Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

JANUARY 2, 2025

As we step into a new year, therapists can take inspiration and focus via the following strategies: Refining observation skills : Therapists can continue honing their ability to detect subtle changes in function, using these insights to inform care plans. Celebrating small wins: Really, is there anything more fun? Have a column idea?

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CareAcademy Blog

APRIL 8, 2025

Examples of these roles include: Vocational and practical nursing : Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) and Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) roles focused on foundational patient care. Long-term care : Geriatric, hospice, and home health settings offering continuity of care.

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AlayaCare

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

TORONTO, ON – November 6, 2018 – AlayaCare today announced that its home and community care clients can now apply interRAI assessments to patient care plans. The International Resident Assessment Instrument for Long Term Care Facilities – a.k.a.

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AJN Off the Charts

JULY 14, 2022

Regarding staffing, researchers have found that a majority of nurses and hospital administrators prefer 12-hour shifts as a means to achieve continuity of care, ease of scheduling, and for nurses, work–life balance. Regarding patient care quality, research has shown an association between longer consecutive shifts and more clinical errors.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Breaking down barriers Since January of this year, the average daily census for Pallitus has doubled, reaching 1,200 patients, up from 600 across the organization’s various palliative care programs. However, attracting people to its palliative care space isn’t always easy because of several obstacles in the community.

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Daily Nurse

MAY 9, 2023

To honor those at the forefront of patient care for National Nurses Month, AWAKE is offering a wake-up call and free caffeinated chocolate to any healthcare worker in May. million registered nurses (RNs) nationwide. And according to AWAKE’s new survey data, these key individuals are also feeling unrested and sleep deprived.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This way, when issues arise — whether in patient care or operational processes — it allows the team to apply RCA to find long term solutions. Many facilities use electronic health records or other digital tools to monitor patient outcomes. Facilities are required to have QA programs in place. Have a column idea?

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 24, 2023

Many older Americans receive care from aging services facilities across the United States. There are currently about 14 million people receiving some form of long-term care services. However, aging service facilities need more staffing to meet regulatory and quality of care standards.

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Daily Nurse

MARCH 19, 2025

Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner (AGNP) AGNPs deliver care to the adult and older adult population by managing acute and chronic health problems. They may work in the clinic, long-term care, or acute care/hospital settings.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

JUNE 23, 2022

Social determinants of health, understanding what they are, their impact on patient care, and their influence on effective transitions across care settings are all essential for rehab providers. Renee Kinder. She can be reached at rkinder@broadriverrehab.com.

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Hospice News

MAY 17, 2023

Ryan Krout: Our clinical pharmacist management program works with hospice leadership to improve quality and control costs, so it’s very much a hybrid role of clinical account management, strategy and patient care. We collaborate with hospice leadership to improve clinical practices and enhance caregiver and patient support.

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Daily Nurse

MAY 1, 2025

It’s how hospitals, clinics, and care facilities build resilient teams, improve retention, and ultimately deliver better patient care. Even minor operational tweaks can prevent delays in staffing or shift coverage in fast-paced environments like emergency departments or long-term care facilities.

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Hospice News

APRIL 19, 2023

Staff at the new office provide 24/7 services to help facilitate hospice admissions for hospital and physician referrals and facility-based patients. Like all health care systems, MercyOne has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation costs and labor shortages,” the company stated in local news.

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Caregiver Support Services

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The following are some of the most effective ways to support yourself and ensure that you can provide better patient care for years to come: Seek Professional Help You know better than anyone that we all need a helping hand to maintain healthy. Clear communication is essential for providing great patient care.

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Daily Nurse

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Home healthcare nursing is a collaborative team approach to patient care. From private duty for long-term care of adults and children with neurodegenerative and motor disorders to rehabilitative and therapeutic nursing for those recovering from an injury or illness, we take a holistic approach to treatment.

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Hospice News

MARCH 20, 2024

Delivering an optimal nurse experience starts with patient care. It is critical for nurses to have the support and knowledge they need to feel confident in the care they provide. What factors do you think matter most to that nurse experience? Those are both areas we help solve for with our mail order dispensing option.

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Minority Nurse

AUGUST 2, 2023

She has a proven track record in hospital, health plan, long-term care, and health insurance leadership. Meet Crystal Beckford, Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Patient Care for Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center. How long have you worked in the nursing field?

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AlayaCare

MAY 10, 2018

It is there, around the middle of last decade, where a local nurse named Jos de Blok decided to do something about the growing frustration that he and other colleagues felt about having less time for actual patient care. They experience fewer health problems as a result of a more focused care plan.

