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Caring for the Caregivers: Keys for Helping Family Members in Palliative Care Roles

Hospice News

The duties of family-member caregivers may include transportation, bill paying, dressing, bathing, and other activities of daily living, in addition to medical assistance such as medication administration. As the US population ages, demand is becoming more widespread: The U.S.

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How Hospices Can Support Families Seeking ‘Green’ Burials

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growth rate by 2030, according to 2022 projections from Emergen Research. Each state has different requirements about when death certificates need to be filed and when families are able to bathe, dress and prepare their loved one for a natural burial,” Webster said. The global green funeral market reached $571.54

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How to Fix the Nursing Shortage and Address Burnout: Veteran Nurse Leader Has the Answers

Daily Nurse

So, what we anticipated with the nursing shortage coming in 2030 has hit us sooner than that. So people like certified nursing assistants or patient care techs will do many hands-on activities of daily living like bathing, dressing, and other things. They won’t be in there doing the baths as much and that type of thing.

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Two Hospices Halt Services Amid Staffing Shortages

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HHCJ’s additional services included bereavement care, as well as free medical equipment loans for wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, bath benches, bedside commodes or canes. Seniors are projected to make up 29% of Vermont’s overall population by 2030, a rise from 20.6% currently, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Home Care Pulse

Things are not getting cheaper by 2030. So then we know, do we have to target that specific caregiver to give her more education, her skill, you know, how is she bathing this client? So if we take it down to a micro level, each readmission comes at a cost of about 15,000 to $16,000 per stay. And that cost is only rising.