Healthcare Law Insights blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Many long-term care residents live in Missouri nursing homes for years. In certain cases, nursing homes may discharge or transfer a resident even if the resident does not consent to the discharge or transfer – this is known as an “involuntary discharge” or an “involuntary transfer.” 19 CSR 30-82.050(3).

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Caregiver Support Services

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Stay present during medical appointments and advocate for their well-beingthis prevents harm and demonstrates a united front against potential abuse. Taking Steps Toward Prevention Prevention begins with fostering trust and open communication. Building a consistent care routine reduces confusion and creates a sense of safety.

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Minority Nurse

JULY 5, 2023

She’ll graduate with her doctorate in nursing practice as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner in December 2023. Coates is an important nursing leader , and we’re pleased to profile her as part of the Champions of Nursing Diversity Series 2023. He nurtured my curiosity and encouraged me to keep learning.

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Nurse.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This includes sterilizing equipment, understanding and assisting with surgical procedures, managing fellow nurses/staff, and conducting post-operative administrative duties. Geriatric A nurse who specializes in geriatric care may be in the hospital setting or in a nursing home.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

AUGUST 18, 2022

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has contracted with Acumen LLC and Abt Associates to develop quality and cost measures for use in the IRF, LTCH, SNF, and HH QRPs and the Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI). To resolve this issue, the TEP was presented with multiple options including. of 6) of 1.5″

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Nurse.com

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Midway through the pandemic, nurses began to recognize an unsettling future for our profession. War-torn and tired, working in a beleaguered healthcare system, we witnessed the cracks emerging in each other and within the very organizations we worked. Nurses were burning out, and our healthcare model was breaking.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

It’s Lona Mody who is a translational infectious disease researcher at the University of Michigan and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. Alex: And we are also delighted to welcome Devika Nair, who is a nephrologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee Valley VA Healthcare System. Our first guest is a repeat guest.

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Minority Nurse

JULY 19, 2023

I was unsure if I would be an effective nurse,” she says. “ I shared my concerns with my mother, an ICU nurse at the VA then. Stutter/stammering has allowed me to actively listen to others, to be patient with others, to be present, and to be compassionate and empathetic toward the suffering of others. You truly are unique!

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Nurse.com

APRIL 18, 2023

For example, technology is making documentation more universal and transparent making a nurse’s notes potentially available throughout the entire hospital — even the entire system. Charting tips and techniques Effective nursing notes should tell the patient’s story, according to Cineas.

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Nurse.com

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Here are some commonly asked questions about nursing resumes for students or newly graduated nurses. Clinical rotations immerse you into a healthcare setting and introduce you to a variety of specialties and complex medical environments. Who you are — A cover letter presents an opportunity to showcase who you are.

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The World According to Dr. El

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

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. In hospitals, they noted, the initial feeling during the pandemic was, “We’re all in this together,” with hospital workers considered healthcare heroes.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Considering that a DNP is generally clinically oriented, and a PhD and DNS are geared towards academia and research, a nurse wishing to take their clinical knowledge and education to the highest pinnacle would do well to look at the DNP as a very promising direction.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary In April 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) issued a report on how the United States delivers, regulates, finances, and measures the quality of nursing home care. We have Alice Bonner, who’s Chair of the Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition.

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Home Care Pulse

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Now to tackle this big subject, we are so lucky to be joined by Kristen Wheeler, and many of you probably know her in the healthcare industry since 1990 and in home care since 2006. So I was, I worked way back when, when I got into health in the healthcare industry itself. Like, Boy, wish I was home. Employee shortages.

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Home Care Pulse

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Now to tackle this big subject, we are so lucky to be joined by Kristen Wheeler, and many of you probably know her in the healthcare industry since 1990 and in home care since 2006. So I was, I worked way back when, when I got into health in the healthcare industry itself. Like, Boy, wish I was home. Employee shortages.

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GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

Yael Shenkers negative study of primary palliative care for cancer , Randy Curtiss negative study of a Vital Talk-ish intervention , Lieve Van den Blocks negative study of primary PC in nursing homes. Do they have documents in the record like medical orders for life sustaining treatment or a healthcare proxy? No, no, no.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

AlexSmithMD (still on Twitter at present). RCFEs, boarding cares, nursing homes. Eric: And how is assisted living community different than a nursing home? One is they’re not licensed as a nursing home, and they’re not federally regulated. Transcript. Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

If you develop dementia, odds are you will spend the last months to years of your life in a nursing home or assisted living facility. This study explored nursing home organizational factors and staff perceptions that are associated with the variation in care for residents with advanced dementia. Rehabbed to Death.

