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How Hospices Are Diversifying Their Services in 2024

Hospice News

About 16% of the survey respondents indicated plans to start palliative care programs this year, a decline from 56% of respondents in 2023. Participants are typically those certified by a state to require nursing level of care (which can be home-based), and need assistance with certain activities of daily life (ADLs).

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HSPN ELEVATE: The Common Thread Linking Documentation, Satisfaction, and Revenue Protection

Hospice News

This discussion took place on September 7, 2023 during the Hospice News ELEVATE Conference. PPS score, the prognostic statement, the disease progression, the ADLs, whatever it was, it was missing one or a multiple of those. This article is sponsored by nVoq. The article below has been edited for length and clarity.

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Ep.17: How Home Care Agencies Can Reduce Hospital Readmissions

Home Care Pulse

Is this a, a safe home environment or this client to live in, you know, a thorough fall risk, but really a good look around the home and, you know, how can they do their ADLs? Laura Coyle ( 07:01 ): You know, they are going in at the start of care, looking at the home. Are they safe? Do they need any equipment?