Hospice News

JANUARY 11, 2023

This would bring the hospice rules in line with those used in long term care. GAO determined that under current rules abuse reports from hospices may be less complete or timely than those from nursing homes and hospitals. NAHC also called on the U.S.

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Traditions Health

AUGUST 21, 2023

And that’s where home health care, and home care services, come in. While both services make getting the care you need at home easier, there is a difference. Home health care vs. Home care Although they sound similar, home health care and home care require unique skills and levels of support.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Most places have some primary care access, but access to specialty services is often a challenge. Transportation for those services, if you need some of the wraparound services and therapies, home care, for example, is often not available. It might be home care. Hospice is often not available.

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Caregiver Support Services

JULY 5, 2024

Moving a loved one into a nursing home can be a challenging transition for everyone involved. Discover how to make a nursing home room feel like home to provide your loved one with a welcoming space. In fact, emphasizing comfort is one of the key design differences between nursing home beds and hospital beds.

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AlayaCare

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Unfortunately, for many home health-care workers, the care they provide can often be somewhat thankless. AlayaCare is proud to support National Home Care and Hospice Month to recognize the thousands of care workers who give so much of their time and energy to make a real difference in the lives of patients.

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Chicago Caregiving

JULY 6, 2024

How to vet care facilities — and make a decision under pressure Fact checked by Catherine Gianaro What happens when an older adult leaves the hospital but still needs care? Long-term care communities have had to resort to hiring agency staff to fill gaps. This often results in poor care. Miska agrees.

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Hearts for Home Care

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

As Baby Boomers continue to age and the population of older adults needing long-term care increases, the need for caregivers will continue to increase as well. This is due in large part to low state funding for Medicaid programs like Pennsylvania’s Personal Assistance Services (PAS) that cares for medically fragile individuals.

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Elder Care Matters

MARCH 1, 2022

The prospect of a spouse needing nursing home care is one of the biggest financial worries for couples. With some facilities on Long Island now charging more than $600 a day, even with long-term care insurance policy benefits, the monthly out-of-pocket cost of a room in a nursing home can easily exceed $6,000.

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Home Care Pulse

APRIL 28, 2022

Share: We’re Home Care Pulse, a leading provider of experience management & surveys, caregiver/CNA training, and online reputation management. Hundreds of home care agencies across North America have shared their business data with us, and we’re making their industry secrets public. Home care providers experienced 7.3%

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Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

APRIL 3, 2022

At nursing home mealtimes, I served as a hospice volunteer at several Detroit, Michigan nursing homes for many years. Frances Shani Parker, Author "Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes" [link] Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog [link]. What food?"

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Seasons Hospice

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Develop a Long-Term Care Plan Creating a long-term care plan involves anticipating future needs and making arrangements for additional support or changes in the caregiving environment.

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AlayaCare

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The home care industry is swept up in this Delta crisis, navigating client care in the face of a virus that is at least twice as contagious as previous COVID-19 strains. The mood in the nation’s home health community is a worry that we could be in for another rough time. Home care responds to COVID-19… again.

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AlayaCare

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The aggressive Delta variant is exerting a brutal impact, particularly in communities with lower vaccination rates. The home care industry is swept up in this Delta crisis, navigating client care in the face of a virus that is at least twice as contagious as previous COVID-19 strains.

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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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Seniority, the Mavencare Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Some long term care facilities have invested in robotic pets for their residents, but not all. For seniors living at home, access to a robotic pet will depend on their own ability or inability to afford one. It is available in some nursing homes and care facilities, but not all.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

That assumes that you have somebody at home who’s willing and able to take care of you. And if we don’t make that happen, those patients end up in the hospital or they end up in nursing homes. And the caregivers often will end up in the hospitals. Not all families are able to do that. They would be so afraid.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

It was designed to really balance what Medicaid at the time was to provide nursing homes and Medicare is obviously health insurance. Acute care is called acute care for a reason. The long-term care is being actually provided in the community at a much higher rate than what the formal system provides.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 13, 2023

I, one of the ways I like to kind of talk about this and, and, and my passion is to kind of tell a story of when I was a kid actually growing up, you mentioned that I grew up, my dad was running nursing homes as a kid. And so I would spend so much time at these different nursing homes. And so just keep that in mind.

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2023

Some settings may have tighter policies than others, such as skilled nursing facilities and nursing homes, according to Gurian. CMS will no longer waive Life Safety Code requirements for the placement of alcohol-based hand rub dispensers in skilled nursing facilities. Additional waivers are also going away.

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Elizz

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

These days, the term ‘hospice palliative care’ is becoming more common as a descriptor, regardless of where it is received. 3. Where do people receive ‘hospice palliative care’? In the home. Long-term care facilities (LTC). Most Canadians would prefer to die at home.

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Elizz

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

These days, the term ‘hospice palliative care’ is becoming more common as a descriptor, regardless of where it is received. 3. Where do people receive ‘hospice palliative care’? In the home. Long-term care facilities (LTC). Most Canadians would prefer to die at home.

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Elizz

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

These days, the term ‘hospice palliative care’ is becoming more common as a descriptor, regardless of where it is received. 3. Where do people receive ‘hospice palliative care’? In the home. Long-term care facilities (LTC). Most Canadians would prefer to die at home.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

AUGUST 4, 2022

Additionally, we received press releases related to CMS Acts to Improve the Safety and Quality of Care of the Nation’s Nursing Homes and CMS Seeks Public Feedback to Improve Medicare Advantage. She can be reached at rkinder@broadriverrehab.com.

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