gabapentin and mood stabilizers in the Nursing Home Setting: Antiepileptic prescribing to persons living with dementia residing in nursing homes: A tale of two indications.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

For the purposes of your program, what definition do you use for community-based palliative care? Oftentimes it’s either combination of home visits and telephonic services. Sometimes they might be doing consultations either inpatient or in the nursing home or in assisted living. It usually isn’t.

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Hospice News

JULY 1, 2022

Kaweah Health Hospice staff will oversee the hospice facility’s day-to-day operations and medical care, which will be provided by a team of nurses, home health aides, social workers and chaplains. The company cited swelling construction costs, rising inflation rates and the staffing shortage.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. I would recognize palliative care as being a definitive benefit in the eyes of Medicare, and I think we’re going to get there sooner rather than later.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Ann: I definitely do. Sarguni: Yeah, definitely. And so I became more interested in what are the outcomes of patients with cancer when they do go to a nursing facility? Why do we not have more palliative care access in nursing homes? But before we go into that subject, Ann I think you have a song request for Alex.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

I think the general definition that’s given is it’s the ability to bounce back from some kind of adversity. The example I give is, if you’ve ever walked into a nursing home, or where there’s an activity happening for a group of people with dementia, that is a little depressing to me.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 4, 2022

Kevin’s study looks at a period of time in the COVID pandemic when a large multistate nursing home provider created a “nonessential medication on hold” (NEMOH) policy in order to conserve critical nursing resources and PPE, and to limit exposure risk for residents by reducing unnecessary contact. nursing homes.

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GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

When I’m on nursing home call, the most common page I receive is for a blood sugar value. And we invited Tamryn Gray from the Dana Farber joins us to ask insightful questions, including: What blood sugar range should we target for patients in the nursing home or hospice? Summary Transcript Summary Diabetes is common.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. I definitely would not be where I’m at today without my family. With the pandemic, it’s definitely gotten worse.

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2023

Some of it was definitely just trying to find new ideas in a way to be able to get into facilities and doctors’ offices. Hospitals and nursing homes don’t want to get dinged for readmissions. Typically that hovered around 80 to 90 days, and we are seeing the trend moving in that direction. It was still a very virtual world.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

And now I’m almost 90, so definitely I don’t need to do suffering. Louise 13:48 Definitely some thoughts, and I think slightly different for different people. Louise 15:47 Well, I think even in that example of choking in a nursing home, you don’t actually require cardioversion or a breathing tube.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Medical cannabis is not legal in North Carolina, so there are definitely some limits. David 26:42 I discovered that one of the interviews I did for stoned was with a filmmaker in Israel whose debut film, I think, was based on time he spent in a nursing home helping older adults to use cannabis. Eric 26:42 Yeah. David 43:09 Yeah.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

You walk through that door and you feel like you’ve come into more of a nursing home. We definitely have people who were dwindling and really looking like they were coming to the end of life, and when they start getting these supportive services, they pop back up. And so the definition of family was broad.

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AJN Off the Charts

AUGUST 4, 2022

The researchers’ findings were based on responses from 46,318 women ages 46 to 68 years who were enrolled in the Nurses’ Health Study and were free of major chronic diseases at this cohort study’s baseline in 1988. The post Rotating Night Shifts Erode Long-Term Health of Nurses appeared first on Off the Charts.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

By setting, so patients who are living in places like nursing homes and assisted living facilities, where it’s easier to visit very quickly patient to patient, as opposed to home-based care for people say in rural areas. Melissa: It’s definitely true that that’s the incentive under nonprofit and for-profit.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

Lauren: Yeah, I think I can definitely see Joe’s point of view. Yes, my hair is definitely on fire. The for-profits stepped up and they have been serving people in nursing homes, including with dementia who deserve our care, and the nonprofits haven’t. Eric: Great. Lauren, what do you think about you?

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

So I think when you start combining these trials and you’re faced with an older adult that the option would be to now put in a PICC line and send them to a nursing home and then you can have a really sit down with the patient through shared decision making decide we stop at seven days. Lona: Absolutely.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. This isn’t going to be easy, and it most definitely isn’t a 9-5 job, but it is so worth it if you find a home with the right company — the right ‘work family.’

