Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

AccentCare CEO Steve Rodgers is stepping down, with Laura Tortorella, COO of Steward Health, lined up to succeed him. Rodgers became AccentCare’s top executive in 2012 after more than three years as the CEO of OptumHealth Collaborative Care. Optum is now a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH). A major achievement during Rodgers’ tenure at the Dallas-based hospice, home health and palliative care provider was the company’s 2020 merger with Illinois-based Seasons Hospice & Palliative.

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Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Dr. Anne Dabrow Woods has incredible insight into nursing as a practicing critical care nurse practitioner and nursing educator with over 39 years of experience and counting. Amidst a sea of temporary band-aid solutions for nursing, like gig apps and travel nurses, Woods , DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN, the Chief Nurse of Health Learning, Research and Practice, Wolters Kluwer spoke with Daily Nurse to discuss her practical, long-term solutions to address the nursing shortage and b

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Diversity Nursing

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Each year, from September 15th through October 15th, Americans honor and celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month. Hispanic Heritage Month is a month-long celebration where we recognize the histories, cultures, and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Hispanic or Latino Heritage. The celebration begins on September 15th because it marks the anniversary of when Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua gained independence.

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Caring Senior Service

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

One health concern that often arises in seniors is atrial fibrillation, commonly known as AFib. This irregular heart rhythm condition or arrhythmia, can have significant implications for seniors' health and well-being. Let's dive into everything seniors and their families need to know about AFib, from its causes to treatment options.

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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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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

People living with a neurological illness often face a long and painful road. Many neurological illnesses, such as dementia, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s, are progressive illnesses that come with a number of additional symptoms, from pain to depression. In recent years, more neurologists are realizing the need for specialized palliative care for this population.

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Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

There’s a puzzling conundrum in the world of nurses and nursing that’s difficult to reconcile because most nurses are kind, caring, and compassionate with their patients but horrid in their treatment of other nurses. Backbiting, bullying, and otherwise ill-treatment are so common that it’s hard to imagine that a profession steeped in healing could be rampant with a scourge of unkindness and incivility.

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Changing Lives Podcast

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Outgoing Hospice Quinte Executive Director Jennifer May-Anderson, left, with Acting Executive Director Petra Lepage outside of Hospice Quinte’s Stan Klemencic Care Centre on Wednesday, September 13, 2023. Hospice Quinte, a leading provider of compassionate end-of-life care, announces the resignation of Jennifer May-Anderson as its Executive Director.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A pilot program by an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) reduced per capita health care expenditures at a rural hospital by 70% and admissions by 98%. A key component of the initiative was a “Four Questions” framework for goals-of-care conversations. The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation ran the project between 2011 and 2015 at 32 participating hospitals and health systems.

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Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

An analysis of 10 years of health data showed that risk factors for needing mechanical ventilation changed for patients with newly diagnosed sepsis as more time passed after onset. In the study, 13.5% of patients with a new diagnosis of sepsis required initiation of mechanical ventilation. Over half of these patients required mechanical ventilation within the first 24 hours after sepsis onset, while initiation occurred after 24 hours in 47.4% of patients.

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AT Home Care & Hospice

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Sepsis Awareness Month: Know the Signs and Save Lives We observe Sepsis Awareness Month in September as a time to raise awareness of this life-threatening condition. Sepsis is the body’s extreme response to an infection, and it can quickly lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death. What is sepsis? Sepsis is a medical emergency The post Sepsis Awareness Month: Know the Signs appeared first on AT Home Care & Hospice.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Sepsis Awareness Month: Know the Signs and Save Lives We observe Sepsis Awareness Month in September as a time to raise awareness of this life-threatening condition. Sepsis is the body’s extreme response to an infection, and it can quickly lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death. What is sepsis? Sepsis is a medical emergency The post Sepsis Awareness Month: Know the Signs appeared first on Abode Hospice & Home Health.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

For the time being, Medicare Advantage may be providers’ best bet for palliative care reimbursement. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) also allows Medicare Advantage plans to cover palliative care as a supplemental benefit. In addition, the agency has integrated palliative care components into the Value-Based Insurance Design Model (VBID), often called the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in.

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Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Nursing has a predicted shortage of nine million nurses worldwide by 2030, and Trinity Health is addressing this critical challenge by introducing a first-of-its-kind care delivery model to 38 nursing units in their hospitals in eight states to address these challenges, improve care delivery, increase job satisfaction and create career pathways for nurses at any stage of their career.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

This blog comes from Alwin Puthenpurakal, an experienced senior lecturer and researcher working at The University of Greenwich. He led University apprenticeship programmes since its inception and highly values the impact it has on widening social mobility and addressing the national workforce challenges. With almost two decades worth of clinical experience, he is an experienced senior nurse with an intensive care background who has worked on workforce transformation projects and has implemented

