AT Home Care & Hospice

MAY 8, 2025

We are deeply grateful for the compassionate care provided by the dedicated staff at our partnering nursing homes. Your commitment to residents is invaluable, and we are honored to work alongside you to enhance their quality of life.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

Finally, we discuss Michelle Oddens study, which used a target trial emulation approach to investigate the effects of deprescribing antihypertensive medications on cognitive function in nursing home residents. Michelle, you looked at this for nursing home patients deprescribing antihypertensives, is that right?

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Hospice News

APRIL 3, 2025

Fielding room-and-board reimbursement for hospice patients in nursing home settings represents a significant challenge plaguing hospices, according to Stephen Phenneger, president and CFO of St. Croix Hospice. The intricacies of the billing process can often create bottlenecks that stymie revenue flow, he stated.

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Aging Life Care Association

JANUARY 9, 2025

When clients call an Aging Life Care professional, they usually have no knowledge of how each type of housing differs, or worse, they think a nursing home is the only real option for their loved one. Choosing housing for older adults can be tricky because of all the different nomenclature used.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

More than a decade of data has found that CAPABLE programs have helped to reduce the impact of functional impairment and disability, enhance motivation and self-efficacy, improve health disparities, address emotional health and decrease hospitalizations and nursing home stays, according to a research analysis from the John Hopkins School of Nursing.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2025

My generation, baby boomers, were not going to a nursing home. Many seniors are looking to assisted or senior living facilities as they age, Susan Ponder Stansel, CEO of Florida-based Alivia Care, said at the Hospice News ELEVATE conference in Orlando, Florida.

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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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Hospice News

JANUARY 23, 2025

For example, we try to buy vehicles for our nurses, home health aides, social workers and chaplains. What is needed at the operational, regulation or reimbursement levels to improve and address rural-based hospice challenges? If youre a rural hospice, you may have higher reimbursement needs.

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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

MAY 19, 2025

The companys 12,001 employees provide care in community-based settings, as well as in hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living and residential communities, skilled nursing facilities and across its 30 inpatient hospice units. The hospice provider has provided care to more than 1.5 million patients since its inception.

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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 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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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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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Our job within PACE is to keep those participants out of [nursing homes]. PACE, the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, is a vital tool in these efforts. We are one of the pioneers in Florida, and now nationally, around the PACE program, Fleece said. Currently, the company has roughly 1,000 PACE participants in its program.

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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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GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The example I give is, if you’ve ever walked into a nursing home, or where there’s an activity happening for a group of people with dementia, that is a little depressing to me. A lot of times family members or staff in nursing homes say that, “I’m burnt out, so I don’t have the energy.”

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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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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. .” nursing homes.

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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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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, 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

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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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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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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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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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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Hospice News

JANUARY 16, 2023

They included VA hospice encounters in the outcome but not enrollment in a home hospice program, nursing home hospice center or Medicare-paid hospice.

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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

JUNE 3, 2024

Behind the changes is a desire to increase response rates, which have been declining.

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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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Hospice News

APRIL 4, 2023

Established in 1986, Assisted Daily Living provides skilled home care, personal care and private duty services in hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living facilities throughout Rhode Island. The acquisition presents opportunities for Elara Caring to fill gaps between its adjacent markets in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

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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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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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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2023

“Closing the inpatient facility will allow Hospice Ministries to put more focus on providing end of life care to patients in their ‘homes,’ whether it be their personal residence, a nursing home, or an assisted living facility.” The hospice provides home- and facility-based end-of-life care.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

While we found that hospice length of stay was longer for those enrolling from the community vs hospital or nursing home settings, we overall found that hospice length of stay among MA enrollees was only slightly longer than for those in [traditional Medicare].”

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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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Hospice News

JUNE 2, 2023

“A lot of times you find that they don’t have an option to stay at home, because they can’t afford to bring in support systems or pay for private sitters, and they end up going to a nursing home.” Also, in December of last year, the organization cut the ribbon on a $1.7

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