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Palliative Rehab?!?: Ann Henshaw, Tamra Keeney, and Sarguni Singh

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary Often podcasts meet clinical reality. That’s why we do this podcast- to address real world issues in palliative care, geriatrics, and bioethics. But rarely does the podcast and clinical reality meet in the same day. Lynn Flint, author of the NEJM perspective titled, “Rehabbed to Death,” joins Eric and I as co-host.

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How To Paint the Picture:10 Better Words to Chart

Hospice Nurse Hero

This article will outline tips and strategies to support better hospice documentation when painting the picture of decline. Requires assistance with ADLs. This can include worsening symptoms, decreased functional status, or increased dependence on ADLs. Example #1: Routine Visit (Don’t) Patient resting in bed upon arrival.

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The 5 Most Important Metrics You Need to Audit Your Agency’s Training Program

Home Care Pulse

Article Contents: – Introduction. Article Contents: Your Program Offers at Least 8 of these Basic Training Topics. Print Article. – Your Program Offers at Least 8 of these Basic Training Topics. – Your Program Includes an Above-Average Amount of Both Orientation and Ongoing Training.

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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. Welcome back to GeriPal, James. James: Thanks for having me. Sei: Howdy.

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

Home Care Pulse

Article Contents: – Introduction. Article Contents: Trend #1: The Caregiver Shortage Negatively Impacted Nearly 100% of Providers—the Worst it’s Ever Been. Stay current by ensuring you’re training your employees on the top 5 topics agencies are prioritizing: Personal care (ADLS) . Print Article. Coronavirus.

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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. Suggested Article: Hospice IDG: Top Time Wasters and How to Avoid Them. Hospice Charting Fundamentals. Let’s begin with the basics. Your documentation is the foundation for the care your patient needs from you and the interdisciplinary team.

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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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