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7 Proven Ways to Improve Your Hospice CAHPS Scores

Hospice Nurse Hero

Similarly, you should always call the family of your nursing home patients to inform them about their loved one’s pain control. Also, nurse supervisors can share survey scores and comments with the hospice IDG. Do you regularly call the family members of your nursing home patients? Embrace Negative Feedback.

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New Prognostic Models for Older Adults: Alex Lee, James Deardorff, Sei Lee

GeriPal

James: Definitely not-. Eric: Yeah, this is definitely… If you grew up in the ’80s, this is the slow dancing song. Most of them are dealing with older adults with dementia who are living in the nursing home or have severe dementia. Eric: I love… I actually just went to New Order and Pet Shop Boys.

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Managing Urinary Symptoms and UTI’s in Older Adults

GeriPal

First, we talk with Christine, a researcher and geriatrician from the University of North Carolina, who recently published a JAGS article titled Overdiagnosis of urinary tract infections by nursing home clinicians versus a clinical guideline. Imagine you receive a telephone call from the nursing home about the following resident.

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5 Ways to Support the Nurse-Caregiver Relationship

Home Care Pulse

In the CDC’s latest National Nursing Home Survey, 49% of CNA respondents indicated that they chose the career because they enjoy helping people. COVID-19 is a definite contributor to that statistic, as nursing assistants were asked to increase working hours to cover the increase in patient and client volume.