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Lawmakers Mull Bills to Ensure Hospice, Home Health Worker Safety

Hospice News

Lawmakers in Connecticut and Vermont have recently introduced legislation aimed at protecting hospice and home health workers. Some stakeholders worry that the laws may impact care continuity among vulnerable homebound terminally ill populations lacking end-of-life support.

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National Nurses Month

AT Home Care & Hospice

In honor of this month, we express our appreciation for home health nurses, hospice nurses, and nurses who work in the skilled nursing facilities that partner with us as hospice and home health providers.

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The State of the Hospice Nursing Workforce 

Hospice News

Honing clinical scheduling and onboarding models is key to sustaining the hospice nurse workforce as demand for these clinicians rises and wages lag compared to those in other settings. Much of that was because new nursing students who come into the industry are often ill-equipped to understand the big picture.

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Mourning Dove Medical CEO Dr. Kaishauna Guidry: Physicians Need a Framework for Understanding Hospice

Hospice News

Kaishauna Guidry, a former teacher turned hospice physician, continues to leverage her background in education to help terminally ill patients find the care they need. Few businesses have to work as hard as hospices to dispel myths and misconceptions about their practices. I thought it was withholding care.

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Ep.6: The State of Training in 2022

Home Care Pulse

Um, and, uh, you know, it was just a little bit more of a holistic care that I could practice versus sort of the rinse and repeat of acute care where they’re in and they’re gone and in and gone. So, um, really enjoyed being a visiting home health nurse for years. Infection control, end of life care.

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Hospice Care versus Home Health Care

Shining Light Hospice

The priorities and outcomes of the two types of care can also be quite different. Hospice is designed to provide medical, social, and spiritual care for the terminally ill patient with the goal of keeping the patient as symptom free as possible throughout the end of their journey. What Is Hospice Care?