Living With Hospice

AUGUST 26, 2020

Every once in while, we discover that a dear friend or family member is cast into the role of being a caregiver for someone who is in an end of life situation. Often, our first thought is how can I help this family? In this episode, Mitch Ware explains the importance of helping out our caregiver friends, and offers several ways to do so tactfully. " We all know people that for some reason or another, they just prefer to do it all by themselves.

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The Productive Home Health Nurse

AUGUST 26, 2020

I was sitting in my recliner, with my laptop resting across my legs, thinking to myself “so you wanted to be a home health nurse didja?! … Feeling drained, exhausted, and so tired of always running around like “ a chicken with its head cut-off” ! Why in the world was I always feeling like this?… There was really no need to play that “looking within myself” game because I already knew the answer… I was transitioning into home health nursing and by the looks of my situation… I was doing so w

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Bayshore Care Home

AUGUST 24, 2020

Many seniors experience difficulty getting around independently. Mobility aids for seniors can offer stability and support. If a senior is unstable performing motions like sitting down or walking, it is. The post FINDING THE RIGHT MOBILITY AIDS FOR SENIORS first appeared on Bayshore Home Care.

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HospiceDiary

AUGUST 23, 2020

A wise saying: There is nothing new under the sun. Suffering is our human condition; we all have some experience with it. Though it seems of late there is just too much.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

AUGUST 28, 2020

This episode features Kerry Micklewright and Dr Morag Farquhar (School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK). Informal carers play a vital role in supporting patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD carers may have unidentified support needs that could be a target for intervention by clinicians. The Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool (CSNAT) is an evidence-based tool to enable identification of carer support needs.

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The Productive Home Health Nurse

AUGUST 26, 2020

I was sitting in my recliner, with my laptop resting across my legs, thinking to myself “so you wanted to be a home health nurse didja?! …. Feeling drained, exhausted, and so tired of always running around like “ a chicken with its head cut-off” ! Why in the world was I always feeling like this?… There was really no need to play that “looking within myself” game because I already knew the answer….

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AlayaCare

AUGUST 26, 2020

August 27, 2020 – Leading home care technology provider, AlayaCare , announced that its core home care and home health platform has successful ly obtained Service Organizational Control ( SOC ) 2 Type 1 certification. C onducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) , AlayaCare’s SOC 2 report demonstrates its commitment to security , governance, risk management and to delivering high-quality services to its clients with developed risk management controls in place.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

AUGUST 28, 2020

This episode features Dr Dominika Lisiecka (Department of Nursing and Healthcare Sciences, School of Health and Social Sciences, Institute of Technology Tralee, Tralee, Ireland). Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis causes multiple neurodegenerative symptoms including dysphagia, which impacts on person’s ability to eat and drink in a safe way and can contribute to chest infections, pneumonia and death.

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