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Hospice, Home Health Nurses Unionize at Oregon’s St. Charles Health System

Hospice News

The home health and hospice provider is part of the St. Charles Health System, a nonprofit that serves communities in Central Oregon. The system also operates four hospitals and several family care clinics, with 4,500 caregivers, more than 350 active medical staff and 250 visiting medical staff.

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How Workplace Violence Impacts Home Health Nurses

Nurse.com

As the demand for home healthcare grows, so does the risk of workplace violence for home health nurses. . Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that home healthcare is one of America’s fastest-growing industries, with a projected compound annual growth rate of 5% for 2014–2024, which equals approximately 760,400 new jobs.

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Who Solves the Direct Care Workforce Shortage? Family Caregivers

The Caregiving Years Training Academy

In June, my dad was discharged from the hospital and back to his apartment with home health and palliative care. When his home health nurse visited him the day after he returned home, I asked if we also could have a home health aide. “If It’s just the family caregiver who provides the care.

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Home Care Nurse or In-Home Personal Caregiver?

Freedom Home Care and Medical Staffing

Home Care Nurse or In-Home Personal Caregiver? In today’s aging society, more seniors are choosing to age in place, favoring the familiarity and comfort of their own homes over the institutional setting of assisted living or nursing facilities.

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PeaceHealth Hospice Nurses Move Forward with Strike

Hospice News

Hospice and home health nurses at PeaceHealth’s Sacred Heart Home Care Services have announced an impending strike following failed attempts to reach wage agreements in negotiations with the organization. Home care and hospice nurses at PeaceHealth have given notice that the strike will launch on Feb.

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Aging Media Network, a WTWH Healthcare Company, Announces the Frontline Honors Class of 2023

Hospice News

Introducing the Frontline Honors Class of 2023 in alphabetical order, sorted by industry: Hospice & Palliative Care Eve Conversa – Hospice Nurse Practitioner, Advocate Health/Advocate Hospice Leigh Jenks – Hospice and Palliative Care Music Therapist, Blue Ridge Hospice Mihir Kamdar – Head of Clinical Delivery, Tuesday Health Michele (..)

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Rekha Daniel-Kimani

Minority Nurse

How do you support nurses in your role? Without our clinicians and caregivers, we wouldn’t be able to execute our mission—to help people have a safe home life with comfort, independence, and dignity. I’m privileged to have fallen into the home health care industry. How long have you worked in this field?

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