Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

have introduced a bill that would establish a national committee to study long-term care in the United States. . 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.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A dearth of coordination or integration between rehab teams and palliative care teams routinely forces some patients into a cycle between the hospital and the nursing home in their last year of life. Older adults frequently utilize such services, often in skilled nursing facilities (SNF).

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Hospice News

AUGUST 6, 2024

The nonprofit senior care provider Empath Health is partnering with the Medicare Advantage organization American Health Plans (AHP), a division of American Health Partners to serve patients who are enrolled in Institutional Special Needs Plans (ISNP). The ISNP program will in time extend throughout the state of Florida, according to Fleece.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Some hospice patients rely on these plans for other health needs, such as nursing home costs. While hospice patients transition to the Medicare benefit for their end-of-life care, some may continue to need their dual-eligibility coverage to address issues that are technically outside the scope of their terminal diagnosis.

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GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

If you develop dementia, odds are you will spend the last months to years of your life in a nursing home or assisted living facility. This study explored nursing home organizational factors and staff perceptions that are associated with the variation in care for residents with advanced dementia. Ruth: Thank you.

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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. Most of these acts are committed by others in an older adult’s household, according to GAO.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 9, 2023

Many incarcerated seniors who could benefit from palliative care do not receive adequate access or referrals to these services, according to Katherine Supiano, associate professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Utah. The prison system was never designed to become a nursing home or hospice, but it has become one.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 10, 2025

Planning for a financially secure retirement is essential for all nurses, but minority nurses face unique challenges that require special attention. Addressing these issues early and taking specific steps can help break systemic barriers and pave the way for future generations of minority nurses to retire with dignity and stability.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

“We have to bring a lot of other people from other disciplines into this space, building an army of specialists that have the right support to go out and keep people at home,” Engskov explained. Many people will never be able to really afford long-term care, and I think there’s a big equity issue here.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

GIP is used for acute symptom management that cannot be addressed in the home or other setting, according to Hold-Weiss. Operators may not provide that level of care in a home, hospice residential facility, assisted living or a long term care nursing home, she said.

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Caregiver Support Services

MARCH 7, 2024

The likelihood of needing long-term care increases as you age, and the expenses that come with long-term care also increase. These costs are normal, but the high price point can still catch many off guard, which is why it’s important to prepare for long-term care expenses sooner rather than later.

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The World According to Dr. El

DECEMBER 21, 2021

With staffing shortages, reduced occupancy, the ongoing pandemic and other challenges, it’s a worrisome time for long-term care. Become part of a continuum of care – Even before the pandemic, no one wanted to come into a nursing home (unless they had no home of their own).

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Oftentimes it’s either combination of home visits and telephonic services. Sometimes they might be doing consultations either inpatient or in the nursing home or in assisted living. Oftentimes, we say the hospital, but the hospital also manages the home care and the long term care.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 17, 2022

Monitoring claims submissions for their patients across all care settings is vital for hospices, as is educating referral partners and pharmacies about appropriate service billing for hospice patients, said Lund Person. Services and items provided to patients in nursing homes are a particular area of risk for hospices, she said.

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Caregiver Support Services

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Making the decision that it’s time for your elderly parent to move into a long-term care facility is never easy, yet in some instances it is essential if your parent needs care you might not be able to offer. Selecting the right long-term care facility will impact your parent’s experience.

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The World According to Dr. El

MAY 3, 2022

These days, mental health in long-term care is getting far more attention than it used to. After 25 years as a nursing home psychologist, it’s pretty exciting to see. ABPP to address the behavioral health needs of long-term care residents. She and Margaret Norris, Ph.D., I know,” I replied.

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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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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.”

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

He wrote a book titled “ Psychiatric consultation in long term care ” that has a strengths based approach to staging dementia (how cool is that). Judy Long, MDiv, BCC , palliative care chaplain and educator at UCSF and caregiver. Alex: Could we touch on nursing homes too?

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

JANUARY 18, 2024

A phenomenon that skilled nursing teams have long appreciated was recently highlighted in a recent article published in JAMA Internal Medicine , researchers Ehrenzeller and Klompas shed light on a critical yet often overlooked aspect of healthcare — oral hygiene and daily toothbrushing. For further inquiries, she can be contacted here.

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The World According to Dr. El

MAY 17, 2022

Over the years, I’ve used the column to explain what psychologists do in long-term care and what they could do if given the chance. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from sitting by the bedsides of elders in the nursing home, it’s that life goes faster than we think it will, and I have other mountains to climb.

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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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Minority Nurse

JULY 5, 2023

Aneesah Coates, BSN, RN, is an experienced psychiatric mental health nurse with nearly ten years of experience in acute care, long-term care, and home health care. She is the owner of aneesahcoates.com and is passionate about helping nurses, current and aspiring, learn more about the profession.

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Caregiver Support Services

DECEMBER 6, 2024

At some point, nursing homes will have to be considered. Proactively seeking out nursing homes with poor ratings will ensure that your loved one will be properly taken care of when the move to a nursing home is made. This means you will carry less stress on your shoulders.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

AUGUST 15, 2024

I have also been thinking: How can this approach be used in skilled nursing facilities? In skilled nursing facilities, we know residents may experience loneliness or cognitive decline; therefore, replicating this sense of community through natural communication styles can have profound benefits. Have a column idea?

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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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Executive Care

MARCH 22, 2022

In-home care is often very convenient and helpful for seniors, but just how many, and which, elderly home care services are available? Elderly Home Care Services Offer An Alternative To Long-Term Care Facilities.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

AUGUST 18, 2022

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has contracted with Acumen LLC and Abt Associates to develop quality and cost measures for use in the IRF, LTCH, SNF, and HH QRPs and the Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI). Project Support. She can be reached at rkinder@broadriverrehab.com.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Alex: We are delighted to welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Katie Fitzgerald Jones, who’s a nurse scientist at the New England Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, and a palliative and addiction nurse practitioner at the VA in Boston. Eric: Just for the aging population, what about long-term care?

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The World According to Dr. El

MARCH 22, 2022

We spoke about the experiences that inform my thinking about long-term care, and we addressed topics such as the disconnect between mental and physical health, the moral injury and staff burnout exacerbated by the pandemic, and ways of better supporting staff, families and facilities in their efforts to provide quality care.

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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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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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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. It is skilled care even when you have no skills, and you have no license, but you’re doing this 24 hours.

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GeriPal

MARCH 2, 2023

valproic acid and gabapentin), in nursing homes, particularly patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. JAMA Surgery 2018 Gabapentin and mood stabilizers in the Nursing Home Setting: Antiepileptic prescribing to persons living with dementia residing in nursing homes: A tale of two indications.

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AlayaCare

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In the course of awareness and appreciation, here are only a few eye-opening statistics that the National Association for Home Care and Hospice has broadcast this month: Home health providers travel an estimated 8 billion miles to deliver services to their patients.

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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. All the nurse aides were occupied feeding residents at other tables and experiencing their own mealtime problems. What food?" My assigned hospice residents were always my primary concern.

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The World According to Dr. El

MARCH 8, 2022

President Biden’s State of the Union address last week targeted several aspects of the long-term care industry, most of which have received more attention than his mention of reducing the inappropriate use of antipsychotic medications. As I’ve written about in the past (see “ Severely mentally ill residents: A ‘perfect storm’?

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