HopeHealth
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
A Brown University medical student is working with HopeHealth to research how music can help us cope with grief. The response has been powerful. The post Can music help you cope with grief? This researcher aims to find out appeared first on HopeHealth.
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
As the U.S. population ages nationwide, seniors have been vastly underrepresented in clinical trials. This is particularly true for people living in the nation’s 15,000-plus nursing homes. Fortunately, due to a recent grant from the National Institutes of Health, that could soon change. The National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute on Aging (NIA) has granted a $15.5 million award toward the team at Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute.
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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Looking closely at the big picture: Children and Young People’s Mental Health In this week’s blog, the fourth in our Children and Young People (CYP) series, Yasmin Smith, Lecturer in Nursing and Mental Health and Rebecca Reynolds @becksreynolds, Lecturer in Children’s Nursing from Plymouth University discuss the big picture in CYP’s Mental Health.
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Unified Program Integrity Contractor (UPIC) auditors are taking a sharper look at nursing home room-and-board for hospice patients. Hospices have increasingly faced more regulatory scrutiny in recent years amid rising program integrity concerns, including ramped up UPIC audits , among various others. These audits are designed to instill oversight measures aimed at safeguarding against bad actors in the hospice industry.
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NHPCO
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 20, 2024 Photo Link (Alexandria, VA) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) hosted its annual leadership conference (ALC2024) in Denver, Colorado September 14–18, 2024. This conference is the final conference that legacy NHPCO is hosting as it joins with the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) to become the National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance).
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
A hospital-based hospice program in Kansas is closing its doors, as is the Visiting Nurses Association of Philadelphia. Holton Community Hospital (HCH) will shut down its home health and hospice department effective December 31st. A range of issues contributed to the decision to end the program, including reimbursement pressures on its home health business and the ascendance of Medicare Advantage, which often pays at a lower rate than traditional Medicare.
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Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing and behavioral health. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link]. Cachet Colvard, head of strategic partnerships at Guaranteed Health, has been named a 2024 Future Leader by Hospice News.
Elder Care Matters
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Learn the differences between living wills and trusts in estate planning. Explore which option better suits your needs for asset management and healthcare decisions. Expert advice from ElderCareMatters.com. The post Living Wills vs. Trusts: Which is Best for Your Estate Planning Needs? appeared first on Elder Care Directory - ElderCareMatters.com.
AT Home Care & Hospice
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Supporting Blood Cancer Patients with Hospice Care: A Comprehensive Guide for Medical Professionals Blood cancers, including leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma, pose significant challenges for patients and their families. As these conditions progress, the need for comprehensive, compassionate care becomes paramount. Hospice care offers a multidisciplinary approach that focuses on quality of life, symptom management, The post Hospice for Blood Cancer Patients appeared first on AT Home Care
Minority Nurse
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Ildaura Murillo-Rohde, PhD, RN, FAAN, is a pioneering Hispanic nursing leader who shattered barriers for Latina leaders in education, research, and nursing. We are honored to celebrate her contributions on National Hispanic Nurses Day. Her background in academics and healthcare policy is impressive, and to add to her resume, she founded the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) in 1975 and served as president until 1980.
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Hospice Promise
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
“Hospice care is about adding life to days, not just days to life.” Hospice care goes beyond medical treatment – it’s about enhancing quality of life and bringing comfort to those in their final days. Let’s focus on making each day meaningful and full of love, joy, and compassion for those in our care. Let’s prioritize adding life to days and creating moments that truly matter.
Nurse Nacole
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Category: Critical Care Nursing The primary considerations regarding initiation of mechanical ventilation relate to how each breath should be delivered. This includes how a breath is defined, size, duration, frequency and the degree of interaction the patient has with the ventilator.
Changing Lives Podcast
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: The post Protected: 2024-09-23 – HQ Board Meeting appeared first on Hospice Quinte.
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Recent research has found that receiving high-acuity services alongside supportive care can help ease pain. The findings come as regulators navigate the future outlook of these services in end-of-life care delivery. More than two-thirds (67%) of liver cancer patients receiving radiotherapy concurrently with supportive/palliative care reported reduced pain intensity levels after one month of treatment in a study published in The Lancet Oncology, a Science Direct journal.
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