Hospice News
JANUARY 20, 2023
These findings suggest that there could be therapeutic benefits to expanding virtual reality programming in palliative care delivery, researchers indicated. VITAS is among the hospice and palliative providers that have integrated VR into care delivery. VR and AR represents an investment in optimizing patient care, according to Shega.
Hospice News
MARCH 14, 2024
In 2019, for example, the percentage was 66%. Social worker visits in the last days of life also rose to 9% in 2021, up from 7% in 2020. The greatest barrier to further improvement is the ever-present workforce shortage affecting the health care industry at large and hospices in particular.
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Hope Hospice
JUNE 7, 2019
The Hope Hospice and Home Health community returned to Livermore’s Del Valle Regional Park on May 4 for the ninth annual Hike for Hope, which raised more than $90,000 for Hope’s patient care and community services. The 2020 event—our Tenth Anniversary—is scheduled for May 2. Second Place: Colin Ritchie, $1,515.
Daily Nurse
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Initial reviews of patient care revealed deviations from best practice, including missed referrals, care team members initiating discussions about donation with families, and misconceptions about the donation process. A series of organ donation presentations in 2018 and 2019 provided staff education.
Hospice News
APRIL 5, 2023
A group of hospice and palliative care leaders with nursing experience established 1Care in October 2020. The company began offering services in January 2021 and currently has a census of 217 patients, 133 of whom are pediatric patients. Having manageable and sustainable growth also meant having work-life balance.
Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs
MARCH 5, 2023
Even more literature exists which details when standardised tools for handover are utilised, it improves communication and reduces errors ( Bukoh and Siah 2019 ; Forde, Coffey and Hegarty 2020 ). and to do a safety scan at the bedside if the patient has any other equipment or attachments that needed checking. 2019 Dec 20;28(3).
Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs
APRIL 23, 2023
This approach creates a sense of belonging for our colleagues’, enabling transformation of workplace cultures which in turn will transform patient care. pdf (england.nhs.uk) Rothwell C, Kehoe A, Farook S et al (2019) The Characteristics of Effective Clinical and Peer Supervision in the Workplace: A Rapid Evidence Review.
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