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‘It’s Where We’re at Right Now’: US Prison System Struggling to Keep Up with Growing Need for Palliative Care

Hospice News

Individuals in prison environments often have limited access to palliative care services, making these patients among the hardest to reach for providers. Labor pressures amid growing demand represent the largest barriers in terms of both limited staffing volumes and high workforce costs. They didn’t have a specific nurse for them.

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What the 7 Most Shocking Home Care Trends Mean for the Industry in 2022

Home Care Pulse

– Trend #4: Agency Owners Are Still Worried About COVID-19—Making 2021 the First Year it Ranks as One of Their Top Threats. Trend #4: Agency Owners Are Still Worried About COVID-19—Making 2021 the First Year it Ranks as One of Their Top Threats. Unlock the most comprehensive data on the private duty home care industry.

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Demystifying the Role of HHS and ASPE in Guiding Federal Aging Policy and Priorities with Dr. Tisamarie Sherry

GeriPal

This office is tasked with providing aging policy research and recommendations within ASPE, including long term care and the National Alzheimer’s Project Act. We also touch briefly on topics discussed in prior podcasts such as loneliness and federal responses to the pandemic in relation to long-term care.

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

GeriPal

Imagine that you are the medical director of a large (>150 bed) nursing home. Two-thirds of the patients in the home now have COVID-19. The other physicians who previously saw patients in the nursing home are no longer coming to your facility because you have COVID positive patients. Summary Transcript Summary.