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GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

But definitely always had the bug to be the one to jump into the family meetings in the ICU, lead them. Alex: So the proven trial was that the video in the nursing homes? Kate: Yeah, the nursing homes. I definitely don’t want to do that today. Definitely doesn’t correlate with need.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 26, 2023

Second, as we discussed in last week’s podcast , older adults, particularly those in nursing homes, were far more likely to die than younger individuals. I was very excited about the opportunity, and very excited about everything that’s going on at AGS, so when she asked me, I said, “Yes, definitely.”

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GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

So we followed Gretchen Schwarze’s definition, which was 1% or higher inpatient mortality was considered high-risk. And we found out in our work that something like 70 or 80% of patients with dementia who have surgery come from the community, who are coming from home. Eric: What are some examples of that?

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

APRIL 28, 2022

April 2021 – CMS targeted the efforts of the Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency to help nursing homes strengthen their infection control systems, increase resident and staff COVID-19 vaccination rates, and ensure quality and safety.

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GeriPal

APRIL 27, 2023

Eric: Martha – breaking the definition for palliative care, no longer an extra layer of support. Alex: Nursing homes. We are actually the integrator. We deepen ourselves into the fabric of care and we make healthcare work for people who are seriously ill. Eric: Buying GeriPal podcasts. Eric: BlackRock.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Eric: Who manages, once a day, methadone once they’re admitted to a nursing home? Katie: Well, I think you’re assuming that they’re accepting them to nursing homes, which is usually the first stop sign. And the nurse can’t dose it, they have to individually dose it. Katie: Yep. Jessie: Yep.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

I have done a lot of work on POLST and nursing homes and I’ve seen POLST forms. I saw years ago in Oregon, a POLST form that had been on file in a nursing home resident’s chart for seven years. And it said comfort measures. So for seven years, that person had been treated in accordance with that plan of care.

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AlayaCare

JUNE 28, 2022

Based on this discussion, we’ve developed a free tip sheet to help your home care organizations and healthcare providers work through improving your care plans. Let’s dive into how to make and improve a health care plan and how it can improve your home care agency, nursing home, or business.

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AlayaCare

JUNE 29, 2022

Based on this discussion, we’ve developed a to help your home care organizations and healthcare providers work through improving your care plans. Let’s dive into how to make and improve a health care plan and how it can improve your home care agency, nursing home, or business.

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Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

JANUARY 1, 2023

The following is a true nursing home experience that my hospice patient shared with me about an unusual trip she said she had taken the day before I visited her: (Excerpt from my book Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes ) “What did you do today?” Oh, I’ll definitely be going back.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 27, 2022

James: Definitely not-. Eric: Yeah, this is definitely… If you grew up in the ’80s, this is the slow dancing song. Most of them are dealing with older adults with dementia who are living in the nursing home or have severe dementia. Eric: I love… I actually just went to New Order and Pet Shop Boys.

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Nurse.com

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Do I need to mention non-nursing work experience? Non-nursing work experience highlights the versatility of your skill set, so you should definitely include this on your resume. For example, if you organized a blood drive at your school or read to residents of a nursing home, expand on the details of these occasions.

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Nurse.com

MAY 18, 2022

When a nurse licensee challenges a board of nursing discipline, the licensee often bases the case on a violation of his or her due process rights. In the following case, an LPN fought a board of nursing order revoking her license. Expired Medications Discovered by ED Nurse. Jenny, an LPN, worked for a nursing home.

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Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

MAY 3, 2021

Cremation is definitely in the mainstream these days as a method of body disposal. Frances Shani Parker, Author Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes is available in paperback and e-book editions in America and other countries at online and offline booksellers.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

So it might just be the case that there’s a lot of background GI complaints, that people could be taking them inappropriately, so there are definitely ways to minimize it. which is kind of the typical definition of osteoporosis at that time. One, you looked at… Your primary outcome was non-vertebral fractures. James: Yeah.

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Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

JANUARY 3, 2022

I believe non-relatives who serve as committed caregivers during illness should also be included in the kinship care definition and treated as such. He was admitted immediately and later placed with other AIDS patients in an isolated section of a nursing home. Based on his appearance and actions, I suspected Jake had AIDS.

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