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Future Leaders: Lindsay Nixon, Administrator, Arbor Hospice

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The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link].

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Addus Sees Hospice Improvements, Plans to Rebalance Home Health-Personal Care M&A Activity

Hospice News

Addus HomeCare Corporation’s (NASDAQ: ADUS) hospice segment is seeing slow but steady improvement as pandemic headwinds ease. Meanwhile, the company’s near-term acquisition sights are set more on home health than in personal care amid potential payment shifts.

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Future Leaders Class of 2022: Bailey Woodhams, Maxwell Healthcare Associates

Hospice News

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. She introduced me to the electronic medical record (EMR) company, Homecare Homebase. How lucky was I?

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The Senior Living Opportunity for Hospices

Hospice News

My generation, baby boomers, were not going to a nursing home. million total patients, according to the National Alliance for Care at Home. Were looking at assisted living, senior living, that sort of thing, Ponder Stansel told Hospice News. In 2022, more than 907,000 Medicare hospice decedents were older than 85, out of 1.7

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3 Palliative Care Providers to Watch

Hospice News

Smith said Prospero’s global measure of success is providing more days for patients at home, rather than keeping them in hospitals, nursing homes or rehab facilities. The UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum ultimately did acquire Prospero in early 2021 and is in the process of merging the company with its Landmark subsidiary.

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Hospice Length of Stay: Balancing Patient Needs Against Regulatory Compliance

Hospice News

Researchers from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Ohio analyzed data for cancer patients between 2013 to 2017, finding that aggressive care in the last 30 days of life was more common among nursing home residents than community-dwelling older adults, at 64% versus 58%, respectively.

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How the right technology can support recruitment and retention during the caregiver shortage

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For example, a study, by Antwi et al (2016), found that a 10% increase in turnover was associated with an increase in mortality among nursing home care residents and a decrease in the quality of care. This shows you care about their out-of-pocket expenditures.” - HomeCare Magazine.

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