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Calls Grow Louder for Greater Federal Support of Rural Hospices

Hospice News

It can also be more difficult to address social determinants of health needs and provide assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs) with caregiver support lagging among rural populations, providers noted. A lack of trained hospice and palliative care professionals in rural regions also presents a barrier to access.

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

GeriPal

And a lot of them never actually improve their ADLs once they’re sent to SNF. Lynn: If they need to go somewhere and receive ADL support and supportive care at the same time, there’s no mechanism to pay for that. They’re really great, the palliative care social worker and chaplain. Sarguni: Yeah.

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How Hospices Are Diversifying Their Services in 2024

Hospice News

Participants are typically those certified by a state to require nursing level of care (which can be home-based), and need assistance with certain activities of daily life (ADLs). Case in point, Virginia-based Goodwin Hospice formed a collaboration with end-of-life doula provider Present for You LLC roughly three years ago.

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HSPN ELEVATE: The Common Thread Linking Documentation, Satisfaction, and Revenue Protection

Hospice News

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. PPS score, the prognostic statement, the disease progression, the ADLs, whatever it was, it was missing one or a multiple of those.

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How To Boost Your Home Health Nursing Orientation For Free

The Productive Home Health Nurse

Home health aides – also known as HHA , (who I’ve named as the home health angels) who works very very closely with the patient to complete their ADLs, demonstrate tasks, and so much more. The MSW is interesting because they’re a discipline that you should ALWAYS offer if the patient lives alone.

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

Home Care Pulse

Is this a, a safe home environment or this client to live in, you know, a thorough fall risk, but really a good look around the home and, you know, how can they do their ADLs? And Laura dropped so many nuggets during that little presentation piece right there. Are they safe? Do they need any equipment?