GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

Summary Transcript Summary. Buprenorphine. It’s been around for a long time but is acting like the hot new kid in town. Just look at this year’s AAHPM meeting, where it felt like every other session was talking about how hot buprenorphine is right now. But does this drug really live up to the hype? On today’s podcast we talk with three experts on buprenorphine on why, when, and how to use it in serious illness.

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The Nurse Break

APRIL 12, 2022

Meet Patience Moyo, a Lecturer in Nursing with a wealth of experience nursing in Zimbabwe prior to coming to Australia. She shares in this article what the differences are between Zimbabwe and Australian nursing, her experience and thoughts as a lecturer in nursing, tips and advice to junior nurses and much more! Since being a Lecturer in Nursing, she has contributed to four textbook chapters and also published a research study in an international journal.

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Minority Nurse

APRIL 13, 2022

Two recent papers by UIC College of Nursing faculty found that microaggressions – common, subtle indignities – can be just as harmful as a major discriminatory event, contributing to negative mental and physical health outcomes in bisexual women. Associate professor Wendy Bostwick , PhD, MPH, and assistant professor Ariel U. Smith , PhD, RN, were co-authors on both papers, one published in the Journal of Bisexuality and the other in Psychology of Sexual Orientation Gender Diversity , a publ

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Corecubed Care Marketing Solutions

APRIL 12, 2022

According to industry data source Home Care Pulse, if your home care company has experienced growth, you are already using a combination of strong search engine optimization (SEO) and pay-per-click (PPC) tactics as part of your overall home care digital marketing strategy. Your digital marketing provider shares detailed reports with you monthly. The metrics seem meaningful.

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Let's discuss the trusty pager—an old favorite that’s losing its shine in hospitals and clinics. While once a staple in hospitals and clinics, pagers now present significant limitations that hinder rather than facilitate communication among healthcare professionals. Healthcare professionals are constantly on the move, and they need communication tools that can keep up with their fast-paced lives.

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Caring Senior Service

APRIL 11, 2022

Surgeons perform over 450,000 hip replacements each year in the United States. These surgeries can help seniors reduce pain and improve mobility by removing damaged portions of the hip joint and replacing them with implants. However, hip replacements can also leave seniors with some lifetime precautions. Seniors who undergo a hip replacement may need to avoid certain activities and take measures to care for their joint implant and help avoid dislocation.

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Chicago Caregiving

APRIL 11, 2022

People’s beliefs about aging have a profound impact on their health, influencing everything from their memory and sensory perceptions to how well they walk, how fully they recover from disabling illness, and how long they live. When aging is seen as a negative experience (characterized by terms such as decrepit, incompetent, dependent, and senile), individuals tend to experience more stress in later life and engage less often in healthy behaviors such as exercise.

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NHPCO

APRIL 13, 2022

For Immediate Release: April 13, 2022. NHPCO Encourages People to Put Their Needs at the Center on National Healthcare Decisions Day. (Alexandria, Va) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) is encouraging Americans to use National Healthcare Decisions Day, April 16, as an opportunity to pause and think about their health care wishes and to take action to make sure their wishes are known, even if they unable to direct their own care.

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Minority Nurse

APRIL 11, 2022

Minority Nurse recently caught up with David Nguyen, an early career nurse in Boston who decided when he was young that a career in nursing was his path. After graduating from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Nguyen jumped full time into a role at Boston Medical Center where he enjoys working on a diverse team that provides care for a diverse population.

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Responsive Home Care

APRIL 14, 2022

Memory loss and dementia may seem synonymous. Yet it is crucial to realize that long-term memory frequently remains intact long into the progression of the disease. Because of this, tapping into those distant memories is an easy strategy to help a loved one with Alzheimer’s stay engaged in current conversations by connecting to the past. […].

