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How Palliative Care Could Help Break the SNF-to-Hospital Cycle

Hospice News

In the study, researchers present the case of an independent 87-year-old woman with moderate dementia admitted to the hospital with pneumonia. Additionally, among beneficiaries who died between 2006 and 2011, one in eight toggled between a hospital and an SNF during their final year of life, the study found.

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Valentina Obreja Left Romania with Luggage and a Dream. Now She’s an Award-winning Nurse

Daily Nurse

It’s what she told herself when she and her husband left Romania in 2006 with little more than four pieces of luggage and a dream to start a new life in the U.S. Valentina Obreja has dedicated her career to improving care for ICU patients at UCLA Health. Never give up” are three words that have defined much of Obreja’s adult life.

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Clinical Education – whose job is it anyway?

The Nurse Break

Numerous pieces of literature support the need for ongoing professional development and the positive impact that education has on quality, safety and culture (IOM, 1999; Walton & Elliot; 2006; Wu & Busch, 2019; Mlambo et al, 2021).

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3 Keys to Hospice Social Worker Recruitment and Retention

Hospice News

Moreover, data going back to 2006 show that hospices have lost more social workers than any other health care sector, according to the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University of Albany.

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Hospice News’ Top 10 Stories of 2022

Hospice News

As far back as 2006, social worker departures were more common in hospices (18%) versus any other setting, such as health clinics (9%), a study from the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University of Albany found. 3–6 Big Provider, Payer Hospice Deals.

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

Home Care Pulse

Now to tackle this big subject, we are so lucky to be joined by Kristen Wheeler, and many of you probably know her in the healthcare industry since 1990 and in home care since 2006. Kristen is currently the Executive director of Private Duty Services at NAHC. Kristen, thank you so much for joining us today.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

So IU, we have been able to convert our paper, Chris Callahan paper that was published in 2006, the first clinical trial that was positive. We present it to CMMI, to CMS, whoever will listen to us, people on The Hill. So they were still have one or two more years with them. And the MIND at Home at Hopkins. And we were in the field.

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