Hospice News

AUGUST 5, 2022

About 20% of their patients receive care in their private residence or assisted living facilities. The company also employs social workers to assist patients with psychosocial needs and offers services to address social determinants of health.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The bonus program included a one-time retention payment that ranged from $2,000 to $15,000 per employee for nurses, nurse managers, home health aides and social workers. jump from assisted living facilities. The majority of these hires were nurses, Westfall indicated. VITAS saw nursing home admissions rise 9.4%

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

They also saw a 7% decline in assisted-living facility admissions. The company has instituted a hiring and retention bonus strategy focused primarily on nurses, nurse managers, home health care aides, and social workers, which includes payments to employees ranging from $2,000 to $15,000.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2023

Board-certified in hospice and palliative medicine, Howe has more than 20 years of experience as a physician and medical director for various health care organizations in the Denver area, including a number of rehabilitation, assisted living and skilled nursing home facilities.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2022

One of the things that we’re doing also is launch our new program on social isolation and loneliness with the frail elderly. I personally have aging parents, and they live in an assisted living environment. Now, they were 2,000 miles away up until about six months ago, when which I moved them close.

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Chicago Caregiving

OCTOBER 4, 2023

With age, someone may need to live closer to family members who will help them, or a person might take on caregiving responsibilities for someone else. Stephanie Bailey is a social worker and program coordinator at the Caring For Caregivers program at Rush University Medical Center.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 20, 2023

Their social worker calls with four new referrals to begin hospice services. Take a deep breath, respect the social worker who must have reasons behind their expressed needs and wants, and dig deeper. Consider this scenario: You are an Admissions Director at a new assisted living memory care unit.

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 17, 2022

One of the primary benefits of hospice care is the ability to receive care wherever your loved one is, whether that is in your home or in the comfort of an assisted living facility. This may involve working with family members to create a home living space that is comfortable and appropriate for their loved one.

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Chicago Caregiving

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The C wing of Westminster Place , an assisted living community in Evanston, used to be a sleepy corridor with dull, mass-produced artwork. Around the same time, Jacqueline Willrich, 86, a retired French teacher at Northwestern University and social worker, also arrived at Westminster.

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AlayaCare

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Lifematters is the first choice in home care for individuals, families, doctors, nurses, social workers, hospitals, and independent- and assisted-living facilities, and has garnered recognition in these areas from local and national award programs. metropolitan area.

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Always Best Care Senior Services

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Cothran has over 18 years of experience in senior care, previously working in dining services and then as an executive director for assisted living communities in California and North Carolina. Always Best Care is one of the nation’s leading providers of non-medical in-home care and assisted living referral service.

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Chicago Caregiving

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Whether your surviving parent is moving to a studio apartment at an assisted living community, a downsized ranch, or a bedroom in your home, help them envision some of their belongings in it, says Marnie Dawson, owner of Dawson Relocation Services in Chicago. Map their new place. In my opinion, that’s what matters,” he says.

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Always Best Care Senior Services

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The Camachos have also developed a strong reputation in the community for their assisted living placement and skilled nursing services. Always Best Care is one of the nation’s leading providers of non-medical in-home care and assisted living referral service.

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Hope Hospice

MARCH 12, 2021

In honor of Social Work Appreciation Month this March, we celebrate our wonderful social work team. Most nursing facilities and assisted living communities continue to restrict visits by outsiders, except for medically essential visits or when a patient is actively dying.

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Always Best Care Senior Services

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The new business will provide award-winning in-home care and assisted living referral services throughout the Seattle Metro area. “There are a growing number of seniors in the Seattle market who want to age at home, where they’re comfortable living in familiar surroundings.

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Always Best Care Senior Services

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Always Best Care is one of the nation’s leading providers of non-medical in-home care and assisted living referral services, with skilled home health care in limited markets.

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AlayaCare

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

You could even segment this list by target referral sources in each part of the senior living and senior care spectrum. For example, you could list your preferred hospice provider or an award-winning assisted living facility in your area. You can also think outside the box when it comes to potential referral sources.

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AlayaCare

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

You could even segment this list by target referral sources in each part of the senior living and senior care spectrum. For example, you could list your preferred hospice provider or an award-winning assisted living facility in your area. You can also think outside the box when it comes to potential referral sources.

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Always Best Care Senior Services

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Always Best Care is one of the nation’s leading providers of non-medical in-home care and assisted living referral services, with skilled home health care in limited markets.

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Always Best Care Senior Services

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Always Best Care is one of the nation’s leading providers of non-medical in-home care and assisted living referral services, with skilled home health care in limited markets.

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Always Best Care Senior Services

JANUARY 18, 2023

Always Best Care is one of the nation’s leading providers of non-medical in-home care and assisted living referral service. The company delivers its services through an international network of more than 225 independently owned and operated franchise territories throughout the United States and Canada.

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Seasons Hospice

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Hospice care is generally available to individuals diagnosed with a terminal illness and a prognosis of six months or less to live, as certified by a physician. It is not restricted by age, and patients can receive hospice care in various settings, including their own homes, assisted living facilities, or hospice centers.

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Chicago Caregiving

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Caregivers in these stories frequently mentioned the value of talking to someone, often a service provider or social worker, who understands their situation or [of sharing] stories with other caregivers. But it is not just about getting information and services.

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 30, 2023

Most patients do not view this as giving up, but as coming to peace with their prognosis and deciding to live the best possible life for the time that remains. These professionals are available to patients around-the-clock, but they are not necessarily staffed at a patient’s home or care facility twenty-four hours a day.

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GeriPal

APRIL 27, 2023

Attendee 14: I am most hopeful that as palliative caregivers, we will continue to authentically welcome the voices of our interprofessional team members, chaplains, social workers, and so we have true interprofessional collaboration. Attendee 15: And so I’m most hopeful for our younger generation so that I can retire.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

By setting, so patients who are living in places like nursing homes and assisted living facilities, where it’s easier to visit very quickly patient to patient, as opposed to home-based care for people say in rural areas. I just want to highlight some work.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

These one-time retention bonuses are designed to fortify the company’s clinical teams, including licensed nurses, nurse managers, home health aides and social workers. Pennant is also starting to see occupancy rates improve among its skilled nursing and assisted living referral partners. .

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

And these care navigator, they can be community health worker with just 12 years of education. They can be a- Diane: Social worker. Malaz: Social worker, anybody. So you can go to skilled facility for short rehab- But if you are permanently living in a nursing home. If you are independent living, yes.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

I’m a geriatrically trained social worker and it was my grandmother. Here’s a Meals on Wheels handout and here’s a fall prevention handout, and we don’t have a social worker. Susan: “…I want to live independently. Greg: Yeah, great question. I got into this 31 years ago.

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 25, 2023

Hospital residential care assisted living, nursing facilities resident. You need to, and, and to say, well, you know, you can talk to the social worker anytime or you can talk to our chaplain anytime. If you’re really a, a healthcare worker is really struggling. They’re not gonna do that.

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Home Care Pulse

MAY 16, 2023

So before we became accredited by, with the Joint Commission in their home care program, we were already receiving referrals from local physicians, nurses, social workers, discharge planners, at a number of different healthcare systems in the area. Brett Ringold ( 08:11 ): Yeah, absolutely.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

Eric: So before we talk about improving… So first of all, we just had a podcast not too long ago on assisted living facilities, so it seems very timely. For example, bachelor’s degrees for social workers. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Jasmine. Jasmine: Thank you. Happy to be here, Alex.

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