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Ensuring Bath Safety in Nursing and Assisted Living Facilities

AT Home Care & Hospice

By: Matt Kovalchick, PT Introduction: Bath safety is a critical issue in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) and Assisted Living Facilities (ALF), where residents often face mobility or balance challenges. These limitations can unfortunately lead to falls and other incidents during what should be a private and dignified experience.

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Ensuring Bath Safety in Nursing and Assisted Living Facilities

Adobe Hospice & Home Health

By: Matt Kovalchick, PT Introduction: Bath safety is a critical issue in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) and Assisted Living Facilities (ALF), where residents often face mobility or balance challenges. These limitations can unfortunately lead to falls and other incidents during what should be a private and dignified experience.

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What To Know Before Hiring In-Home Nursing Services

Caregiver Support Services

Hiring an in-home nurse can be a game-changer for family caregivers. Here’s what to know before hiring in-home nursing services. Being honest about what you’re willing to do is crucial for maintaining your well-being and determining the type of in-home nursing services needed.

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From the Trenches: Nurse Practitioner Obiora on Where Hospice Succeeds, What Needs to Change

Hospice News

Today she is a hospice- and palliative care-certified nurse practitioner at MJHS Health System in Brooklyn. As her devotion to the field grew, she sought training to become a licensed practical nurse (LPN) before advancing in time to her nurse practitioner role. And unfortunately, those staff are no longer available.

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Nurses Holiday Survival Guide

Diversity Nursing

Being a Nurse means you will most likely have to spend a holiday or two a year working a shift. Put Your Mental Health First Nurses have a physically and emotionally exhausting job, and the emotional toll can become especially hard during the holidays. Nurses put so much of their time and energy into caring for their patients.

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Heartwarming Holiday Gifts Nurses Will Love

Daily Nurse

Many nurses are graduating around the holiday season, which means there can be a lot of crossover for holiday gifts for nurses and graduation gifts for nurses as well. Luckily, at Daily Nurse , we’ve listed some of our favorite nurse-approved presents for our ultimate gift guide.

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Incarcerated Seniors Lack Access to Hospice Care

Hospice News

A lot of times these programs are run by the incarcerated men and women, with nurses and doctors having a very small part in taking care of them.” This means they can be limited in providing end-of-life care support with things such as changing sheets or diapers, bathing or moving the dying person, he stated.