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New Executives Take the Helm at AccentCare, Blue Ridge, Androscoggin, Good Samaritan

Hospice News

Natarajan’s role expanded after previously serving as the post-acute company’s chief medical officer for hospice since 2005. In addition to oversee AccentCare’s hospice and palliative care programs, he will also support its clinical care operations and patient experience initiatives.

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Lessons from nurses, reflections from the past

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Embracing these differences across patients and across interdisciplinary team members allows us to enrich the therapeutic process, fostering inclusivity and promoting personalized care tailored to each resident’s specific goals and preferences. dysphagia) resulting in recurrent aspiration pneumonia.

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Why Do Most People Receive Less Time in Hospice than Recommended?

1-800-HOSPICE

They were 37% more likely to say they needed more help with personal care. Families who said the hospice referral occurred too late were 119% more likely to express concerns about care coordination. Late referral to hospice and bereaved family member perception of quality of end-of-life care. 2005; 30: 400-407.

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Ep.4: The Top 5 Challenges the Care Industry is Facing—And How Agencies Can Respond

Home Care Pulse

And my husband and I moved to Key West in 2005, and he went to work for a certified home health agency and hospice organization down there. One of our asks was to support the Better Care Better Jobs Act that legislation would permanently increase funding for home and community based services through state’s Medicaid programs by 10%.

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Ep.4: The Top 5 Challenges the Care Industry is Facing—And How Agencies Can Respond

Home Care Pulse

And my husband and I moved to Key West in 2005, and he went to work for a certified home health agency and hospice organization down there. One of our asks was to support the Better Care Better Jobs Act that legislation would permanently increase funding for home and community based services through state’s Medicaid programs by 10%.