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Normalcy, Introspection, & the Experience of Serious Illness: Bill Gardner, Juliet Jacobsen, and Brad Stuart

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He spent a long time as hospice medical director and he founded a national model of care that many of our listeners will be familiar with, AIM, which stands for the Advanced Illness Management program, which has influenced CMS policy. ” Somebody in the comments on their blog response said, “Did you check the date?

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How Hospice Supports Families

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On the other hand, the trend of more Americans dying at home also presents challenges for families that we may have not seen for a century. Hospice Supports Families as Well as Patients. In 1984, there were only 31 Medicare-certified home hospice agencies. Caregiver Education in Hospice. 24/7 On-call Hospice Nurse.

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The Ask-Tell-Ask Approach in Four Steps

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Doctors Isaac and Curtis presented this approach as a remedy for challenges in patient care being revealed by current research: The majority of patients in advanced disease states want to know their life expectancy, but only a minority of patients recall having such conversations with their doctors. Journal of the American Geriatric Society.

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How your home care agency can get started with a referral marketing program

AlayaCare

For example, you could list your preferred hospice provider or an award-winning assisted living facility in your area. This could lead to community panel discussions, joint presentations, and cross-company in-services. Start by making a list of each potential business that could refer a patient or resident to you.

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How your home care agency can get started with a referral marketing program

AlayaCare

For example, you could list your preferred hospice provider or an award-winning assisted living facility in your area. Senior and geriatric advisors. This could lead to community panel discussions, joint presentations, and cross-company in-services. This blog was written by Jennifer Lagemann of Home Care Pulse.

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Palliative Care Nursing: Podcast with Betty Ferrell about ELNEC

GeriPal

Hospice visits? He is a palliative care physician at the Durham VA Medical Center in Duke and blogs on Substack at Notes from a Family Meeting. I feel like there are similar features of how it presents for both patients and providers when they’re dealing with this issue and that they can’t even put a label on too.

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Ambivalence in Decision-Making: A Podcast with Joshua Briscoe, Bryanna Moore, Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby & Olubukunola Dwyer

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He is a palliative care physician at the Durham VA Medical Center in Duke and blogs on Substack at Notes from a Family Meeting. I feel like there are similar features of how it presents for both patients and providers when they’re dealing with this issue and that they can’t even put a label on too. Josh: Thank you, you all.