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Long-Term Care Insurance and Senior In-Home Care

Freedom Home Care and Medical Staffing

As individuals and families plan for the future, one crucial consideration is the potential need for long-term care. Aging, illness, or disability can lead to a reduced ability to perform everyday tasks independently, requiring assistance and support. The care must also be longer than 3-months to quality.

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U.S. Senate Takes Up Supporting Our Seniors Act

Hospice News

have introduced a bill that would establish a national committee to study long-term care in the United States. . Patients in nursing homes on average were in hospice for 109 days of care in 2019, compared to 95 days among those receiving services in a private residence and 161 days in assisted living.

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

Home Care Pulse

Share: We’re Home Care Pulse, a leading provider of experience management & surveys, caregiver/CNA training, and online reputation management. Hundreds of home care agencies across North America have shared their business data with us, and we’re making their industry secrets public. Home care providers experienced 7.3%

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Regulatory Focus in Hospice Giving Buyers Pause in M&A Deals

Hospice News

The level of Medicare audit activity has increased, with a particular focus on long stay hospice patients and hospice patients who reside in long-term care and [assisted living] facilities,” Young told Hospice News in an email. We have been, and continue to be, very selective with our hospice acquisitions.”.

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Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

GeriPal

If you develop dementia, odds are you will spend the last months to years of your life in a nursing home or assisted living facility. Ruth: Decision-making processes, we saw the lower nursing homes tended to have a clear process for advanced care planning and for decision making to include families in an informed decision.

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Ep.16: 5 Ways to Reduce Employee Turnover

Home Care Pulse

We wanna make sure that we’re sharing some really great information with everybody. I know so many like assisted living locations that are not at full capacity, even though they have a wait list to get in cuz they don’t have enough staff. So it’s got a long name, but the study was really powerful.

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Ep.11: How the Social Determinants of Health Can Help Post-Acute Care Businesses Overcome Workforce Shortages

Home Care Pulse

Amanda Sternklar ( 00:44 ): Dr. Schwartz has spent the last two decades in long-term care serving several roles, including direct care case management, researcher, and policy analyst. Dr. Schwartz is a nationally recognized expert on quality and assisted living and workforce issues in long-term care.