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Navigating the World of Long-Term Care: A Guide for Nurses

Minority Nurse

In the vast and varied landscape of healthcare careers, long-term care is sometimes overlooked. What is Long-term Care? Long-term care (LTC) refers to a range of services to meet a person’s health or personal care needs for an extended period.

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Canada’s New Long-Term Care Standards- Accountability & Risk Management on a Mission

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

This was in the 80s, before Long-Term Care (LTC) Standards were anywhere near what they are now. This call from leaders includes Ontario’s scathing Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission Interim report.[1] I was a post-RN student in the BScN program at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario.

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Breaking news I want to hear

The World According to Dr. El

While I agree with what I read of the quoted report (I got about 400 pages in and then my flight landed), I wish for news that offers encouragement and support for weary long-term care providers. Innovation Center establishes ‘Family Caregiver School’ to improve collaboration between families and healthcare providers”.

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Strategies to improve workforce participation

The World According to Dr. El

With worker shortages at critical levels, long-term care leaders are undoubtedly looking for creative solutions to their staffing woes. Supporting caregiving responsibilities. Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D., To contact her for speaking engagements, visit her at EleanorFeldmanBarbera.com.

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Antipsychotic medication reduction and the severely mentally ill population

The World According to Dr. El

President Biden’s State of the Union address last week targeted several aspects of the long-term care industry, most of which have received more attention than his mention of reducing the inappropriate use of antipsychotic medications. Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.,

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Stuck in the Middle: The Sandwich Generation

Boca Home Care Services

They can coordinate any home care needs your parents may need, especially when you are not living in the same city. As the president of the Florida Private Care Association, we represent nurse registries who refer caregivers (privatecare.org). I have seen the value of an aging care manager. Copyright © 2021 Jewish Link.

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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

GeriPal

He wants to know what do you guys think about the effect of private equity on hospice and long-term care? I actually wrote a blog post about this when we were a blog. We were a blog? I’m most proud that when we started the blog, there was some tension between Geriatrics and Palliative care.