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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. You’re talking about a paradigm shift in healthcare. Brought to mind the neglect and warehouse style nursing home home shabbiness of les hospices.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Heather Coats is hard at work establishing the evidence base for the power of capturing patient stories in healthcare settings, for those health systems that need a little more convincing. . Many links: VA Presents: My Life, My Story: George: A Voice To Be Heard on Apple Podcasts. Wonderful work. Every Veteran has a story.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

For a trial to have value, it should not exclude patients over age 80, or those with dementia, or patients residing in nursing homes. Additional links mentioned in the podcast: Recent JGIM article on POLST in California nursing homes, hospitalization, and nursing home care Karl’s GeriPal post on appropriate use of POLST Enjoy!

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Eloise 10:29 Yeah, I think what we saw in California was, prior to legalization, there was curiosity, but also a lot of their healthcare professionals didn’t know enough about it, so they didn’t discuss it with them. Eloise 36:49 I would first present to you what I think your options are. Is that your feeling, too?

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

Susan: I’ll just say, I think that could happen outside of the healthcare setting pretty easily and frequently does. So it’s an example of something that can start outside of the healthcare system and move its way in. Eric: Anybody else’s thoughts on that? I think Bob also noted documenting it. Rebecca: Agreed.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Tell me how your illness has impacted your relationships with others, your healthcare team, your family, friends, your beliefs, your values, your preferences. And now my program of research is around testing that person-centered narrative intervention or PCNI because you have to give them an acronym in healthcare.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

“I cannot pinpoint exactly how people will do it, but I do expect more attention and program- and service-line development in mental and behavioral health within the home health and hospice sectors,” VNA Health Group President and CEO Steven Landers told Hospice News. I think that’s going to be a continuing area of focus.”

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

And we often do, as healthcare providers, care for people who are going through traumatic events, through just being sick in the hospital or a home or dying at home. But I think there’s less nuance and understanding in the general population or even in healthcare providers, honestly. I guess that’s an event.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Jerry: Probably for the reason a lot of people go into geriatrics, close relationship with grandparents, volunteered to work in a nursing home as a high school student, just felt really good about being around old people and not having a problem with it. Eric: And can I ask you, why did you choose geriatrics? Why did you go into it?

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

In addition to being a palliative and hospice RN, she is the Executive Director for Goodwin Hospice , a large non-profit hospice that added end-of-life doula care to their services in collaboration with Jane and John’s doula organization, Present for You. I was alone with her in the end of a long hallway at a nursing home health center.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 26, 2023

Second, as we discussed in last week’s podcast , older adults, particularly those in nursing homes, were far more likely to die than younger individuals. It’s baked into people’s belief systems, who ultimately make laws and make policies, and it can influence healthcare. Eric: Absolutely.

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Hospice News

JUNE 23, 2022

“As Wall Street firms take over more nursing homes, quality in those homes has gone down and costs have gone up. Medicare is going to set higher standards for nursing homes and make sure your loved ones get the care they deserve and expect.”. That ends on my watch,” Biden said. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.),

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

It’s Lona Mody who is a translational infectious disease researcher at the University of Michigan and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. Alex: And we are also delighted to welcome Devika Nair, who is a nephrologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee Valley VA Healthcare System. Our first guest is a repeat guest.

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GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

And so I became more interested in what are the outcomes of patients with cancer when they do go to a nursing facility? Why do we not have more palliative care access in nursing homes? This is so important to patients, so important to their healthcare, so important to their quality of life. laughter] Lynn: So good.

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

In a separate study in Chest , Lauren found pre-ICU frailty was associated with post-ICU disability and new nursing home admission. That said, I think we, and I mean collectively, not just in critical care, I think we as a healthcare system, I think we’re really good at keeping people alive.

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Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

MAY 8, 2023

Nurses are everywhere. The ubiquitous nurse is present in the care of children, the elderly, the disabled, and the dying. Nurses don't shy away from responsibility — they embrace it. Nurses run towards the metaphorical fire. The Ubiquitous Nurse Where would the country be without nurses?

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Nurse.com

APRIL 22, 2023

Healthcare workers believed that they had a good understanding of hospital infection prevention policies.” The pandemic erased that complacency and enhanced education for nurses and infection control in unique ways. Perhaps one of the most impacted was nursing homes and long-term care facilities. It’s always challenging.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

And Bill Andereck is still haunted by the decision he made to have the police break down the door to rescue his patient who attempted suicide in the 1980s, as detailed in this essay in the Cambridge Quarterly of HealthCare Ethics. The intention was to place it in the beds in nursing homes. This shouldn’t have happened.

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