Hospice News

JUNE 14, 2023

A growing number of patients with various dementia-related conditions will need end-of-life care in coming years. Hospices preparing for rising demand are facing compliance challenges, as these patients often require longer hospice stays. Patients with Alzheimer’s and other neurological degenerative disorders have health trajectories that are difficult to project, especially as they approach the end of life, according to Dr.

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AlayaCare

JUNE 16, 2023

When it comes to providing quality care in the home care industry, ensuring the safety and well-being of clients is of paramount importance. Effective risk management plays a crucial role in achieving this goal. However, manual and paper-based processes can be time-consuming, prone to errors, and challenging to track consistently. That’s where the power of automation comes into play.

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Aging Life Care Association

JUNE 16, 2023

Do you have a senior loved one who needs more resources, time, and care with daily activities than you alone can provide? Are you considering moving them to an assisted living community? These are designed to provide care and assistance with daily activities, while ensuring their residents some level of independence. However, moving to an … Continue reading Tips for Helping a Loved One Adjust to Assisted Living → The post Tips for Helping a Loved One Adjust to Assisted Living appea

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JUNE 15, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has tremendous potential. We talk on this podcast about potential uses of AI in geriatrics and palliative care with natural language processing guru Charlotta Lindvall from DFCI, bioethicists and internist Matt DeCamp from University of Colorado, and prognosis wizard Sei Lee from UCSF. Social companions to address the epidemic of loneliness among older adults Augmenting ability of clinicians by taking notes Searching the electronic heal

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Hospice News

JUNE 16, 2023

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) is seeking answers about hospice patients’ access to certain high-cost services. CMS included a series of requests for information (RFIs) in its proposed 2024 hospice payment rule. Among them were questions about patients’ utilization of complex care services including blood transfusions, chemotherapy, radiation or dialysis.

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AlayaCare

JUNE 13, 2023

Insights from Todd Austin of Home Care Pulse In the world of home care, proper training is crucial for providing efficient and high-quality care. Without any proper training, we’re setting many employees up for frustration when they don’t have the resources, they need to perform their jobs. In home care, there’s about a 100,000-person administrative workforce that gets very little training, and with every scheduler that you lose, you would lose approximately five or ten caregivers.

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Daily Nurse

JUNE 16, 2023

BCEN announces the 2023 winners of the annual national BCEN Distinguished Awards , recognizing one top board-certified RN in emergency, pediatric emergency, trauma, flight, and critical care ground transport nursing specialties. “The 2023 BCEN Distinguished Award recipients embody the highest levels of clinical excellence in their specialties, and we applaud how they convey the importance of emergency, trauma, and transport nursing specialty certification as they support members of their teams

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Hospice News

JUNE 12, 2023

As the recently appointed CFO of The Pennant Group (NASDAQ: PNTG), Lynette Walborn has her sights set on multiple avenues of growth — including expanding the company’s workforce. Walborn came to Pennant from Raising Cane’s Restaurants, LLC, where she was vice president of financial reporting and tax, overseeing acquisitions, accounting systems and equity management.

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Together for Short Lives

JUNE 16, 2023

Dan is Dad to Elisa who died in January 2023. In this special blog he shares what life is like as a parent to a disabled child, and what Father’s Day will be like this year without his daughter. I was asked to write this blog post and talk a little about being a father […] The post My first Father’s Day without my Elisa appeared first on Together for Short Lives.

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Elder Care Matters

JUNE 14, 2023

Sibling rivalry all too often resurfaces during a parent’s estate planning process, and long-buried conflicts often come back to life in a crisis such as a parent’s illness or incapacity. In fact, disputes over a parent’s needs and wishes may really boil down to, “I’m closest to Mom, so I know what’s best for her.”… The post Sibling Rivalry with Estate Planning appeared first on Elder Care Directory - ElderCareMatters.com.

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Daily Nurse

JUNE 15, 2023

Big data and machine learning already impact most aspects of modern life, so there is growing optimism about using artificial intelligence (AI) to transform health provider education. Cristina Lussiana is a senior program manager of digital health and monitoring at Population Services International ( PSI ) and an expert in the health applications of AI.

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Hospice News

JUNE 14, 2023

The nation’s total health care spend is expected to swell by 5.4% annually between 2022 and 2031, reaching $7.1 trillion. Meanwhile, Medicare hospice spending is expected to more than double by 2032. These data from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of the Actuary also project that health care expenditures will represent 19.6% of the nation’s gross domestic product by the end of that time frame, up from slightly more than 18% in 2021.

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Together for Short Lives

JUNE 13, 2023

Since Together for Short Lives became aware that Best Interests was to be broadcast, we have been speaking to the producers of the programme to help prepare the children’s palliative care sector and our partner organisations for any impact on services or on audiences and families with children who have life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. We […] The post Best Interests – Support Resources appeared first on Together for Short Lives.

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Nurse.com

JUNE 15, 2023

Virtual reality (VR) is a computer-generated, three-dimensional environment in which users can explore and even interact in a virtual “world” using special equipment such as a VR helmet or headset and hand controllers/special gloves. VR has evolved into an interactive educational tool for pilots and an elevated source of entertainment for arcade lovers and home gamers.

