Seniority, the Mavencare Blog

JANUARY 20, 2021

As we get older, our health tends to demand more attention and upkeep. One way to keep on top of our health – and the health of our senior loved ones – is to complete health screenings for the various chronic and acute conditions that tend to affect older adults. Since many of us check in with our health at the outset of a new year, what better time than now to make sure that we’re getting ourselves and our loved ones appropriately screened?

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Pallimed

JANUARY 30, 2021

by Fitzgerald Jones, Ho, Sager, Rosielle and Merlin Have you ever been so distressed by a perspective piece that it kept you up at night? The type of rumination that fills you with so much angst that you have no choice but to act. This is exactly how we felt when we read the AAHPM Quarterly Winter 2020 Let’s Think About It Again. 1 (member paywall) The column, which is structured as a sort of written debate in which two authors argue a clinical question, describes a case of a 45-year-old man wit

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Living With Hospice

JANUARY 30, 2021

Death is something that we all, sooner or later, have to face - especially when we or a loved one are on an end of life journey. To some extent, we are all scared of death – whether it be the thought of our own death or the fear that someone we love might pass away. But how do we respond to this fear of the inevitable? Why are some of us more afraid than others?

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Diversity Nursing

JANUARY 29, 2021

Chief Nursing Officers have a wide variety of responsibilities. Their role has become more complex with the COVID-19 pandemic, social injustices, and systemic racism in the United States. The pandemic is straining the healthcare profession. Nurses are under immense stress and Nursing leaders need to use best practices to address the mental and emotional trauma their teams are enduring.

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Bayshore Care Home

JANUARY 25, 2021

There is very little within our control when it comes to dealing with dementia. But one very important thing we can control is how we talk to people with this. The post Communicating with dementia patients first appeared on Bayshore Home Care.

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Hope Hospice

JANUARY 20, 2021

DUBLIN, CA – Hope Hospice is using animatronic pets to help lessen the impact that pandemic-related isolation has had on its patients. Joy for All Companion Pets by Ageless Innovation are robotic dog and cat toys designed specifically to comfort older adults in need of companionship; early studies specifically charted the benefits for people living with Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of cognitive decline.

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Pallimed

JANUARY 28, 2021

by Christian Sinclair ( @ctsinclair ) Most palliative care teams love to have medical students on service, but the access may be variable. Some schools make palliative care rotations mandatory, some optional, while others make it hard to find or "build your own." I do outpatient palliative care, so I see medical students less often than my inpatient colleagues, but we do get a number of nursing students, pharmacy residents, psychology learners rotating with our clinic at the University of Kansas

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Living With Hospice

JANUARY 13, 2021

As the New Year begins, people are often filled with renewed energy and hope. It's a time of new resolutions, new promise, new adventures, and boundless opportunities. However, when you're on an end of life journey with someone, the world around you never quite feels like that. In this episode, Mitch discusses how to manage when you are in a world that doesn't change, or seem to move forward, with the rest of the world.

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Death and Dying Chronicles

JANUARY 12, 2021

Many years ago as I sat through my first hospice orientation, I participated in an activity that was aimed at enlightening us to the fact that we were all entering our hospice patient’s lives at a time when the world as they knew it was becoming smaller and smaller. The exercise was supposed to get us to feel a small portion of what it must be like to be a dying person who must slowly say goodbye to everything they hold dear.

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Bayshore Care Home

JANUARY 11, 2021

Stroke survivors may have difficulty with fine motor skills that can make simple tasks like dressing, grooming, bathing and bathroom trips difficult. Caregivers can help assist with these tasks to. The post The lifesaving impact home health aides have on stroke patients first appeared on Bayshore Home Care.

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Hope Hospice

JANUARY 15, 2021

Hope Hospice is using animatronic pets to help lessen the impact that pandemic-related isolation has had on its patients. Joy for All Companion Pets by Ageless Innovation are robotic dog and cat toys designed specifically to comfort older adults in need of companionship; early studies specifically charted the benefits for people living with Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of cognitive decline.

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Seniority, the Mavencare Blog

JANUARY 8, 2021

Here we are: it’s a brand new year! So many of us are breathing a sigh of relief to see 2020 in the rearview mirror, and to have the fresh start of a new year. It’s a traditional time of the year to set goals and make resolutions, so in our first blog post of 2021, we’re offering up six new year’s resolutions that family caregivers might like to adopt this year. 1.

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Pallimed

JANUARY 18, 2021

by Christian Sinclair ( @ctsinclair ) Over the past two years I have been working to increase the profile of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Managemen t as the associate editor of social media. In that time, I have come to make a few observations on the current state of social media use by palliative care journals and researchers that I would like to share with you dear readers along with some statistics.

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Hearts for Hospice & Home Health

JANUARY 6, 2021

By Joelle Y. Jean, FNP Due to its busy nature, providers in the Emergency Room (ER) may not immediately identify patients for hospice care. Approaching patients or family members about hospice can also be challenging-especially if they have specific questions. This hospice checklist can help guide providers on when they should consider a patient for hospice.

