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Caregiver Support Services
DECEMBER 6, 2024
Consulting a social worke r or financial advisor can be very helpful in accessing these resources and reducing the financial burden. These programs also help caregivers cover services, such as professional care or specialized equipment. At some point, nursing homes will have to be considered.
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
In addition to concurrent care, LeadingAge urged Congress and the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to modify rules for the four levels of hospice care, foster greater interoperability, examine nursing home relationships and other changes. “We
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GeriPal
MARCH 13, 2025
But what I remember from that is at the end of your week long rotation, Michael, everybody gets a chance if they wanted to sit down with Cicely Saunders, social work nurse, doctor extraordinaire, you sit down with her. It grew into where I went into the home care component. So nurse presence is.
Hospice News
JUNE 21, 2022
In the late 1990s, we began a hospice and home care program with the primary interest being hospice. Most of the home care services these days would be called palliative home care. We have probably about a 30% to 40% cancer diagnosis population in the home care program.
Hospice News
JANUARY 19, 2023
Last year VNA Health Group enhanced its dementia care training programs for social work and nursing staff, with an emphasis on its home health patients. This included education on how to identify cognitive impairment and, when appropriate, connect patients with community resources or other providers.
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 secondly, nurses are best at doing nursing, and social workers are best at doing social work.
High Peaks Hospice
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
In 1982 Medicare authorized reimbursement for hospice care. The program was unique, providing family oriented comprehensive services which included medical, nursing, social work, spiritual care, volunteer support, bereavement services as well as the availability of specialty care by physical therapists, nutritionists and speech therapists.
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