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AJN Off the Charts

APRIL 13, 2022

When I had my first of two children almost nine years ago, I switched from full time (three 12-hour shifts per week) to part time (two 12-hour shifts per week). With my husband working four 10-hour days per week, this arrangement has allowed our family the incredible privilege of not needing childcare outside of the family. That said, the arrangement also means that I as a nurse and mother have very little opportunity to rest.

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Download our 30-minute webinar where we delve into real-life examples of HIPAA violations and preventative measures every organization should know! You will learn: The critical factors that lead to HIPAA violations and how to identify them. Three compelling real-life cases of organizations that faced severe HIPAA penalties. Proven strategies to safeguard YOUR organization against HIPAA violations.

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AT Home Care & Hospice

APRIL 10, 2022

Parkinson’s Awareness By: Dr. Laura Mantine Parkinson’s disease (PD) is caused by the loss of dopamine-producing nerve cells within the brain. The loss of dopamine causes symptoms like stiffness, slow movements, balance problems, and depression. There are certain specific motor symptoms that accompany Parkinson’s disease. A resting tremor happens when a body part, usually a hand or foot, The post Parkinson’s Awareness appeared first on AT Home Care & Hospice.

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Home Care Pulse

APRIL 14, 2022

Article Contents: – Introduction. – 5. Your Interview Questions Are Making You Hire the Wrong People. – 4. You Wait Until a Caregiver’s First Shift Before Communicating What They Need to Know. – 3. Your Caregivers Don’t Feel Like They Have a Say in the Hours They’re Scheduled. – 2. You’re Expecting Your New Hires to be Experts. – 1.

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Healthy Workforce Institute

APRIL 13, 2022

Many leaders find that they spend more time and energy dealing with negative employees than actually managing their departments. You know, the employees who seem to wait for you to come in so that they can complain to you. Nothing is ever good enough for them, and they find opportunities to complain to their co-workers and influence them to become negative complainers too.

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Adobe Hospice & Home Health

APRIL 10, 2022

By: Dr. Laura Mantine Parkinson’s disease (PD) is caused by the loss of dopamine-producing nerve cells within the brain. The loss of dopamine causes symptoms like stiffness, slow movements, balance problems, and depression. There are certain specific motor symptoms that accompany Parkinson’s disease. A resting tremor happens when a body part, usually a hand or foot, shakes slightly when a person.

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Home Sweet Home In-Home Care

APRIL 13, 2022

Reminiscence therapy for dementia can impact those with cognitive impairment in a number of positive ways. Memory loss and dementia may seem synonymous. However, it is important to understand that long-term memory often remains intact long into the progression of the disease. Because of this, tapping into those distant memories is an ideal way to help a senior with dementia stay engaged in current conversations by connecting to the past.

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Home Care Pulse

APRIL 12, 2022

See More Customer Stories. CUSTOMER STORY How A Long Term Companion Used Home Care Pulse to Hire 51.5% More Caregivers and Build an Employer Brand That Resulted in an Indeed Click Through Rate Over 10x the Site Average About A Long Term Companion Caring for an aging parent or loved one can feel overwhelming. At A Long Term Companion, our compassionate, professional caregivers have been providing one-on-one support. to our clients for over a decade.

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Nurse.com

APRIL 11, 2022

By now you have heard, read, and experienced various emotions about the jury conviction of former nurse RaDonda Vaught of criminally negligent homicide and impaired adult abuse after mistakenly administering the wrong medication to a patient in the PET scan unit, which resulted in the patient’s death. The nurse also lost her RN license prior to the conviction.

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Solace

APRIL 15, 2022

When loved ones make health care decisions in advance, 90 percent of them receive what they outlined, according to a recent study. The problem is, many people still avoid talking about their choices and only about a third complete the paperwork. April 16 is National Health Care Decisions Day, a day founded to nudge us to make a plan about how we’d like our health care handled when we can no longer speak for ourselves.

