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3 Strategies for Hospice GIP Compliance

Hospice News

GIP is used for acute symptom management that cannot be addressed in the home or other setting, according to Hold-Weiss. Operators may not provide that level of care in a home, hospice residential facility, assisted living or a long term care nursing home, she said. In addition to these routine MAC audits, the U.S.

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Playwright, Foundation Teaching Hospice Through Theater

Hospice News

Accord has staged other performances at nursing homes and senior living facilities, and in school buildings and other community spaces that have enough room for the actors and audience. When you have a new group [of employees] come in, you can present this because it creates conversation,” she said.

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The Labor of Caregiving

The Caregiving Years Training Academy

The cost of home care rose 14% in one year. Nursing homes close abruptly while also becoming unaffordable at $7,908 per month. Our Fifth Annual Beginning Again Retreat, a virtual event, will happen on Saturday, October 26. Submit a proposal to present.

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Transforming the Culture of Dementia Care: Podcast with Anne Basting, Ab Desai, Susan McFadden, and Judy Long

GeriPal

In fact, for some individuals the dementia is a gift, with the loss of memory for what might have upset you 20 minutes ago, and so we see people who come in and they are presented with TimeSlips’ engagement activity, or some other kind of arts activity, or a conversation with Ab, and somehow what had been distressing them has faded away.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

So in some ways, it was an iatrogenic event. There was also a second event in that the pressures chosen weren’t the ideal ones. I mean, obviously nobody fed her the pill with the intention of choking her, but it wasn’t like suddenly she had another event out of the blue because she had a bad heart. Bill 16:01 To.

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The exhaustion epidemic

The World According to Dr. El

I was tempted to listen to the STAT News event, “The exhaustion epidemic: Examining the COVID-19 burnout crisis in health care ,” while lying prone on the couch. Two physicians, one nurse and one psychiatrist/researcher discussed at length how the pandemic has worsened what was already a dysfunctional and understaffed healthcare system.

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Helping Seniors Move With Ease

Community Home Health Care

RSS also presents a risk of premature death because of the decline in physical and emotional well-being. If the older adult is moving into a nursing home, assisted living facility, or another supportive housing setting, consult with staff about how to minimize the likelihood that they will experience Relocation Stress Syndrome.