Hospice News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Bristol Hospice and VITAS Healthcare. If we look at some of the decks and slide presentations on the Medicare Advantage carve-in, going back to 2018, it’s the same information, and we’re still talking about impacting change. Nick Westfall, CEO, VITAS Healthcare, a subsidiary of Chemed Corp.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Basically, there are gaps in need, and that both presents an opportunity for entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship. chief innovation officer for the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI). I think that’s going to be a continuing area of focus.”

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 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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Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Executives from almost every publicly traded hospice company raised this issue in earnings calls and presentations throughout the year. NYSE: CHEM) VITAS Healthcare. “So Social workers saw an average 4.07% hourly wage hike, and medical directors saw the lowest rate of increase at 0.6%, the report indicated.

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The Bucket-List Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

Therefore, most stories are in the present tense. He helped them understand that hospice care is specialized healthcare that improves a person’s daily quality of life, even when curative treatments are not an option. Julie Mullens presents George with a gift from the care team.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Today we have a star-studded lineup, including Lexy Torke of Indiana University, who discusses her RCT of a chaplaincy intervention for surrogates of patients in the ICU , published in JPSM and plenary presentation at AAHPM/HPNA. These hick pick codes are available to any chaplain in a healthcare system. It’s now available.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

But one of the things I’m really interested in is people have agency and autonomy, so we can present them with the scenarios of best case, worst case, and they will always choose what’s most important to them. They’re really great, the palliative care social worker and chaplain. ” She didn’t know.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 3, 2024

And finally, Wendy offers a drawing lesson and ONE-MINUTE drawing assignment to help us (and our listeners) be more present and connect with one another. First you have to be a volunteer and see what it’s like to be present at the bedside. The rules are really quite simple: Find another person. This is Eric Widera. Thank you.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

On today’s podcast, we talk with Jane Thomas , Naomi Saks , and Ishwaria Subbiah about the concepts of wellness, well-being, resilience, and burnout, as well as what can be done to truly improve the lives of healthcare providers and bring, I dare say it, joy into our work. I mean, in other work, hard work environments as well.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 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

MARCH 28, 2024

Well, as a kick off to this year’s first in-person State of the Science plenary, held in conjunction with the closing Saturday session of the AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly, 3 randomized clinical trials were presented. And when I presented it to the transplant team, they said, “This is interesting, but we don’t need that.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Why does CHAP have a national medical director, registered nurse and social worker on staff who all specialize in hospice? Hartford Foundation with a grant to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in partnership with the Catholic Health Care Hospitals of America and the American Hospital Association.

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Healthy Workforce Institute

APRIL 19, 2023

This article is the last in our series of articles focused on reducing patient abuse in healthcare. For example, if patient violence occurs more frequently during a period when a patient is told they have cancer, perhaps you could have a social worker or counselor be present or offer additional support during the period of time after.

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AJN Off the Charts

JANUARY 17, 2023

Ask if they would like a safe family member or friend to be present. Be present and attentive. Prepare the patient ahead of time for the exam by telling them exactly what you are going to do before you do it. While performing exams tell the patient what you are doing step by step.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Dani and Kery present three steps for interacting with an angry patient: Look within: What is this anger bringing up in me? It’s just so interesting the myriad of ways that this can present in our behavior when we neglect to just look within. Dani: Yeah, so the way you presented was triggering to them. Keri: Yeah.

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AT Home Care & Hospice

APRIL 25, 2023

Counseling in the Post-Acute Healthcare Setting In acute healthcare settings, such as an inpatient stay at the hospital, the quality care delivered to patients is facilitated by readily available resources such as multidisciplinary healthcare teams all operating out of one facility.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

I think as researchers, we need to do our due diligence to follow that and healthcare providers, of course, ’cause we want to be sensitive. Even when we’re engaging with the healthcare system, there’s a lot of literature that talks about the discrimination that is often Black families face, and then it is true.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Alex: And a voice that will be very familiar to our listeners, a dynamic and enthusiastic social worker in palliative care at the San Francisco VA, Anne Kelly. It might be a hired caregiver, it might be a social worker in the community or other person who may not identify with that word friend or family. Lynn: Thank you.

