Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Its technology platform connects patients and family members to palliative and hospice nurses, social workers, spiritual coordinators and other interdisciplinary staff. California-based Guaranteed launched last year in August by founder and CEO Jessica McGlory.

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Hospice Promise

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Hospice Promise’s Social Worker, Nick Farinella, LMSW, shared a few resources and organizations that offer caregiver support. Area Agency on Aging: This nonprofit organization offers services for older adults, caregivers, and those with long-term care needs.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 10, 2024

New Jersey-based Valley Health System is partnering with Family of Caring Healthcare to offer palliative services to their patients. Family of Caring Healthcare System includes 10 health and rehabilitation centers that provide subacute care and rehabilitative services, assisted living, and long-term care.

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Seasons Hospice

APRIL 22, 2025

Common conditions treated with palliative care include: Cancer Heart disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Kidney failure Alzheimers disease or other dementias Parkinsons disease A multidisciplinary team typically delivers palliative care, including doctors, nurses, social workers, chaplains, and therapists.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

However, attracting people to its palliative care space isn’t always easy because of several obstacles in the community. Dillon said roadblocks to patient care often include a lack of access to transportation, food scarcity and medical bills. “That’s been very, very successful,” Dillon said.

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AT Home Care & Hospice

APRIL 25, 2023

A multidisciplinary team can include your doctor, spiritual counselor, social worker, and bereavement counselor to name a few. These are settings that reside outside of the hospital and can include skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), long-term care hospitals (LTCHs), inpatient rehabilitation centers and home care agencies.

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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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Shining Light Hospice

MAY 14, 2023

Caregiver burnout is a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion that results from long-term care of a loved one. Hospice care can also provide respite care for caregivers, allowing them to take a break from caregiving responsibilities and focus on their own well-being.

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Traditions Health

AUGUST 21, 2023

Payment options include private pay and long-term care insurance. To find home care services that fit your budget, consider the duration and frequency of care and the tasks you need help with. Cost savings Home health care is more affordable than staying at a hospital or long-term care facility.

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Hope Hospice

JUNE 15, 2020

Home health care is specialized medical care that is ordered by a physician and is administered by trained healthcare professionals such as nurses, physician assistants, physical therapists, occupational therapists, medical social workers, dietitians, etc. Home health care is covered by Medicare and most insurances.

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Hope Hospice

JUNE 15, 2020

Home health care is specialized medical care that is ordered by a physician and is administered by trained healthcare professionals such as nurses, physician assistants, physical therapists, occupational therapists, medical social workers, dietitians, etc. Home health care is covered by Medicare and most insurances.

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Hope Hospice

JUNE 15, 2020

Home health care is specialized medical care that is ordered by a physician and is administered by trained healthcare professionals such as nurses, physician assistants, physical therapists, occupational therapists, medical social workers, dietitians, etc. Home health care is covered by Medicare and most insurances.

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Traditions Health

APRIL 14, 2024

Experienced Care Teams Our care teams are made up of a wide range of professionals and volunteers who care for the whole person, which means that we recognize and address emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual needs.

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Home Care Pulse

AUGUST 11, 2022

98% of agencies were negatively impacted by care staff shortages last year, meaning only 2% of providers are confident that they have adequate staff to run their agency—the worst it’s been in 3 years. Yet it also ranks among the top 5 industries with the highest workforce shortages.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

Eric 13:00 I also love that too, because even on our inpatient ballot of care consult service, whenever somebody says that they’re unrepresented or they don’t have a surrogate, we never believe that until we usually look up. To have a social worker who’s dedicated in many places. What’s your next step?

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

If you can’t do that, the only alternative that we have in our system is to pick up the phone and call somebody, to go to the emergency room or go to long-term care. I was a hospice manager, and I had the philosophy, first, that social workers are a lot cheaper than nurses. They would be so afraid.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

He’s a geriatrician and Chair of Public Policy for the California Association of Long-Term Care Medicine. For example, bachelor’s degrees for social workers. The issue is that we don’t have a long-term care system. Welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Mike. Great to be back.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Participants are typically those certified by a state to require nursing level of care (which can be home-based), and need assistance with certain activities of daily life (ADLs). Most PACE participants are reimbursed through the long-term care programs within Medicare and Medicaid, according to Black.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This was presented back in Tampa at a post-acute long-term care conference earlier this year, where we looked at the ability of speech recognition to drive down Medicare denials of claims. That question on the CAHPS survey is, how did I feel about the care that was being provided to me? We did a large study with Amedisys.

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Traditions Health

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Other benefits hospice care for veterans provides include: Delivering individualized care plans that address medical and psychological issues common in veterans. A comprehensive care team comprised of physicians, nurses, hospice aides, social workers, spiritual professionals, and trained volunteers.

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Hospice of the North Coast

MARCH 9, 2021

As they navigate their healthcare benefits, long-term care plans, and end-of-life issues, those men and women who served our country may find themselves needing services themselves. According to the Veteran’s Administration, just over 31% of U.S. Veterans are aged 65 or older. Programs for Assisting Veterans and Caregivers.

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 23, 2023

This type of care enables a patient to live their last days with dignity, support, grace, and with as much purpose as possible. Hospice care can be provided wherever a person resides. This may include a personal residence or a long-term care facility.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary Last week we talked about a trial of a nurse and social worker outpatient palliative care intervention published in JAMA. They have to… It’s not all-comers with those diseases, it’s people who are particularly sick. So those were the three.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

I think for a person in long-term care who has mild to moderate dementia, a POLST is part of the care plan because these are decisions that are likely to need to be made in the setting of the current illness. Eric: Sean, how would you think about, did you see Alex’s Venn diagram? Sean: I did, I did.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 18, 2022

This includes: elderly patients (home and long-term care) pediatric patients patients with mental health disorders lonely patients and/or their family members physically abused patients. You can also involve the spiritual care team. Familiarize Yourself With “At Risk” Patients. Patient celebration with staff.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 27, 2023

So whether that’s, you know, skilled nursing, physical therapy, social worker, speech therapists, all different modalities that we work closely with, which is really important factor. And there absolutely may be with long-term care insurance, with Medicare Advantage opportunities, with va, with Medicaid.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Bill 45:17 Well, Louise touched on one, which I’ve been a big fan of, and I think anyone doing ICU training should spend some time in a long term care facility to begin to see the benefits of their work. And it bothers me how the nurses are there, the physical therapists are there, some of the social workers are there.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

I’m a geriatrically trained social worker and it was my grandmother. The long-term care is being actually provided in the community at a much higher rate than what the formal system provides. Greg: Yeah, great question. I got into this 31 years ago.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

And these care navigator, they can be community health worker with just 12 years of education. They can be a- Diane: Social worker. Malaz: Social worker, anybody. So a dozen state, they have to be trained obviously, and they have to be able to provide the comprehensive dementia care model.

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