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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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A Day in the Life: Hospice Nurse  

Daily Nurse

No, I’ve done long-term care for most of my nursing career. In long-term care, I did a lot of end-of-life care, even though patients weren’t necessarily in hospice. However, there was a learning curve from long-term care to hospice. What are your greatest rewards in your work?

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Love your SNF partners: A 2024 perspective

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

The observations this year have come with an awareness of how sibling love presents in the Kinder family. Oh dear, she gets it honest, and it took me back to one of my early Rehab Realities blogs. Every so often as a blog writer you have this magical moment where the ideas just flow. She then lets out a loud “ Goggins !”

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Spring refresh: Top of license practice

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Springtime presents an opportune moment for therapists to revisit and refine their use of standardized testing tools, ensuring that they are aligned with the latest clinical guidelines and best practices. Renee Kinder, MS, CCC-SLP, RAC-CT, serves as the Executive Vice President of Clinical Services for Broad River Rehab. Have a column idea?

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The exhaustion epidemic

The World According to Dr. El

I was tempted to listen to the STAT News event, “The exhaustion epidemic: Examining the COVID-19 burnout crisis in health care ,” while lying prone on the couch. Instead, I took notes and considered how this hospital-heavy analysis might apply to the long-term care industry. They also had advice for healthcare leaders.

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Finding your PAC

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Last week we as an industry saw RTI International release a report titled: CMS Report to Congress: Unified Payment for Medicare-Covered Post-Acute Care Analysis and Development of the Prototype Unified PAC Prospective Payment System Called for in the IMPACT Act. Is UPAC a new term to you? Let’s start with some background here.