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The Hospice Action Network Presents 2023 Angel Awards Honorees

NHPCO

The HAN Angel Awards were created to recognize select members of Congress on both sides of the aisle for their ongoing efforts to amplify the voices of patients, families, providers, and those advocating for the vital mission of hospice and palliative care in supporting patients and their families facing serious or life-limiting illness.

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Calls Grow Louder for Greater Federal Support of Rural Hospices

Hospice News

NHPCO penned the letter in response to a recent Congressional Hearing on Enhancing Access to Care at Home in Rural and Underserved Communities. Medicare has acknowledged the struggles of rural providers through the Home Health Rural Add-On, and this should be extended to hospice providers,” Hoover stated in the NHPCO letter.

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HSPN Palliative Care: Fireside Chat with Contessa and Netsmart

Hospice News

I have spent about 11 years total with Optum and then worked with Aspire, but now I’m currently working with Contessa and Amedisys to help support palliative care at home programs. That’s what Contessa was founded on and we’ve been able to expand on that for palliative care at home services.

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Respiratory Illness Surge: Differentiating and Treating RSV, COVID, and Flu in Children

AJN Off the Charts

While RSV, COVID, and influenza are all viral infections that cause acute respiratory symptoms, they can present with subtly different symptoms. As with influenza, most children with COVID do well with symptomatic care at home and will not require hospital admission. Escalate care.

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Making the Transition from Facility Care to Home Health Care

Traditions Health

Making the Transition from Facility Care to Home Health Care If you or a loved one receives care at a facility, at some point, you may want to get care at home instead. Patients turn to home health care for many reasons. Or perhaps they feel socially isolated in a nursing home setting.

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Nursing Roles Beyond the Bedside

Nurse.com

Presently, the most prominent factor in nurse burnout are the implications of COVID-19. Whether it’s a contained infection or a global pandemic, colleagues will look to the infection control nurse for guidance in controlling and eliminating infectious threats that may be present. What’s causing bedside nursing burnout?

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Voices: ??Dr. Khai Nguyen, National Medical Director, Geriatrician, CHAP

Hospice News

What is age-friendly care, and why is it important now? One of the significant innovations that I’m very happy to bring forward on behalf of CHAP is Age-Friendly Care at Home. Finish this sentence: “The top strategy that care providers should employ in 2022 to best prepare for 2023 is…?”.