Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

While private residences are the most frequently occurring location of care for hospice patients, long-term care facilities come in second, followed by assisted living facilities, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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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. Nearly 10% of the 1.5 Sound familiar?

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The Nurse Break

MARCH 20, 2023

This was probably my initiation into my lifelong commitment to person-centred care. Nursing Homes and Perceived Failure In between I worked as an EN in a nursing home before returning to NSW. Nursing Homes provided greater flexibility in rostering than did hospitals. What a reward!

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

In a separate study in Chest , Lauren found pre-ICU frailty was associated with post-ICU disability and new nursing home admission. We wouldn’t dream of not measuring oxygen saturation, yet function, which is highly predictive of outcomes older adults care about, many hospitals hardly measure.

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