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Assisted Living and Addiction

Chicago Caregiving

Tips for navigating assisted living options when your loved one has addiction About 1 million adults aged 65 and older in the U.S. Addiction can be a big problem for older adults heading into assisted living facilities. It’s rare to find an assisted living facility that offers rehabilitation options.

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End-of-Life Doulas’ Growing Value Proposition in Hospice

Hospice News

Collins is also a certified hospice and palliative care nurse and end-of-life doula. Other health care providers, upstream of hospice, are also engaging doula services as well, such as assisted living and skilled nursing facilities, she said. There’s a huge variety even within the scope of what makes a doula who they are.

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EdenHill Senior Living Communities Starts In-House Hospice Business

Hospice News

The senior living operator launched the new business line to ease care transitions and improve care collaboration, according to Rachel Clark, hospice director of EdenHospice. The EdenHospice team includes a hospice physician, director of nursing, chaplain, social worker, aides and volunteers.

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Documenting Caregiver Experiences

Chicago Caregiving

Evanston-based anthropologist Rebecca Berman, PhD, spoke with nearly 30 caregivers about their experiences, asking each person about how they became a caregiver, how they find resources, and what they wish society better understood. Caregiving Magazine : What compelled you to explore caregivers’ experiences?

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

This model will give participating programs a per-member-per-month payment to offer care management, care coordination, and other services such as caregiver training, disease education, and respite. Malaz: One day I was in internal medicine residency and I had to take care of a patient who was admitted from a nursing home with dementia.

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GeriPal Special: Hopes and Worries for Hospice and Palliative Care

GeriPal

Attendee 11: I am hopeful that the model of care that we deliver is what our patients and their caregivers want, need and deserve. We need good nurse practitioners. Alex: Nursing homes. Eric: [funny blooper] No, that was my first question too, was that my first question? I’m losing track. We need good Docs.

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Lifematters Selects AlayaCare as a Home Care Software Partner

AlayaCare

Lifematters employs more than 1,500 caregivers across the mid-Atlantic region in Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C., offering a full range of in-home services, from home care, to skilled nursing services, to highly-specialized care for chronic diseases.

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