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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. Alex: Bernie.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This was presented back in Tampa at a post-acute long-term care conference earlier this year, where we looked at the ability of speech recognition to drive down Medicare denials of claims. We’re getting comments from nurses, some social workers, from chaplains saying, “I get comments back from the family saying, thank you.

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NHPCO

OCTOBER 5, 2023

During the conference at the National Hospice Foundation’s 2023 Gala, NHPCO honored the outstanding contributions of Judi Lund Person and Norman McRae to the community by presenting each of them with the Galen Miller Leadership Award. He presently serves on the NHPCO Board as Immediate Past Chair.

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Minority Nurse

JULY 12, 2023

The series highlights healthcare leaders who are prominent figures in their organizations and are making transformational impacts in nursing. Besides regularly visiting my patients, I coordinate care between other disciplines, including CNAs, social workers, chaplains, and volunteers.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

I’m a geriatrically trained social worker and it was my grandmother. Eric: Which is, so let’s say I am a provider, a healthcare provider taking, let’s say a nurse practitioner working in an older, a clinic that’s mainly caring for older adults. Greg: Yeah, great question. I got into this 31 years ago.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

For example, bachelor’s degrees for social workers. We have on our steering committee, we have Lori Porter from NAHA, which is the National Association of Healthcare Assistance, and she’s been very active. It needs to be presented in a way that they can understand. ” We do not have transparency.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JUNE 6, 2024

Elizabeth Hart, MD Androscoggin Home Healthcare + Hospice AAHPM reached out to the 2024 Visionaries to gain insight into what motivated them to pursue leadership positions and what they find more fulfilling in their experiences. The nurses, aides, chaplains and social workers on our team teach me daily.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

We are going to tackle this question and so many more about coping on this week’s podcast with Dani Chammas , a recurring GeriPal guest, psychiatrist, and palliative care doc at UCSF, and Amanda Moment , a Palliative Care Social Worker at Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center. Dani, welcome back to GeriPal. Dani 12:05 Yeah.

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Traditions Health

APRIL 10, 2023

Your healthcare providers should be your primary source of information. Asking your healthcare providers about the specifics of your cancer and your treatment options can help decrease stress by allowing you to make educated decisions.

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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

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Well, it’s not just being present, though. I understand there’s a place for we have to justify our existence in a healthcare system that counts cost. Forget you as a doctor right now, or as social workers, think about you as a person meeting this person at a bar. Eric: Yeah. I mean, why should we pay for you?

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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. And he had a deadly fear of being institutionalized, based on his previous present experience.

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Traditions Health

MAY 1, 2023

When to Seek Help Caring for someone with ALS often presents many challenges for the patient’s primary caregiver. Hospice care services provide comprehensive access to a team of healthcare professionals who can address the needs of the patient where and when they need support.

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 23, 2023

In addition, home care aides may also be present to assist with personal care services such as bathing and grooming. An individual may be eligible to receive hospice care when a healthcare provider has certified their prognosis is six months or less. In most situations, hospice staff will be on call seven days a week, 24 hours a day.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 18, 2022

This is especially true in healthcare settings like home health and hospice when care is being provided in the patient’s home. As a nurse, it might be tempting to promise the family that you will be present when their loved one dies. Again, you are a healthcare professional so don’t blur the lines. DON’T!

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Hospice Nurse Hero

MARCH 2, 2022

First, CAHPS stands for Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems. PRO-TIP : If your patient is in the nursing home, call the family and invite them to be present during your visit! To be honest, the insight of the chaplains and social workers was always impressive. That’s a mouthful!).

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Shining Light Hospice

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Speech may or may not be present. The hospice team may consist of an attending physician, an RN case manager, a home health aide, a chaplain, and a social worker. Social workers identify needs related to caregiver breakdown, knowledge deficits, crises that may arise, grief support, and spiritual care.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 27, 2023

With over 25 years of experience in the post-acute care space, she’s worked with many top regional healthcare and home care facilities in Texas, as well as some of the best known agencies nationwide. And Laura dropped so many nuggets during that little presentation piece right there. What is our place, you know, in this home?

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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. Jane, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Jane: Thank you for having me. John: Yeah.

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