Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2024

HopeHealth provides home care, hospice, palliative and dementia care, as well as caregiver and grief support services. I started advocating pretty early on that I thought it would be really beneficial to form a separate, dedicated team of nurses, physicians, social workers and chaplains to take part in this care.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

In addition to being a palliative and hospice RN, she is the Executive Director for Goodwin Hospice , a large non-profit hospice that added end-of-life doula care to their services in collaboration with Jane and John’s doula organization, Present for You. Jane, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Jane: Thank you for having me. John: Yeah.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

I love this survey because it is mostly of physicians, which physicians are doing the lion’s share of the palliative care work here, but what you say you’re comfortable doing for depression care might not dovetail with what a psychologist or social worker would do in the context of depression care. We have a social worker.”

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AT Home Care & Hospice

APRIL 25, 2023

A multidisciplinary team can include your doctor, spiritual counselor, social worker, and bereavement counselor to name a few. Three of these services in particular include social work, bereavement, and chaplain services. Fortunately, a number of counseling services are readily available to individuals requiring long term care.

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Comforcare Home Care

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

RNs, LPNs, Social Workers and Certified Case Managers - will receive 1 continuing education credit. Dr. Heather McKay, Occupational Therapist and Dementia Care Specialist will present this informative webinar designed to improve sleep for people with dementia and their caregivers. Please register today: [link].

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

If we look at some of the decks and slide presentations on the Medicare Advantage carve-in, going back to 2018, it’s the same information, and we’re still talking about impacting change. We want to impact the lives of not just our patients, families, not just the other caregivers, but our team members.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Basically, there are gaps in need, and that both presents an opportunity for entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship. These conditions also put a burden on family caregivers, just as many medical ailments do. I think that’s going to be a continuing area of focus.” The United States has an estimated 8.4

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Traditions Health

MAY 1, 2023

Caring for Someone with ALS Caring for someone with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) can be a challenging experience for even the most concerned and diligent of caregivers. When to Seek Help Caring for someone with ALS often presents many challenges for the patient’s primary caregiver.

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Traditions Health

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

However, it is important to be vigilant and ask your loved one’s physician about hospice when these signs are present, because the earlier a patient begins receiving this care, the better their quality of life can be. For example, volunteers are available to provide companionship and social support in various ways.

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AJN Off the Charts

JANUARY 17, 2023

Some people with PTSD have poor support networks with few, if any, caregivers due to histories of relational stress or social isolation. Ask if they would like a safe family member or friend to be present. Be present and attentive. Poor support networks and other factors.

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Chicago Caregiving

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Around the same time, Jacqueline Willrich, 86, a retired French teacher at Northwestern University and social worker, also arrived at Westminster. With so many distractions in day-to-day lives — the steady stream of news, for example — working with the brush or camera keeps the artist focused solely in the present moment of creation.

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AlayaCare

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The social workers and nurses you interact with may get busy, and they may also interact with your competitors. This could lead to community panel discussions, joint presentations, and cross-company in-services. Bring evidence and tangible successes that you’ve brought to clients. How is your home care agency saying hello?

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AlayaCare

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The social workers and nurses you interact with may get busy, and they may also interact with your competitors. This could lead to community panel discussions, joint presentations, and cross-company in-services. Bring evidence and tangible successes that you’ve brought to clients. How is your home care agency saying hello?

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The Bucket-List Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Therefore, most stories are in the present tense. Sally came on Tuesdays and Kelly Fitch, his hospice social worker, visited on Thursdays. Our stories about meaningful experiences are written as they unfold. Some of the patients in these stories are no longer with us.

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Daily Nurse

AUGUST 31, 2023

You may have pets, elderly parents, a partner or spouse, and children, which means you’re also a caregiver at home. You may be involved in a faith community or a volunteer organization that provides fulfillment and social connection. As you read this, you might already be picturing colleagues past and present who fit the bill.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Additionally, I draw on my own personal experience as a caregiver to my older adult father, which started when I was twelve. He was in his early 60s when I was born, and he suffered a stroke in 1989, which threw our family into the post-acute medical care space and encouraged me to take on a caregiving role.

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The Bucket-List Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Teresa immediately spoke with Heather Randall, a social worker, about Nancy’s situation. Kylie Randall, daughter of social worker Heather Randall, donated makeup application. Together, they offered Nancy the opportunity to have her wedding at the Center.

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The Bucket-List Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Therefore, most stories are in the present tense. We created a video for social media featuring the song and put out a public call for help with the digitizing project. Shaunna Patton, a social worker with Caretenders at the time, connected us with Pastor B.J. Some of the patients in these stories are no longer with us.

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Chicago Caregiving

DECEMBER 14, 2022

You don’t need any assistance and can meet all of your retirement dreams and travel everywhere,” says Sarah Jackson, a social worker with North Shore Senior Center in Northfield. . You’re thrust into a caregiving role earlier than expected. . At 55, Carey finds herself in a caregiving role. . Keep connected.

