Hospice News

MAY 27, 2022

Regulators have been zeroing in on longer lengths of stay in hospice, but patients with dementia may be caught in the crossfire. . Two policy changes have corresponded with reductions in hospice enrollment among dementia patients, a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association has found. These include the audit system created by Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014, and the two-tiered reimbursement for routine home care that reduced payment amoun

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GeriPal

MAY 19, 2022

Summary Transcript Summary. A patient is on morphine and you want to convert it to another opioid like hydromorphone (dilaudid). How do you do that? Do you do what I do, pull out a handy-dandy opioid equianalgesic table to give you a guide on how much to convert to? . Well on today’s podcast we invited Drew Rosielle on our podcast who published this Pallimed post about why opioid equianalgesic tables are broken and why we shouldn’t use them, as well as what we need to move to instead.

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AlayaCare

MAY 24, 2022

The partnership allows AlayaCare customers to leverage Element5’s wide suite of workflow automation solutions to streamline administrative work ?. RICHMOND HILL, N.Y., SAN JOSE, CALIF.:? May ?24, 2022 - AlayaCare , a leading home health software, announced today its partnership with Element5, a workflow automation solution for post-acute care. The partnership will help AlayaCare customers automate complex administrative tasks using Element5’s Automation-as-a-Service solution.??

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Caregiver Warrior

MAY 30, 2022

Here's my book review to kick off the summer! I have found some wonderful intriguing and inspiring picks for you! The post First Book Review of the Summer! appeared first on Caregiver Warrior.

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HopeHealth

MAY 23, 2022

Bruce Willis’ diagnosis has raised new questions about aphasia, a communication condition that affects 2 million Americans, most over age 60. HopeHealth’s speech therapist shares answers. The post Aphasia takes away language. Speech therapy can help restore it. appeared first on HopeHealth.

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Daily Nurse

MAY 20, 2022

Seeing a patient smile… is a reminder that while many things can be wrong and recovery is a lifelong journey, small things like a momentary smile symbolize ongoing hope. —Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Tamar Rodney, PHD, MSN, RN, PMHNP-BC, CNE Patients with psychiatric problems need special care. That’s why it’s important for nurses to know that […].

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GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

Summary Transcript Summary. Think about the last time you attended a talk on communication skills or goals of care discussions. Was there any mention about the impact that hearing loss has in communication or what we should do about it in clinical practice? I’m guessing not. Now square that with the fact that age-related hearing loss affects about 2/3rd of adults over age 70 years and that self-reported hearing loss increases during the last years of life. .

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AlayaCare

MAY 3, 2022

Home care is on the precipice of seismic shifts. accelerated by technology, demand & supply fluctuations and evolving preferences of both patients and caregivers. Throughout the history of modern healthcare to date, care has been primarily centred around providers. While this has increased efficiency for clinicians and health systems, it can render care inaccessible to patients.

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AJN Off the Charts

MAY 11, 2022

A blog is born. Five years ago, I attended a blog writing workshop at the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) annual conference. It was led by Margaret Cellucci, the former director of communications for NASN. The hands-on workshop was a primer on blogging and included an assignment that the participants needed to submit a blog post about their conference experience before the end of the event.

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HopeHealth

MAY 6, 2022

In honor of Nurses Week, we spotlight Trish Diorio, cardiac nurse specialist for HopeHealth Visiting Nurse. “The whole reason you go into nursing,” says Trish, “is to make a difference.”. The post From the ER to home care: A HopeHealth cardiac nurse shares her journey appeared first on HopeHealth.

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Pallimed

MAY 2, 2022

by Drew Rosielle ( @drosielle ) A Satirical Monologue in One Act: “Ok, 3rd year resident, let’s talk about rotating opioids. What do I mean by ‘rotating’ opioids? It’s just therapeutically switching one opioid with another. It’s um, like, a turnstile, I guess? Anyway--first let’s look at this equianalgesic table. Do you know what equianalgesia means?

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2022

Hospice providers and patients are having difficulty procuring medications due to nationwide drug shortages, threatening quality of care and patients’ access to hospice. These include essential drugs for pain and symptom management. The scope of the shortages seems to be widening. Slightly more than 240 medications were in short supply at the close of Q1 2022, compared to 195 during the same period in 2016, according to data from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).

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GeriPal

MAY 26, 2022

Summary Transcript Summary. It’s been a while since we’ve done a Covid/bioethics podcast (see prior ethics podcasts here , here , here , and here ). But Covid is not over and this pandemic keeps raising challenging issues that force us to consider competing ethical considerations. . This week, we discuss an article by bioethicists Govind Persad and Emily Largent arguing that the NIH guidance for allocation of Paxlovid during conditions of scarcity.

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Daily Nurse

MAY 9, 2022

Leaders and members of the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) and American College of Emergency Physicians called on Congress last Wednesday to pass legislation aimed at reducing violence against health care workers. Emergency nurses and physicians from the two organizations – which partnered in 2019 on the No Silence on ED Violence campaign – spoke during a Capitol […].

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AJN Off the Charts

MAY 2, 2022

Photo by D??ng Nhân from Pexels. A few years ago, I wrote a blog post directed towards friends and family members of nurses, entitled “ How to Support the Nurse in Your Life.” While the ideas in that post still hold up today, so much in nursing has changed, the COVID pandemic being the obvious main factor. With nurses in more need of support than ever, I find it important to revisit this idea of helping friends and families supporting the nurses in their lives at this unique point in time. 1.

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HopeHealth

MAY 17, 2022

Taking care of yourself is the most important thing you can do as a caregiver. Caregiver support groups offer community, understanding and advice from people who’ve been there. The post “I feel the same way”: The power of caregiver support groups appeared first on HopeHealth.

