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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. According to statistics cited in the study, 23% of hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries were discharged to a post-acute care facility in 2013.

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Limited Access to Post-Acute Care Fuels Readmission Rates

Hospice News

For the Health Affairs study, researchers examined 30-day readmission rates for Medicare patients who had been hospitalized between 2013 and 2019 for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia. Researchers included a recommendation that CMS take community characteristics into account when evaluating hospital performance. .

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New CMOs for Hospice of the Chesapeake, Care Synergy; HopeWest Taps New VP

Hospice News

She has also presented and published literature on the different types of supportive services, including palliative, hospice, acute and post-acute care. Fetzer was previously associate medical director at Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care, now part of the AMITA Health system. Jarecki announced his retirement last year.

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Hospice Length of Stay: Balancing Patient Needs Against Regulatory Compliance

Hospice News

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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Setting up a National Community of Practice for Internationally Educated Professional Nurse Advocates

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Research has highlighted that regular restorative clinical supervision (RCS) offers significant health benefits to healthcare professionals and supports retention ( Davenport, 2013 ; Wallbank, 2010 ). Group members collectively agreed the definition of IEN to be culturally and linguistically diverse nurses who trained overseas or in the UK.

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SCM – Life-long Learning

Palliverse

Time for reflection was provided when I presented my findings to tutors and this also involved review of video footage of assessments. They would all come back together to present their information to each other. In 2013, when I engaged with online learning companies I was quoted $ 100,000 for the production of four 15-minute modules.

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Global Partners in Care Program Fosters International Collaboration on Palliative Care

Hospice News

In 2013, CHC won the Global Partnership Award presented for a model partnership that others should look at.” Under the NHPCO umbrella, the Center for Hospice Care became a partner in the program in 2008, Ahern said. “It Title transfer In 2014, based on input from leaders of U.S.-based