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Seasons Hospice

JANUARY 7, 2021

After a tumultuous year in 2020, many are looking forward to 2021 as a year of renewed hope. Here at Seasons Hospice of Tulsa and Muskogee, we would like to share some words of encouragement with you and your family as we move into the new year. Whether you’re specifically looking for what to say to someone in hospice, or just looking for words of encouragement and strength in general, we have a few scriptures that may be helpful.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JANUARY 31, 2021

This episode features Jonathan Bayuo (Presbyterian University College, Abetifi, Eastern, Ghana and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong). The immediacy of death in the burn unit is usually in the order of hours or days requiring the timely application of palliative care. Although the culture of burns/ critical care units is evolving the support the integration of palliative care, several barriers such as prognostication and lack of guidelines exist.

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Healthcare Law Insights podcast

JANUARY 27, 2021

The latest COVID Relief and Funding law passed in December 2020 brings dramatic changes to the hospice survey process. While CMS will need to engage in future rulemaking to implement the new framework, Congress created a clear outline that includes significant financial remedies and makes all survey results publicly available. In this episode, Husch Blackwell's Meg Pekarske breaks down key components of the legislation with Hospice & Palliative Care team members Bryan Nowicki , Emily Park a

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HPNA podcast

JANUARY 14, 2021

This episode of HPNA’s Podcast Corner welcomes HPNA’s Research Advisory Council members Dr. Heather Coats, PhD, APRN-BC, HPNA Director of Research, Dr. Jiayun Xu, PhD, RN and Dr. Suzanne S. Sullivan, PhD, MBA, RN, CHPN as they discuss how the use of research is a necessary contribution for moving forward in palliative and hospice nursing as we advance expert care in serious illness. .

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Pallimed

JANUARY 1, 2021

by Drew Rosielle ( @drosielle ) A few months ago an interesting olanzapine study was published which I have been meaning to write a post about. It's important because while olanzapine has really established itself in the last decade as a highly effective antiemetic for chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting, and is now in multiple CINV guidelines (eg Antiemetics: ASCO Guideline ), etc, we don't have a lot of data for its efficacy for nausea outside of CINV, and so a well-done RCT is welcome.

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Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

JANUARY 10, 2021

Caregivers often have complicated roles that can include love, hatred, guilt, joy and resignation. People become caregivers for different reasons, and the reasons are not always their own preferences. During my years as a hospice volunteer, I have spoken to many caregivers. They shared their stories. These are three examples from my book Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes. 1) “We held a family meeting when Mom and Pops continued to deteriorate in their health.

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Hearts for Hospice & Home Health

JANUARY 6, 2021

By Joelle Y. Jean, FNP Due to its busy nature, providers in the Emergency Room (ER) may not immediately identify patients for hospice care. Approaching patients or family members about hospice can also be challenging-especially if they have specific questions. This hospice checklist can help guide providers on when they should consider a patient for […].

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JANUARY 5, 2021

This episode features Jeanna Qiu (Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA). Maintaining quality of life for patients with malignant fungating wounds requires collaboration of diverse healthcare specialties, from oncology and palliative care to wound care. Research has explored the experiences of patients with malignant fungating wounds and the nurses who treat them.

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Healthcare Law Insights podcast

JANUARY 13, 2021

In this episode, Husch Blackwell's Meg Pekarske is joined by colleagues Jenna Brofsky , Erica Ash and Wakaba Tessier who provide an update on the legal landscape related to COVID-19 testing and vaccinations. Their conversation explores the liability protections provided by the PREP Act and the legal considerations hospices need to account for when establishing a vaccination program.

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AlayaCare

JANUARY 20, 2021

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Healthcare Law Insights podcast

JANUARY 6, 2021

In today’s conversation Husch Blackwell's Meg Pekarske sits down with William Finn , the CEO of Hospice of the Western Reserve, where they share stories of change, innovation and opportunity in hospice and palliative care. Bill, Meg likes to say, is a man who is always “up to something.” He sees change on the horizon and leans into the opportunities it provides.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JANUARY 5, 2021

This episode features Dr Catriona Mayland (University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK). Advanced head and neck cancer patients have specific challenges due to the impact of the illness on vital functions such as eating, speaking and breathing. Identifying the palliative care needs of this specific cancer subgroup would help provide guidance about how services could best provide care.

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AlayaCare

JANUARY 12, 2021

One doesn’t need to be a chief officer, a director or even a manager to be able to spot deficiencies at a home care agency – and see how new technology could help correct them. In fact, the first steps to a digital transformation (in a company of any kind) often originate near the ground level, by the people who see how things could potentially be improved with a dose of innovation.

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AlayaCare

JANUARY 8, 2021

Nobody knows how useful any particular technology is more than those who, well, use it every day. Since the early days of AlayaCare, our Customer Advisory Board (CAB) has been an important forum for home care agencies to share their real-world insight into what their administrators, caregivers and clients need, technologically-speaking. In this same spirit, AlayaCare is broadening its efforts to revamp a CAB program in 2021 so that our software evolves directly in step with the current – and fut

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AlayaCare

JANUARY 6, 2021

JFK once said that “change is the law of life , ” and “those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”. Tell that to teams of people who grow quite used to one way of doing things at work… who are so accustomed to those systems that it’s become an ingrained routine. who are told that all of that is about to change. That law of life can be a bit tricky, particularly when an organization is attempting to modernize its technology platform.

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AlayaCare

JANUARY 19, 2021

The Alaya C are Implementation Approach is designed with our core values in mind. We work to advise your team on the decisions you need to reach your goals and configure the AlayaCare platform for your success. Customers are our focus and we’re here to guide you in recognizing the power and capabilities of technology in your organization. Recognizing the worth of the software will give you the tools to improve outcomes for your organization and your clients.

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