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IN-PEACE Palliative Care-Dementia Program Reduced Hospital Care by 50%

Hospice News

Sachs is also chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine. That’s really a model that’s grown up over the last 20 years that still has been difficult to implement into practice. And so the CMS GUIDE model is actually providing a funding source.

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Brigham Young Geriatrician: Physician Residents Need to Learn Hospice Principles, Senior’s Specific Needs

Hospice News

Physicians in training need greater exposure to geriatric training in order to better grasp the needs of older patients, including during transitions to hospice, according to Dr. Julia Lowenthal, a geriatrician from Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

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Several Large Hospice Providers See Leadership Transitions

Hospice News

Empath Health offers hospice, home health, palliative care, bereavement support, adult day services, Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) programs, and primary, elderly and geriatric care. The nonprofit organization has grown into one of the largest hospice providers in the nation.

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Advance Care Planning Billing Rules Impede Equitable Access

Hospice News

Facing potential out-of-pocket expenses has led to racial divides in advance care planning utilization among lower income and ethnically diverse groups, according to Dr. Deborah Freeland, assistant professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern Medical School, Division of Geriatric Medicine, in Texas.

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LGBTQIA Care Managers in Care Management

Aging Life Care Association

Founded in 1985 by a handful of geriatric care social workers in New York City, the organization has grown to be nationwide and includes educated professionals … Continue reading LGBTQIA Care Managers in Care Management → The post LGBTQIA Care Managers in Care Management appeared first on Aging Life Care Association.

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Capital Caring Health to Expand Home-Based Primary Care Service

Hospice News

The move toward risk-based reimbursement systems is partly fueling a resurgence in home-based primary care, according to a 2018 study in the journal Geriatrics. A number of hospices have launched their own programs or partnerships with other providers. Patients in the United States received more than 2.2 million primary care visits in 2016.

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Workplace Safety as an Ethical Imperative in Nursing

AJN Off the Charts

Ethical leadership includes engaging interdisciplinary partners (security, behavioral health experts, chaplains, social workers, risk management) to prevent violence and to support a coordinated response. Nurses cannot uphold their professional role if their own safety is compromised.

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