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Daily Nurse

JUNE 14, 2023

Milford, Connecticut, nurse practitioner Payal Emery has been using art as an outlet to cope with many different moments in life. Because of her experiences, she now wants to use art to help others After noticing how much art helped her and her autistic son — and knowing stories of how art has helped others — Emery created the Artistic Nurse. Emery’s online gallery donates a portion of all sales to fund important causes supporting mental health, animal conservation, environmental conservation,

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Hospice News

JUNE 15, 2023

After more than a decade working in hospice leadership, Alli Collins came across something she had never seen before — a financially viable, all-volunteer provider that is not Medicare-certified. Today, she is the executive director of the program, Idaho-based Hospice and Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley, which serves an average of 55 patients daily in a largely rural community.

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Minority Nurse

JUNE 15, 2023

Nurses’ hearts and minds are like living libraries of patients’ stories. In the intimate container of trust created in the nurse-patient relationship, a tapestry of memories, confessions, and reflections are woven, and the nurse is privileged to be privy to such soulful sharing. As nurses, what are we to do when we’re the repositories of so much of the richness of our patient’s lives, including the tragic, the comedic, and the mundane?

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NHPCO

JUNE 16, 2023

For Immediate Release June 16, 2023 NHPCO and HAN Help Ensure Provider Concerns are Heard on The Hill and at CMS (Alexandria, VA) – More than 70 hospice and palliative care advocates from across the country met with over 130 congressional offices last week to discuss key legislative and regulatory priorities for ensuring and expanding access to hospice and palliative care.

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JUNE 13, 2023

If you’re a nurse considering a career in politics but haven’t seen any nurses in government yet, then meet Beth Haney, DNP, FNP-C, FAANP, FAAN. Haney is a councilwoman of Yorba Linda, California, and previously served as mayor in 2020. She’s also the Vice-Chair of the Placentia-Linda Hospital Governing Board and director of the Board of Financial Partners Credit Union.

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Hospice News

JUNE 16, 2023

North Carolina-headquartered Novant Health has launched a new palliative care program to help improve quality of life for patients with heart failure. The health system is rolling out the new program in partnership with hospice and palliative care provider Lower Cape Fear LifeCare. The two nonprofit organizations developed it to expand access and care options for seriously ill patients with heart failure.

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AJN Off the Charts

JUNE 14, 2023

Improving data collection and analysis of RRTs for quality improvement The method we use to track rapid response team (RRT) data has evolved on our health campus at Mount Sinai Queens. Just a few years ago we were using paper logs; now we use electronic logs accessed by a QR code. The goal initially has been to become paperless and collect data to analyze our rapid responses for clinical insight.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 13, 2023

Ep.16: 5 Ways to Reduce Employee Turnover Chris Magleby, COO of HCP, shares 5 proven strategies to keep your people past the first 100 days, and how you can save more than $58,000 per year in recruitment and retention expenses. View Episode Transcript × Episode Transcript Linda Leekley ( 00:07 ): Hi everyone. I am Linda Leekley, chief Clinical Officer at hcp.

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Today's Caregiver

JUNE 14, 2023

Memory and thinking skills tend to decline as we get older. Certain lifestyle factors—such as a healthy diet, physical activity, and social interactions—might help to protect cognitive health as we age.

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Hospice News

JUNE 13, 2023

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is prioritizing hospice as the agency cracks down on health care fraud. Increased reimbursement oversight could be on the horizon, lending to a potential rise in whistleblower cases. DOJ counts hospice claims among the root causes of rising Medicare costs in recent years, according to Lisa Miller, deputy assistant attorney general overseeing the department’s Crime Fraud Section.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

JUNE 11, 2023

In this blog, Dr Kerry Gaskin, Associate Professor of Nursing, discusses the development of an Advanced Practice Research Toolkit to enable AP teams and individuals to plan activity within the research pillar of their role. There is growing recognition that research active hospitals can save lives, enhance health care, and improve patient outcomes (Jonker & Fischer 2018; Ozdemir et al 2015).

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 13, 2023

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Living Assistance Services

JUNE 14, 2023

In recent weeks, the greater Toronto area has been seriously affected by poor air quality conditions as a result of forest fires in Quebec.

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Hospice News

JUNE 16, 2023

After nearly four years at the helm, Alive Hospice President and CEO Kimberly Goessele has decided to step down. Her departure closely follows an announcement that a rumored sale of the hospice would not take place. Goessele has led the Nashville-based nonprofit hospice since October 2019. During her tenure, the organization faced not only a global pandemic, but a range of financial pressures.

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American In-Home Care

JUNE 14, 2023

Summers in Florida are notoriously hot and humid – sometimes unbearably so. For older adults, the excessive heat and humidity can be dangerous. It’s important to know the signs of heat-related illnesses and how to prevent them in order to keep older loved ones safe. American, Advocate and Whitsyms In-Home Care offer the following information on signs to watch for and tips to keep seniors cool.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 14, 2023

HCP WEBINAR SERIES The State of Post-Acute Care in 2023: Sales & Marketing With the release of the 2023 HCP Benchmarking Report, we have new data and insights on how post-acute care businesses have been impacted by ongoing industry challenges, and what the most successful organizations are doing to overcome them. Join HCP for a 6-part webinar series breaking down the key findings from each section of the 2023 HCP Benchmarking Report, including sales & marketing, recruitment & retent

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