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Canada’s New Long-Term Care Standards- Accountability & Risk Management on a Mission

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

This was in the 80s, before Long-Term Care (LTC) Standards were anywhere near what they are now. Leaders across the sector have loudly echoed the calls for change seen in media since March 2020 – when the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global pandemic.

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How CON Laws Influence Hospice Quality, Program Integrity

Hospice News

Alivia Care emerged in 2020 when Community Hospice & Palliative Care, now an affiliate, formed a larger company with a wider range of services. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, the nonprofit hospice and palliative care provider has since expanded its geographic reach across the Southeast region to include Georgia.

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What Lessons Have We Learned from the First COVID Surges? Jim Wright & Darrell Owens

GeriPal

This was the opening paragraph that I wrote in March of 2020 when introducing a podcast we did with Dr. Jim Wright , the medical director at Canterbury Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in suburban Richmond. That was his literally his life during those spring months of 2020 and it scared the hell out of me. . Jim: Thanks Alex.

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It’s back to school with final rules

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

million, or 26.5%, from February 2020 (64.6 A total of 21 million newly eligible Medicaid beneficiaries as of April 2022 enrolled under the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion program. Medicaid enrollment increased by 16.9 million) before the COVID-19 pandemic to March 2022 (80.9 Medicare: In 2021, Medicare covered 63.8

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The Rise of Malpractice Claims Against NPs

Daily Nurse

According to the Administration on Aging, in 2020, the population of 65 and older numbered 55.7 Many older Americans receive care from aging services facilities across the United States. There are currently about 14 million people receiving some form of long-term care services.

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Improving Nursing Home Quality: Jasmine Travers, Alice Bonner, Isaac Longobardi, and Mike Wasserman

GeriPal

He’s a geriatrician and Chair of Public Policy for the California Association of Long-Term Care Medicine. You were on a National Academy of Sciences committee started in 2020? Eric: On improving the quality of nursing home care. It needs to be presented in a way that they can understand. Jasmine: Yes.

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How Family Tragedy Led To Perispinal Etanercept Treatment Research

The Nurse Break

Joel was now an adult and living in full-time supported accommodation from the age of 20 years, but I see him every day and remain committed to his daily and long-term care. This world-first clinical trial was completed and published in January 2020. Broncos supporters Coralie and Joel.

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