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What You Need to Know About Parkinson’s and In-Home Care

Comfort Home Care

In this article, we share vital information about Parkinson’s Disease, the role in-home care can have in managing its challenges, and the qualities to seek in an in-home care provider. Eating, bathing, dressing, grooming, mobility, and toileting are crucial for maintaining health and independence.

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Long-Term Care Insurance and Senior In-Home Care

Freedom Home Care and Medical Staffing

In this article, we will delve into the realm of long-term care insurance and focus on the coverage it provides for in-home care or home health aides. For long-term care to be covered by insurance, most policy holders have to require help with at least two different ADLs or have cognitive impairment.

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The Secret is Out: Hospice Recertification Made Easy!

Hospice Nurse Hero

RECOMMENDED ARTICLE: Hospice IDG Top Time Wasters & How to Avoid Them. ADLS : dependent in all ADLs; frequently agitated; occasionally delusional. Bathing patient now requires two individuals due to heightened agitation. Scales : FAST 7B was 7A, PPS-30% was 40% ADLs MID UPPER ARM CIRCUMFERENCE: 21 was 23.

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What Services Does Hospice Care Provide for Patients and Families?

Seasons Hospice

In this article, we will delve into the various services that hospice care offers to patients and their families. Assistance with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) Hospice care also recognizes the importance of helping patients maintain a sense of independence and dignity in their daily lives.

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Hospice Documentation What You Need to Know

Hospice Nurse Hero

Related Article: 3 Common Mistakes Hospice Nurses Make and How to Avoid Them. For example, you enter an order and care plan for showers, but the aide documents a bed bath was given. Then you should obtain an order to change the plan of care to bed bath and finally, update the plan of care. Hospice Charting Fundamentals.

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New Prognostic Models for Older Adults: Alex Lee, James Deardorff, Sei Lee

GeriPal

Alex Smith: Before Eric gets to the articles, tremendous title from The Onion from ’97, “World Death Rate Holding Steady at a Hundred Percent. Eric: Okay, I’m going to jump to the articles. Let’s start off with your article, James. I think mortality is the final end path. ” I love The Onion.

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Managing Urinary Symptoms and UTI’s in Older Adults

GeriPal

First, we talk with Christine, a researcher and geriatrician from the University of North Carolina, who recently published a JAGS article titled Overdiagnosis of urinary tract infections by nursing home clinicians versus a clinical guideline. So my algorithm in that article is really based off the work Van Bo et all have done.

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