Seasons Hospice

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The New Year is the perfect time to focus on creating healthier habits and setting achievable wellness goals, particularly for seniors. As we age, maintaining a well-rounded approach to wellness becomes increasingly important for both physical and mental well-being. Seniors can benefit greatly from setting goals that address their unique needs, ensuring they stay active, engaged, and healthy throughout the year.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The health care community should integrate palliative care into all aspects of post-stroke treatments, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA). This should include interventions to address psychosocial health, navigating the health care system and preparation for end-of-life care when necessary, the statement indicated.

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Daily Nurse

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Being a nurse is one of the most challenging yet rewarding professions. While they deserve all the praise for their hard work, it’s essential to consider how the physical environment impacts their well-being, especially during those long shifts when every moment counts. Nurses are on their feet for hours , darting between patients and tasks. Can you imagine the difference it could make if healthcare institutions prioritized their comfort through thoughtful furniture choices?

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Some of the temporary telehealth flexibilities implemented during the pandemic will soon expire while others have been recently extended. These evolving regulations have hospices concerned that a lack of virtual access to their services could have significant impacts on quality and health disparities. Temporary telehealth flexibilities granted during the pandemic have opened up discussions around the future of technology in health care delivery, said Dr.

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DECEMBER 17, 2024

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Minority Nurse

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Many nurses pick nursing as a satisfying line of work that suits them, yet find that stress is a common factor in the field. With work pressures looming, such as long hours, fast-paced environments, and caring for sick patients, many nurses realize that stress management is a crucial skill to develop to prevent overworking in a dynamic field. Providing emotional labor to others doesn’t have to include burnout.

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Caregiver Support Services

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Its quite common to think of caregiving as a relationship between a person who is incapacitated to some degree, and someone who is able-bodied. But thats not the case of course. Usually, yes, the carer will be more physically capable and most likely in better health than the person theyre caring for, but that doesnt mean they wont experience difficulties daily as they try to render that help.

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EAPC (European Association of Palliative Care)

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The Universal Health Coverage Day 2024 theme is “Health: It’s on the Government” The European Association for Palliative Care joined this campaign and urges global leaders to ensure universal access to health services without financial burden. hashtag#HealthForAll. LinkedIn The post Universal Health Coverage Day – December 12, 2024. appeared first on EAPC.

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Three Oaks Hospice

DECEMBER 17, 2024

End-of-life decisions are among the most meaningful choices a family can make for a loved one. Advance care planning goes beyond preparing legal documentsit fosters understanding and open communication between caregivers, family members and healthcare providers to ensure everyone is aligned on the decisions made. At Three Oaks Hospice, our philosophy centers on three [.

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Nurse Nacole

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Category: Critical Care Nursing Primary respiratory failure generally causes initial hypertension and tachycardia, followed by hypotension and bradycardia and progressing to pulseless electrical activity, ventricular fibrillation or asystole.

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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.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The nations hospice utilization rate among Medicare decedents has once again surpassed 50%, for the first time since the pandemic. However, fraud issues in the space create questions around the quality of care patients are receiving. Hospice utilization reached 51.7% in 2023, up more than two percentage points from the prior year, according to recent data from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC).

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Elaine Mansfield

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Monarch and Sunflower I honor the winged Goddess Psyche, Greek Goddess of Soul and Butterflies, and all other Deities with wings who visited my land in 2024. Beloved Monarch Butterflies were scarce last season. May they get help and thrive again. Mourning Doves Baltimore Oriole (a rare visitor) Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and Lilacs Monarch Bumblebee and Bachelor’s Button Monarchs are gone for season, but Honeybees remain Bumblebee and Echinacea Monarch Male (see oval spot in line on back wi

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