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Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

APRIL 11, 2022

Have you ever found yourself resisting change? Has your nursing career stalled because you're afraid of taking a risk or doing something different? Change is indeed the only constant in the universe (aside from death and taxes), so it's something that we simply need to get comfortable with, over and over again. Magical Thinking Many nurses and non-nurses alike can engage in magical thinking at various times throughout their careers. " Oh, I don't need a BSN; they'll never close the doors on asso

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Today's Caregiver

APRIL 13, 2022

This week, during the first night of Passover, family members, as they have done for hundreds of generations sat around many Seder tables and celebrated the holiday together. Only this year as we had done so over the past two years.

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Nurse.com

APRIL 13, 2022

The creativity of nurses never fails to delight us. Whether they are solving an equipment or clinical challenge or coming up with ideas to keep their teams together, nurses are expert problem-solvers. The problem Cindy Lefton, PhD, RN, Patient Experience Advocate at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, had on her mind during the pandemic was how to help her nurse colleagues appreciate that the role they play in health care is a vital one.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

APRIL 14, 2022

This post may contain affiliate links. I will make a small commission if you make a purchase through one of these links, at no extra cost to you. Please read full disclosur e for more information. Whether you’ve been a nurse for one day or 20 years, there are 5 strategies you need to survive hospice nursing. It’s not unusual for hospice nurses to say that it’s their calling.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

APRIL 14, 2022

Renee Kinder. On April 11, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System for fiscal year 2023. . In addition, the rule includes proposals for the SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP) and the SNF Value-Based Program (VBP) for FY 2023 and future years.

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Today's Caregiver

APRIL 12, 2022

Join us as we celebrate Fearless Caregivers, Latonya McCall sharing her personal story of caregiving.

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Happy Healthy Caregiver

APRIL 14, 2022

Unique and thoughtful ideas for your special mom or dad for mother's or father's day are featured in this year's gift guide. Happy shopping! The post Mother’s Day / Father’s Day 2022 Gift Guide appeared first on Happy Healthy Caregiver.

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Accessible Home Health Care

APRIL 13, 2022

The birds are chirping, the sun is shining, and the weather is beginning to get warmer. Spring is in full bloom, and many seniors want to enjoy this season to the fullest. We have compiled a list of spring activities for you and your loved ones that encourage you to get outside, get fresh air, and stay active. Continue reading to discover some spring-weather activities.

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This eBook explores the critical issues of using consumer-grade messaging apps like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and SMS in healthcare, especially home care. It highlights the negative impacts on patient care quality, data security, and HIPAA compliance and provides practical solutions to enhance communication efficiency! You will learn how to: Consolidate Messaging Platforms: Streamline communication by reducing the use of multiple apps, improving efficiency in patient care.

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Hospice of the North Coast

APRIL 13, 2022

Bereavement support can help you and your family as you move through the grieving process. We encourage you to reach out to bereavement services that: Are provided by professionally trained, caring, compassionate people who listen to your concerns Educate you about the grief process and help you prepare you for what you may experience during your own bereavement journey Encourage you to become involved in a new life, when you are ready, to seek out new support persons, groups, and activities.

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Seasons Hospice

APRIL 13, 2022

Spring is a time for new beginnings, and what better way to start the season than by doing some spring cleaning? This year, make sure to include your elderly loved ones in your plans. Spring cleaning is not just a chore – it’s an important ritual that helps keep seniors healthy and safe. Here are a few tips for making spring cleaning more enjoyable and less stressful for your loved ones.

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Hospice Promise

APRIL 12, 2022

Monreal Family Thank You. Thank you to the Monreal family for the kind words. It warms our hearts to know we play a part in giving families more time to express their love and say goodbye. At Hospice Promise, we believe in giving comfort to both our patients and their loved ones. The post Thank You Note – Monreal Family appeared first on Hospice Promise.

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The Nurse Break

APRIL 11, 2022

Jobs for nursing students…As exciting as the big wide world of the healthcare industry is as a nursing student, it can also be daunting. Why not get some hands-on experience in the field while you’re studying? Not only do you gain exposure to the industry to ease some of the nerves and grow in confidence, but you can also build valuable skills and abilities to support your journey into nursing.

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