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Happy Healthy Caregiver

MAY 19, 2022

In this post, you’ll find six self-care and caregiving books you may want to add to your ‘to be read’ pile. Recently I put a hold on accepting new caregiving and self-care books because my ‘to be read’ pile is overflowing which makes me feel anxious. To be honest, I’m not reading as much thanks […]. The post Book Haul: Self-Care and Dementia Caregiver Inspiration appeared first on Happy Healthy Caregiver.

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Hospice News

MAY 4, 2022

The United States lacks a robust reimbursement system for palliative care. While stakeholders work towards change, providers are developing innovative ways to work with what they have to bring this care to patients in need. Historically, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has reimbursed palliative care through a fee-for-service model that only covers physician and licensed independent practitioner services, rather than the full range of interdisciplinary care.

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Elaine Mansfield

MAY 10, 2022

Bluebird eggs. The forest is green with moss and ferns. Fiddleheads near the stream are ready to harvest and the maple trees dropped their tiny red flowers on the forest floor. Trout lilies finish their season just as Trillium begins theirs. The dogs love to run along the trails, but I climb the hill to Vic’s Red Oak. They willingly follow me. I stand at the granite cairn where Vic’s ashes are buried and listen to a Red-Winged Blackbird call from the swamp at the forest’s edge.

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Daily Nurse

MAY 25, 2022

Our Nurse of the Week only received honorary credentials at best, but in the end, even a very hostile medical community had to acknowledge that Sister Elizabeth Kenny’s polio treatments helped thousands of children in the 1940s recover from the disease without being immobilized and imprisoned in braces and casts. Born in 1880 in a […].

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AJN Off the Charts

MAY 27, 2022

Once again, we are sickened by another school shooting and the loss of children and teachers who tried to protect them from being mowed down by an assault weapon in the hands of an 18-year-old boy. This time Uvalde, Texas, is grieving for 19 children and two teachers, and it’s less than two weeks since a shooting in a Buffalo grocery store left 10 dead.

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The World According to Dr. El

MAY 3, 2022

Dr. El. These days, mental health in long-term care is getting far more attention than it used to. After 25 years as a nursing home psychologist, it’s pretty exciting to see. I perused the April print edition of McKnight’s Long-Term Care News and found articles on the impact of nurse stress on quality of care, the connection between nursing turnover and the emotional toll of the job, and the importance of mental health support for staff.

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NHPCO

MAY 19, 2022

For Immediate Release: May 19, 2022. Bill Would Invest in Palliative and Hospice Care Research and Education. (Alexandria, Va) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and its advocacy affiliate, the Hospice Action Network (HAN), welcomed the introduction of the Palliative Care & Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA) today in the Senate.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2022

Facing mortality is never easy, but patients and families may see fewer hardships in some geographies. Some signs point to Vermont and Utah as states in which people were more likely to have a better end-of-life experience, whereas families in New Jersey or New York may encounter more difficulties. A recent analysis by the insurance marketplace firm PolicyGenius ranked factors associated with a loved one’s death in each state and the District of Columbia.

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Elaine Mansfield

MAY 24, 2022

I sit on my back porch on a May evening and watch the hazy Moon rise over the forest. I count on Her rhythmic waxing and waning, beaming peace as the Earth bickers and burns. Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks sing love songs from a nearby tree. We called Grosbeak males “Angel Voice.” I count on their spring arrival, too. Grey Catbirds feast on orange halves put out to lure Baltimore Orioles.

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Daily Nurse

MAY 9, 2022

The two years since COVID-19 was first detected in America have introduced a profound change in all public-facing industries. Education, commerce, and even restaurants have changed business models and delivery systems to support social distancing and hands-free processes. Healthcare, too, has embraced changes, like increasing the use of telehealth when possible.

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AJN Off the Charts

MAY 4, 2022

‘Even my hair is tired.’ If you’ve been faced with death, trauma, significant stressors, and losses, you’ve had to be resilient. And boy, did I choose a career with all of the above. I started my nursing career during the AIDS epidemic, and later moved to active duty Air Force nursing, travel nursing, polytrauma, rehab, chronic pain, spinal cord injury, working with the homeless, mental health, and lastly COVID-19.

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Nurse.com

MAY 6, 2022

Content courtesy of Children’s National Hospital. It’s no secret that self-care is an important part of maintaining overall health. But finding the time to nourish their bodies, minds, and spirits can be a challenge for nurses. “Nurses are trained to provide compassionate care for patients, yet we’re not trained in the compassion of caring for ourselves,” says Pam Ressler, MS, RN, HNB-BC, founder of StressResources.com in Concord, Mass.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

MAY 29, 2022

By Dr Agnes Fanning MA MSc BSc RN DN RNT, Queen’s Nurse, Queens Nursing Institute (QNI), and Dr Jane Wray, Senior Lecturer in Nursing (University of Hull), and Senior Clinical Nurse Advisor to the National Preceptorship Project. Nurses working in social care settings have unique knowledge, skills and expertise 1. They are delivering high quality, individualised care, supporting people to live independently at home and in community settings 2.

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Hospice News

MAY 6, 2022

Children who have life-limiting illnesses need palliative care as much as adults, but a slough of obstacles often prevents them from getting it. Many of the barriers that palliative care providers encounter — fears, misconceptions, limited reimbursement, lack of specialized clinical training — become even more complex when it comes to pediatrics. The bulk of the care these children receive comes from primary care or subspecialty providers, and many experience frequent hospitalizations, according

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