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Navigating Difficult Family Caregiving Conversations

American In-Home Care

To help families navigate difficult caregiving conversations with older parents, American, Advocate and Whitsyms In-Home Care share the following recommendations. Talk Early and Often About the Future Have conversations frequently about planning for future care needs.

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Transforming care delivery with AI-powered scheduling 

AlayaCare

Despite the increasing demands and new challenges that home care agencies are facing, ensuring that clients receive the best possible care remains paramount for all caregivers. Preserving care continuity Continuity of care plays a vital role in driving positive health for clients.

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What You Need to Know About Parkinson’s and In-Home Care

Comfort Home Care

Receiving a diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease is a life-altering event not only for the individual diagnosed but also for their family. At Comfort Home Care , we understand the impact that Parkinson’s Disease can have on families. The caregivers have been fully vetted and have all their certifications.

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Rural Providers Weigh Telehealth Investment Against Regulatory Uncertainty

Hospice News

The TelePC program has increased care collaboration between Providence and the patients’ other providers, including family caregivers. It has also reduced travel time for the palliative care team and curbed unnecessary patient transfers and recurring hospitalizations.

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Preventing Burnout Among Palliative Care Employees

Hospice News

Clinicians face relatively high rates of burnout “due to the secondary trauma and emotional exhaustion that develops from working with death and dying daily,” Aprille Waldrop, social services manager for Florida-based Hospice of Health First told Palliative Care News.

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4 growth strategies for home care agencies according to industry experts

AlayaCare

“When agencies are putting a lot of thought in the process of recruiting and retaining that workforce, they are seeing an expansion…a lot of agencies are also being very creative, thoughtful and offering support services to their care associates, and by doing this they’re retaining their caregivers. They need partners.

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4 growth strategies for home care agencies according to industry experts

AlayaCare

lot of agencies are also being very creative, thoughtful and offering support services to their care associates, and by doing this they’re retaining their caregivers. When the trusted advisor is happy, the caregiver starts to share their story. 3 – Technology and artificial intelligence allows us to get more caregivers.