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Nurse.com

JULY 29, 2022

Propelled by the increasing demand for primary care and the growing numbers of patients nationwide living in areas with a shortage of primary care health professionals, more and more states are rightly considering legislation to ensure patients better access to the outstanding care NPs provide.

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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. As a nurse, I have worked in an acute care setting caring for lung transplant patients.

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Nurse.com

OCTOBER 12, 2022

This means integrating and applying knowledge with the objective of improving processes and procedures with patient care. Nurses and other front-line healthcare providers help drive information technology, including how it ultimately improves patient care, Newbold said. The career is certainly evolving. “I

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Diversity Nursing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Their responsibilities extend beyond traditional patient care to education, mentoring, and influencing the development of Nursing professionals. These clinical placements are carefully selected to expose students to various healthcare environments, including hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, and community health centers.

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Minority Nurse

JUNE 16, 2022

But as the COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to cause unpredictable fluctuations in patients who are receiving care in hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, personal homes, or long-term care facilities, the need for qualified CNAs remains strong. A day in this career path is dynamic and never slow.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

AUGUST 29, 2024

This isn’t just about avoiding claim denials; it’s about validating the critical role that skilled therapy services play in patient care. The opinions expressed in McKnight’s Long-Term Care News guest submissions are the author’s and are not necessarily those of McKnight’s Long-Term Care News or its editors.

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Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

We need to understand most nurses in acute care and long-term care settings now are novice nurses or nurses who have only been in the profession for a few years. Before, in the primary nurse model, the nurse did much of the patient’s care. We can drive quality patient outcomes.

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Caregiver Support Services

MAY 7, 2024

Cutting-edge technology continues to advance at a rapid pace, offering innovative solutions to improve patient care and streamline healthcare operations. Consider the following key features to look for in new medical equipment to ensure you create a patient-centric, efficient, and safe environment.

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Nurse.com

JULY 29, 2022

Propelled by the increasing demand for primary care and the growing numbers of patients nationwide living in areas with a shortage of primary care health professionals, more and more states are rightly considering legislation to ensure patients better access to the outstanding care NPs provide.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

JANUARY 4, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) — what does this really mean to you in your day-to-day patient care? By staying abreast of the AMA’s principles and classifications, therapists can navigate the evolving landscape of AI with proficiency, ensuring its responsible and effective integration into patient care.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

JUNE 6, 2024

Raising children, like providing patient care, requires a plan. The older our children become, like when patients show progress, the more freedom they should be allowed. The guide book for plan of care development for patients is clearly outlined in Medicare Benefit Policy Manual Chapter 15 Section 220.1.2,

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GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

And then when you look long-term care facilities, more between that like 35 to 50%, and then much higher estimates in hospitalized older adults. But estimates in community dwelling older adults are around 15%. So, it really kind of depends on, I think, also level of overall status, frailty, other factors like that. Eric: Okay.

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HPNA podcast

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Initially in a full-time clinical role she has also served in various leadership roles including Palliative Care Professional Development Director, Regional Director of Palliative Care, Vice President of Palliative Care and now Chief Clinical Operations Officer with leadership for both Hospice and Palliative Care programs.

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Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The program expanded to include long-term care facilities in 1998 and moved beyond the borders of the United States to an international Magnet movement in 2000 as the new century began. In 2002, a final name change to the Magnet Recognition Program was initiated, and here we are some 22 years later. .

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

For almost 40 years as the Director of Nursing for Throughput Operations at Montefiore Health System in New York, Elodia Mercier, RNC, MS, has been advancing patient care and creating and defining new roles for fellow nurses and other providers. After consecutive years of consistently meeting high Press Ganey (patient.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 12, 2023

Randomized trials of ACE units date back to 1996 when Seth Landefeld and colleagues published a study in NEJM showing that they improve basic activities of daily living at discharge and can reduce the frequency of discharge to long-term care institutions. But if ACE units are so great, why do so few hospitals have them?

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The peeling process is much like the layers of patient complexity rehab professionals must strip away daily, essential for providing the highest level of quality patient care and supporting a health literate culture. Let’s begin with a definition of health literacy. She can be reached at rkinder@broadriverrehab.com.

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Nurse.com

APRIL 18, 2022

A registered nurse is, “An individual who has graduated from a state-approved school of nursing, passed the NCLEX-RN examination, and is licensed by a state board of nursing to provide patient care,” according to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN). Long-term care facilities.

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Minority Nurse

APRIL 5, 2023

After skilled nursing, I felt I needed to help patients never reach long-term care or intensive care units. I then returned to ambulatory care with a focus on the PCMH model. I branched off to skilled nursing and went from manager to ADON within a year and DON within two years.

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