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HopeHealth’s Dr. Leah McDonald Sees ‘System-Wide Embedding’ of Palliative Skills

Hospice News

In May 2023 McDonald was added to a pilot program at The Miriam Hospital that combines palliative care and emergency medical services. The United States is seeing this growing aging population that has high-care needs. The biggest need is how we appropriately transition people’s care outside of the hospital setting.

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How Hospices Are Diversifying Their Services in 2024

Hospice News

If you decide to pursue another opportunity, you may have massive exposure in terms of sustainability.” About 16% of the survey respondents indicated plans to start palliative care programs this year, a decline from 56% of respondents in 2023.

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The Caregiver’s Journey

Chicago Caregiving

This includes health insurance, long-term care policies, veterans’ benefits, and disability insurance. Employers — yours or your loved one’s — may offer caregiver support, such as access to social workers. Originally published in the Summer/Fall 2023 print issue.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

And these care navigator, they can be community health worker with just 12 years of education. They can be a- Diane: Social worker. Malaz: Social worker, anybody. So a dozen state, they have to be trained obviously, and they have to be able to provide the comprehensive dementia care model.

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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. This was presented back in Tampa at a post-acute long-term care conference earlier this year, where we looked at the ability of speech recognition to drive down Medicare denials of claims. This article is sponsored by nVoq.

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

Home Care Pulse

So whether that’s, you know, skilled nursing, physical therapy, social worker, speech therapists, all different modalities that we work closely with, which is really important factor. And there absolutely may be with long-term care insurance, with Medicare Advantage opportunities, with va, with Medicaid.