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Assisted Living Week 2023 This year from September 10th through September 16th, join us in celebrating Assisted Living Week 2023. We celebrate this week to recognize all the amazing people involved in assisted living facilities (ALF), including staff, volunteers, and hospice and home healthcare professionals. This year’s Assisted Living Week has been given a “Season The post Assisted Living Week appeared first on Abode Hospice & Home Health.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Technology and service diversification are two levers driving innovation in an evolving hospice landscape. Virtual care delivery processes are playing a key role in hospices’ ability to support both patients and staff as end-of-life care expands further upstream. The aging population has a variety of unmet medical and nonmedical needs in which hospices are well-suited to help address through innovation and process improvement, according to Cheryl Hamilton Fried, CEO of Virginia-based Blue Ridge

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Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Delayna Watkins knows what it’s like to have a hot flash interrupt your life. The Baltimore area nurse remembers being in the middle of a presentation to Maryland hospital executives when she suddenly couldn’t think straight and could tell the hot flash was coming. Watkins, 53, is a nurse and menopause wellness practitioner. She runs a menopause support group and creates TikTok videos to bring attention to menopause symptoms, specifically vasomotor symptoms or VMS.

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AT Home Care & Hospice

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Assisted Living Week 2023 This year from September 10th through September 16th, join us in celebrating Assisted Living Week 2023. We celebrate this week to recognize all the amazing people involved in assisted living facilities (ALF), including staff, volunteers, and hospice and home healthcare professionals. This year’s Assisted Living Week has been given a “Season The post Assisted Living Week appeared first on AT Home Care & Hospice.

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Responsive Home Care

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Any time you dedicate so much time to caring for a senior member of the family, it is natural for other relationships to take a back seat. After all, there are only 24 hours in a day, and you can only spread yourself so thin. This may result in additional stress, misunderstandings, and hurt feelings. […] The post Having Hard Conversations While Caregiving appeared first on Responsive Home Care.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Limiting hospice access for dementia patients is likely to increase overall health care costs at the end of life, according to recent research. During the past decade, Medicare beneficiaries with dementia who utilized hospice had lower overall health care costs than those who did not, according to the Health Affairs study. The findings provide a window into the impacts of longer hospice stays for dementia patients at a time of heightened regulatory attention around utilization and costs in Medic

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Today's Caregiver

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Caregiving can be needed at any point in your loved ones’ lives. In this book, Dr. Merle Griff looks at caregiving throughout the human lifecycle, starting with infancy through caring for adult parents.

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Happy Healthy Caregiver

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Caregiving doesn’t just happen during the work hours. In fact, as a sandwich-generation working family caregiver, I often had to use my time off for care, leave work unexpectedly, and make calls during the workday. Sometimes, my head wasn’t completely wrapped around work due to all the caregiving worries and responsibilities. And yet, I was … Beginner’s Guide: Launching a Working Family Caregiver Employee Resource Group Read More » The post Beginner’s Guide: La

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Medicare Advantage organization SCAN Group has invested an undisclosed dollar amount in tech-enabled hospice startup Guaranteed. The move comes nearly a year after California-based Guaranteed launched in August 2022, when founder and CEO Jessica McGlory began her own provider company two years after her father passed away. SCAN Group, parent company of SCAN Health Plan, is the latest investor in the hospice company.

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Today's Caregiver

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

According to the American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, there are two definitions for the word cur•mudg•eon. The first one being: An ill-tempered person full of resentment and stubborn notions. Or, my personal favorite: A crusty.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

I feel the gentle pinch of grasping butterfly feet on my fingers before she walks on to taste flowers and freedom. She pauses as she explores a goldenrod for the first time and sways in the wind before lifting off to fly a short distance. Is it a test flight? The Monarchs were more than a month late this year. After the smoky apricot skies in June caused by north winds from Canadian fires, I fretted and whined and lost faith in Nature.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Having uncomfortable conversations while caring for a loved one can make the journey easier for your family. It’s difficult to maintain healthy relationships with other family members when you’ve committed to caring for another loved one. After all, there are only 24 hours per day, and you can only spread yourself so thin. This can lead to additional stress, misunderstandings, and hurt feelings.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

As the health care system changes, hospices may want to focus on diversifying their mix of referral sources. A range of factors are transforming the environment in which home-based care providers operate, including hospices. Among them are value-based payment models, the workforce shortages, regulatory scrutiny and reimbursement that isn’t keeping pace with costs, according to a new research report from Transcend Strategy Group.

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Living Assistance Services

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Last week on the blog, we shared some tips for dealing with difficult emotions such as stress, anxiety, anger or sadness. This advice.

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Together for Short Lives

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Children’s palliative care is an active and total approach to care for children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions that embraces physical, emotional, social and spiritual support from the point of diagnosis, throughout a child’s life, their death and beyond for the wider family. It can include the management of distressing symptoms, provision of respite care, […] The post Identifying who children’s palliative care is for appeared first on Together for Short Lives.

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