Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Patients in nursing homes on average were in hospice for 109 days of care in 2019, compared to 95 days among those receiving services in a private residence and 161 days in assisted living. The post U.S. Senate Takes Up Supporting Our Seniors Act appeared first on Hospice News.

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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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Hospice News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Our job is to provide that support, education, coaching, and give them their options so that they can make informed decisions that’s best for them.” She was homeless for one year before finding a job as an aide in a nursing home. Simultaneously, in the beginning, she also did billing work for a nursing home.

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Caregiver Support Services

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

If you’ve acted as a caregiver to a loved one and have decided to move them to a care home or nursing home, you’ve already made a difficult decision. In a perfect world, we wouldn’t have to worry about neglect or abuse in nursing homes. Unfortunately, not every facility is created equally. Check it out below.

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Hospice News

JUNE 13, 2024

“When people are coming on the benefit in that moment of crisis, they don’t necessarily have a plan,” Mollie Gurian, vice president of home-based and HCBS policy at LeadingAge, told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 30, 2024

My first job as a nurse was in a nursing home in a secured dementia unit. Care of the whole person — mind, body and spirit — was what pulled me to nursing originally. What drew you to the hospice industry? I was drawn to the way that the hospice team addressed multiple aspects of health.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Palliative care helps patients and families make informed decisions about their care and manage symptoms effectively.” PalliCare has differentiated their company with the customized agreements and by working with a broad range of providers like hospice, home health, physician groups, nursing homes and health systems.

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2022

Transitions Hospice is a portfolio company of the Transitions Group, which also holds skilled nursing, home health, medical equipment and therapy assets. These use digital devices to collect medical data and other patient metrics and seamlessly transfer that information into the electronic health record.

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Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2022

Montana removed CONs for all settings except nursing homes as of last October. Depending on the models used by individual states, CONs have the potential to either lower or raise the bar, according to Katie Wehri, director of home health and hospice regulatory affairs for the National Association of Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). . “It

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GeriPal

AUGUST 4, 2022

Kevin’s study looks at a period of time in the COVID pandemic when a large multistate nursing home provider created a “nonessential medication on hold” (NEMOH) policy in order to conserve critical nursing resources and PPE, and to limit exposure risk for residents by reducing unnecessary contact. Eric: Can I ask? Eric: Yeah.

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Hospice News

JUNE 12, 2023

In New Jersey, a partnership between a health services company and a nursing home is offering a new approach to long-term illness, tailoring palliative care treatment plans to individual patients. Samaritan Health Services Partners, a not-for-profit complex illnesses company, and Laurel Brook Rehab, a 220-bed facility in Mt.

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GeriPal

JUNE 16, 2022

First, we talk with Christine, a researcher and geriatrician from the University of North Carolina, who recently published a JAGS article titled Overdiagnosis of urinary tract infections by nursing home clinicians versus a clinical guideline. ” What we should say to our nurses is, “Thank you for letting me know.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

By the Bay Health now serves eight counties statewide and provides hospice, palliative and pediatric care, along with skilled nursing home health and grief support. Hospice Source’s New CIO Tim Hines has been tapped as the new chief information officer of Hospice Source LLC, a durable medical equipment (DME) company based in Texas.

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Hospice News

MAY 4, 2022

The company directly employs nurse practitioners and licensed clinical social workers who provide direct care, most often in nursing homes. In addition, PalliCare also serves as an incubator that supports nurse practitioners in setting up their own practices.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

As background, we discuss Manju Kurella Tamura’s landmark NEJM paper that found, contrary to expectations, that function declines precipitously for nursing home residents who initiate dialysis. So, for example, you know, we see somebody coming in from the nursing. A nursing home. Let it be (hint hint).

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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

JANUARY 18, 2024

It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. But the cancer specific databases just don’t have this information. It’s opening this stock box of, all of a sudden, now what do I do with this information? Katie: Yeah.

