Hospice News
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Two of the nation’s largest hospice and home-based care industry organizations are merging and have announced a combined board that will guide the transition. The National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) floated the possibility of a combination in March in light of their existing, highly collaborative working relationship.
Aging Life Care Association
DECEMBER 21, 2023
The holidays can often be a time filled with high expectations, requiring lots of energy and engagement in non-stop activities. For the individuals and families living with Alzheimer’s or other dementia, it can be challenging and a time of high anxiety. Festivities can agitate, confuse, and overstimulate persons living with Alzheimer’s or other dementia.
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Hospice News
DECEMBER 21, 2023
The hospice and senior care provider Helios Care is partnering with the integrated health system Bassett Healthcare Network to bring more extensive access to hospice and palliative care to patients in central New York. The two providers are collaborating to establish a “more cohesive and seamless continuum of care” across Bassett’s eight-county service region.
Daily Nurse
DECEMBER 21, 2023
One of the biggest challenges as a nurse is working those long, 12-hour (+) shifts, with small snack breaks, and needing to keep your energy up the entire time. It’s a lot to handle! And I know firsthand as my mom was a shift nurse for over 40 years. I watched her juggle working overnights, getting me off to school in the morning, and getting her well-deserved sleep.
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Let's discuss the trusty pager—an old favorite that’s losing its shine in hospitals and clinics. While once a staple in hospitals and clinics, pagers now present significant limitations that hinder rather than facilitate communication among healthcare professionals. Healthcare professionals are constantly on the move, and they need communication tools that can keep up with their fast-paced lives.
Nurse Nacole
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Category: Fundamentals Other features of ketamine anesthesia include increased skeletal muscle tone, preservation of the laryngeal and pharyngeal reflexes, hypersalivation and relaxation of bronchial smooth muscle.
Minority Nurse
DECEMBER 21, 2023
When Socrates famously said, “To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom,” and that the unexamined life is not worth living, he certainly wasn’t thinking about the 21st-century nursing professional. Still, these Socratic axioms’ universality applies to anyone who breathes air. Amid our busy and complicated lives, knowing ourselves can seem like the last thing we want to add to our already crowded to-do lists.
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NHPCO
DECEMBER 21, 2023
For Immediate Release December 21, 2023 The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) jointly announced today that they have developed a proposed slate of Transition Board of Directors and officers for 2024. The Transition Board will oversee the transition to a new, consolidated organization pursuant to its ratification by both associations’ Boards of Directors in an agreement to combine which is contemplated in ea
GeriPal
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Summary Transcript Summary We’ve talked a lot about comprehensive dementia care on the GeriPal podcast but while the evidence is clear that these programs work, the uptake has been limited largely because there hasn’t been a strong financial case for it. Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a
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