Minority Nurse

AUGUST 31, 2023

Nursing homes with the highest proportion of Black residents have the greatest number of hospitalizations and emergency department visits, according to a new study led by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. nursing homes using national datasets from 2019.

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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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Nurse.com

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

With the elderly, dehydration can be caused by many factors, but studies indicate that inadequate staffing and lack of supervision are principal causes of dehydration in nursing homes. She was returned to the nursing home the following morning. What led up to the patient’s death? She was pronounced dead at the hospital.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

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. As a hospice nurse, it’s likely that you will provide care to nursing home 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. Frances Shani Parker, Author "Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes" [link] Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog [link]. What food?"

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Hospice News

APRIL 12, 2024

Specialized nursing facility clinicians, or SNFists, have a strong potential to reduce hospitalizations and improve quality of care at the end of life, including access to hospice. The work of SNFists uniquely impacted the care of nursing home residents during their last 90 days of life, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Eric 02:48 Well, I want to thank you for joining us because you’ve done a lot of the studies around falls and fractures and like, how we think about, especially like in, in frailer older adults, those in nursing homes. About one out of every three older adults falls each year in the nursing home that’s higher.

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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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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. These results appeared in a 2019 New England Journal of Medicine study titled “Rehabbed to Death.”

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HospiceDiary

AUGUST 23, 2020

A recent visit to a nursing home reminded me … Continue reading → A wise saying: There is nothing new under the sun. Suffering is our human condition; we all have some experience with it. Though it seems of late there is just too much.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Unified Program Integrity Contractor (UPIC) auditors are taking a sharper look at nursing home room-and-board for hospice patients. It’s still troubling that people have to pay legal fees to deal with this when there are actually dual eligible Medicaid hospice patients living in nursing homes.”

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

If they’re able to take it by mouth, we switch the medicines to oral and get them out to a nursing home or to a home. There is no nursing home in our state, and I’m not sure in the country, that will come in and give a patient 24 injectable medications.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

million Medicare decedents who elected hospice in 2019,, nearly half (49%) received care in private homes, reported the Center for Medicare Advocacy. The other half was provided in nursing homes and at assisted living facilities (21% and 11%, respectively), according to the report. Among the 1.6 Anthony’s Hospice.

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Hospice Advantage Solutions

OCTOBER 31, 2017

CMS has issued new Interpretive Guidelines for nursing homes which will be implemented on November 28th. Regarding the use of anti-psychotic medications, it states "PRN orders for anti-psychotic drugs are limited to 14 days and cannot be renewed unless the attending physician or prescribing practitioner evaluates the resident."

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The long term care company Mission Health Services has acquired Utah-based Angel’s Crossing Home Hospice. Mission is a nonprofit provider of nursing home, assisted living, short term care, memory care and therapy services. The M&A advisory firm Agenda Health facilitated the transaction. Financial terms were undisclosed.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

She was homeless for one year before finding a job as an aide in a nursing home. In time, she worked her way up to a certified nursing assistant, admissions coordinator and eventually a registered nurse. Simultaneously, in the beginning, she also did billing work for a nursing home.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 11, 2023

Strengthening hospice reporting requirements to align with the requirements for nursing homes and hospitals providing extended care will provide CMS with the information necessary to ensure that hospice care providers are taking appropriate steps within the scope of their authority to protect vulnerable individuals,” GAO indicated in a report.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

increase in home-based care delivery. Critics argue that PE and PTCs could prioritize short-term, above-market returns, which may lead to agencies selectively enrolling and targeting patients who require less complex care and longer hospice stays, such as those with dementia and nursing home residents.”

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Elder Care Matters

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Learn about in-home care, assisted living, and nursing homes for seniors. Explore long-term care options, costs, and planning strategies. The post Planning for Long-Term Care: Options, Costs, and Strategies appeared first on Elder Care Directory - ElderCareMatters.com.

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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. If somebody was institutionalized in a skilled nursing facility or a nursing home for custodial, non-medical care, Medicaid will continue to pay for that particular coverage that is not covered by Medicare.”.

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Elder Care Matters

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Learn how irrevocable trusts can protect assets from creditors, nursing home costs, and estate taxes. A comprehensive guide for secure asset planning. The post Protecting Your Assets: Understanding Irrevocable Trusts appeared first on Elder Care Directory - ElderCareMatters.com.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 6, 2024

Long-term care residents aligned with the program will receive services from a nurse practitioner, a registered nurse, a care manager and a member advocate, which Watson describes as “high-touch concierge medicine at the bedside.” The ISNP program will in time extend throughout the state of Florida, according to Fleece.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

PACE programs offer a comprehensive approach to care for participants who meet certain eligibility criteria, mainly to seniors who have significant medical and non-medical needs to help them age in place and avoid the hospital or nursing homes.

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Hospice News

APRIL 27, 2022

drop in admissions to 16,530 in Q1, with referrals from senior housing and nursing homes staying below pre-pandemic levels for the time being. Nursing home patients in particular represented 15.9% The company saw an 8.9% Likewise, VITAS’s average daily census declined 4.1% of the company’s ADC during 2021.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

CommCare’s purchase of Notre Dame’s home health and hospice operations marks the transaction of this divestiture Its nursing home services are next in line as part of a separate deal set to close in 2023. For us, home health is a new business that we believe has great future potential.”.

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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 News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

They enrolled patients with long-term incurable diseases such as Alzheimers and dementia as well as patients with limited mental capacity who lived at group homes, nursing homes and in housing projects.” Justice Department indicated in a statement.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to modify rules for the four levels of hospice care, foster greater interoperability, examine nursing home relationships and other changes. “We In addition to concurrent care, LeadingAge urged Congress and the U.S.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

When a hospice provider must contract for general inpatient care with a hospital or nursing home, expertise and collaboration often fall short, which is far from ideal,” she said.

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Hospice News

MARCH 27, 2024

For hospice and palliative care providers, many were unable to reach patients in facilities and at times could not provide care in some homes, Baker Rogers indicated. Referrals to hospice were frequently delayed, and respite care was also impossible in some instances due to nursing home restrictions.

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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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Hospice News

AUGUST 29, 2024

Transitions Care has expanded its service region to include the Rock Island community in its home state. The organization is a portfolio company of the Transitions Group, which also holds skilled nursing, home health, medical equipment and therapy assets.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The average length of stay for a patient with a neurological condition in 2022 was 159 days, compared to 106 days for those with cardiac conditions and 52 days for those with cancer, according to the National Alliance for Care at Home.

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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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Hospice News

JANUARY 11, 2024

The program will serve chronically ill seniors aged 55 and older who are certified by the state of Florida to need a nursing home level of care and are able to live safely in the home and community. “Me Empath Health Empath Health Empath LIFE cuts the ribbon on its new Tampa PACE center.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 26, 2024

More than half (59%) spent the last three years of life in the home. About 27% were in skilled nursing home care with “heavy use” of home health and hospice. The remaining 14% of Medicare decedents spent these years in institutional settings, particularly in nursing facility-based care and inpatient care.

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Hospice News

MARCH 29, 2023

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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