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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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Hospice News

MAY 18, 2023

Accord has staged other performances at nursing homes and senior living facilities, and in school buildings and other community spaces that have enough room for the actors and audience. Most of these performances have audiences of 15 to 25 people.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 21, 2022

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. The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with PointClickCare. Technology in health care only continues to grow. Resilient.

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Home With Help

OCTOBER 29, 2024

When it comes to caring for aging loved ones, families are often faced with the choice between in-home care and nursing homes. While both options provide essential support, in-home care offers distinct advantages that promote independence, comfort, and a better quality of life.

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AJN Off the Charts

APRIL 7, 2023

Aggressive care common in nursing homes at end of life. The other recent JAMA study ran in February: Incidence of Aggressive End-of-Life Care Among Older Adults With Metastatic Cancer Living in Nursing Homes and Community Settings. million persons in nursing homes have received or will receive a diagnosis of cancer.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Please read full disclosure for more information. Hospice care is delivered anywhere the patient calls home and for many elderly, this includes the nursing home. Learn how you can build better relationships with nursing homes while delivering quality hospice care. BENEFITS FOR NURSES.

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GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

When I’m on nursing home call, the most common page I receive is for a blood sugar value. And we invited Tamryn Gray from the Dana Farber joins us to ask insightful questions, including: What blood sugar range should we target for patients in the nursing home or hospice? Summary Transcript Summary Diabetes is common.

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Nurse.com

JULY 11, 2022

The attorney will most likely discuss the federal Nursing Home Reform Act with the RN. This act requires that nursing homes provide quality care, protect residents from all forms of abuse and neglect, and spell out residents’ rights. Any nursing home receiving Medicare or Medicaid funds must comply with these standards.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Another recent example came in December when Arizona-based Hospice of the Valley launched a community education program to help inform health care providers about dementia care support and patients’ changing needs as they age. I think that’s going to be a continuing area of focus.”

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Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2021

I have had many occasions as an educator to implement and consult on intergenerational partnerships between schools and nursing homes. For example, after students learn how to write letters at school, service-learning could include writing letters to nursing home residents who would benefit from receiving them.

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GeriPal

JUNE 20, 2024

It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. That can be incredibly informative. We’re doing this also through the inpatient portal because we were trying to get as much information in there as possible.

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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? We need that information. This information is so vital. Hospitals should routinely collect functional information in the same way.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

There have been nursing homes that have been sued for patient chokes on some food is DNR DNI, and nobody goes to help the patient perform a simple Heimlich because they’re DNR DN I. Louise 15:47 Well, I think even in that example of choking in a nursing home, you don’t actually require cardioversion or a breathing tube.

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Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2023

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 News

AUGUST 15, 2022

Aging Media”) is pleased to announce the Future Leaders Class of 2022, showcasing the most promising talent in senior housing, skilled nursing, home health and hospice industries. For more information about the Future Leaders program and to view the complete Future Leaders Class of 2022, please visit [link].

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Her work is informed not only by her career of more than 20 years as a hospice professional but also by her experience as a caregiver for her husband. So I had that to inform my caregiving. They’re tele-novellas; they use dramatic stories to inform people. I had been doing research in this area even before I became a caregiver.

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2023

When you start to talk about length of stay, the bigger challenge with those populations, because maybe they have not been given the the accurate information and education about what hospice really, truly is, and how it works. Hospitals and nursing homes don’t want to get dinged for readmissions.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

APRIL 28, 2022

. • September 2021 – CMS continued to modernize the Care Compare sites to increase transparency and ensure that all individuals that CMS serves, as well as their families and caregivers, have the information to make informed care decisions. April 2022 – Updates posted to the CMS website for the National Quality Strategy.

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Minority Nurse

AUGUST 24, 2022

It was not long before I started picking up per diem job opportunities to explore and broaden my horizons as a nurse. I worked in home care as an intake nurse, home care nurse, and infusion nurse for different companies.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

AUGUST 15, 2024

Real-life language use: The language used is informal, unplanned and often more varied, reflecting the person’s true communication abilities. Engaging in natural, unplanned conversations keeps the mind agile by encouraging residents to recall past experiences, process new information, and engage in creative thinking.

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