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‘NEXT STEPs’ Program Focuses on Enhancing Nursing Homes Services, Including Palliative Care

Hospice News

This is particularly true for people living in the nation’s 15,000-plus nursing homes. The grant, spread out over a five-year period, will be put toward the team’s creation of a national network structure that seeks to include more nursing home residents in clinical trials. As the U.S. Dr. Kathleen T.

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Empath Health, American Health Plans Launch ISNP Joint Venture

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What’s important for us is their long-term thinking and commitment to the market, and they’re standing in the market as a respected provider,” AHP Chief Development Officer Hank Watson, told Hospice News. “In We’re in a good number of markets now where we already have some of our full-life care services.

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‘It’s Where We’re at Right Now’: US Prison System Struggling to Keep Up with Growing Need for Palliative Care

Hospice News

Seriously ill seniors in prison settings often do not receive the full interdisciplinary scope of palliative services, including limited nursing visits, according to David Gorlock, Pennsylvania’s state organizer for the advocacy group Straight Ahead. They didn’t have a specific nurse for them.

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How to Select the Best Long-term Care Facility for Your Elder Parent

Caregiver Support Services

Making the decision that it’s time for your elderly parent to move into a long-term care facility is never easy, yet in some instances it is essential if your parent needs care you might not be able to offer. Selecting the right long-term care facility will impact your parent’s experience.

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

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Her most recent book is Creative Care: a revolutionary approach to dementia and elder care . Abhilash Desai, MD , geriatric psychiatrist, adjunct associate professor in the department of psychiatry at University of Washington School of Medicine, and poet! Alex: Could we touch on nursing homes too?

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Dysphagia Revisited: A Podcast with Raele Donetha Robison and Nicole Rogus-Pulia

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And then when you look long-term care facilities, more between that like 35 to 50%, and then much higher estimates in hospitalized older adults. I got a question then, because I see one in 12 nursing home patients with dementia are placed on thickened liquids. Eric: Oh yeah. I see this in a lot in dementia.

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Dental Care for Seniors: Importance, Challenges, and Solutions

Seasons Hospice

Shortage of Providers In some regions, especially rural areas, there may be a shortage of dental providers who accept Medicaid or offer affordable dental care for seniors. Geriatric Dentistry Programs Increasing the number of dentists trained in geriatric dentistry can help meet the unique oral health needs of older adults.