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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. “Painting the picture” is a phrase often used to describe the process of documenting a hospice patient’s condition. Requires assistance with ADLs. I’ll be honest.

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The Ultimate Guide to Caregiver Training in 2022

Home Care Pulse

Recognizing abnormal observations: What your caregiver decides to document can prove to be detrimental to their protection, the client’s health and safety, and your agency’s liability. Take the guessing game out of client records by clarifying which types of information your caregivers are expected to document on each caregiver visit note.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

Eric 07:41 If I remember that document, that USPSTF document, the place that had the most evidence was actually on the screening tools to use. I heard this beautiful thing the other day, which was to an electronic medical record, I am not a whole person. And this gets translated into, really, a whole person care model.

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

Home Care Pulse

Next steps are, you know, our registered nurses and you know, us in New Jersey here, we, you know, operate with registered nurses for our, you know, home health aide supervision and, and personal care. Laura Coyle ( 07:01 ): You know, they are going in at the start of care, looking at the home. Are they safe?