Hospice News

MARCH 2, 2023

There’s more advocacy work that can be done to create better benefits for home caregivers. So, part of my goal with the pandemic — which is still present, but no longer controlling our every day lives— is really to help us reconnect and find some of that joy together again. ” And that is true.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

AUGUST 21, 2022

Simply put, you must compare the present to the past. For example, if your patient was eating 50% upon admission and able to feed themselves, and now they require assistance with feeding and are only eating 25%, you should state it in detail. 5 Tips for EASY Hospice Recertification. Use Comparison Documentation.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Barbara highlights social workers’ inherent leadership qualities and tasks us to consider whether our own team and organizational structures are allowing for optimal social work engagement and influence. So in preparation for this, I read a couple articles about social work leadership in palliative care.

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GeriPal

MARCH 13, 2025

Alex Smith Links Link to the McGill National Grand Rounds Series on Palliative Care , Michael Kearney as initial presenter, and registration for future events. But, you know, you’ve got social work, you’ve got chaplaincy, and patients are important part of that. Is that how we presented ourselves?

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

But our social work colleagues, our other team members really bring the lens and understanding for how we might be more holistic in thinking about a patient at the end of their life who’s struggling or suffering, who, who may have had cumulative trauma over the lifespan and how we can really be sensitive to and supportive of that.

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