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 23, 2023

Since hospice care is usually provided in the home, a loved one may still be involved as the primary caregiver, with guidance and support provided by professional medical staff on the hospice care team. In addition, home care aides may also be present to assist with personal care services such as bathing and grooming.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Today we have a star-studded lineup, including Lexy Torke of Indiana University, who discusses her RCT of a chaplaincy intervention for surrogates of patients in the ICU , published in JPSM and plenary presentation at AAHPM/HPNA. It meets in-person, once a month, over nine sessions. Because what are the unintended consequences of the answer?

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Chicago Caregiving

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Beth Spencer, 73, a recently retired social worker who lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with her 90-year-old husband, is grappling with similar feelings during this typically challenging Midwestern winter. I tell them we all have to stay in the present moment and do our best to keep ourselves occupied and connect with other people.”.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

MARCH 2, 2022

So, when the survey asks about pain control, the “caregiver” is the one answering the question. Hopefully, you can see how important it is for you to communicate with the caregiver. Ask the caregiver if they feel their loved one’s pain has been was controlled. Were there red flags or warning signs present?

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Alex: And a voice that will be very familiar to our listeners, a dynamic and enthusiastic social worker in palliative care at the San Francisco VA, Anne Kelly. It might be a hired caregiver, it might be a social worker in the community or other person who may not identify with that word friend or family.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Dani and Kery present three steps for interacting with an angry patient: Look within: What is this anger bringing up in me? It’s just so interesting the myriad of ways that this can present in our behavior when we neglect to just look within. Dani: Yeah, so the way you presented was triggering to them. Keri: Yeah.

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Shining Light Hospice

JANUARY 6, 2022

Symptoms present as hand weakness or loss of hand and finger dexterity. The hospice team typically includes a Physician, Nurses, Aides, Social Worker, and a Chaplain. The highly skilled team of hospice caregivers can help provide the comfort and care aimed to help relieve the effects of these symptoms. Spinal Onset.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This model will give participating programs a per-member-per-month payment to offer care management, care coordination, and other services such as caregiver training, disease education, and respite. There’s a book called The 36-hour day for dementia caregivers. They can be a- Diane: Social worker. Malaz: I love it.

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Hospice News

MARCH 2, 2023

Are there ways for providers to enhance the support they offer to families and caregivers to ensure that their efforts and contributions to the patient’s care are sustainable? I think that as a nation we don’t value caregivers in a way that would make it easier on them. I think that is really difficult.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

I’m a geriatrically trained social worker and it was my grandmother. All of them offer the same array of services, really emphasizing social determinants of health and preventive services like falls prevention, chronic disease, self-management, caregiver training. Do you have a caregiver in the house who might need?”

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GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Well, as a kick off to this year’s first in-person State of the Science plenary, held in conjunction with the closing Saturday session of the AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly, 3 randomized clinical trials were presented. Then we looked also a little bit long-term at three and six months, and we also looked at caregiver outcomes. Eric: Okay.

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Living With Hospice

AUGUST 26, 2020

Every once in while, we discover that a dear friend or family member is cast into the role of being a caregiver for someone who is in an end of life situation. In this episode, Mitch Ware explains the importance of helping out our caregiver friends, and offers several ways to do so tactfully. " I'm not a social worker.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 27, 2023

Laura has a team of over 40 administrative staff and 400 caregivers providing over 9,000 hours of service per week in the community. Our caregivers, of course, can do those medication reminders. What is that caregiver looking for and what does she need to do? That is incredible. Thank you both for joining us.

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Shining Light Hospice

DECEMBER 30, 2021

To keep them safe, they will need a full-time caregiver. Speech may or may not be present. The hospice team may consist of an attending physician, an RN case manager, a home health aide, a chaplain, and a social worker. Caregiver Support Caregivers of patients with Dementia/Alzheimer’s may feel overwhelmed at times.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

A lot of times we, unfortunately, had to eat a lot of the reimbursement because we had to switch them to a routine level of care, even if they were in our inpatient unit, while our social work team worked on placement issues or they worked on caregiver issues. They worked on things like that. It’s tremendously painful.

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The Nurse Break

DECEMBER 23, 2022

As was to be the case throughout the disaster, communication was a real problem, and the only way we had any idea of the magnitude of what was unfolding, was from the paramedics and public that presented. Many of the public who presented with ‘minor’ injuries had just lost everything. All were absorbed into the charcoal faced crowd.

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Home Care Pulse

MAY 16, 2023

Caregivers have at least three years of tenure, and nearly one out of four caregivers have worked with a long-term companion for at least five years. So we’re coming to really validate all the things that the caregivers are gonna be providing, not a clinical assessment. Today, almost half of a long-term companion’s.

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 25, 2023

I, I think people are a lot more open to that idea of somebody who’s not healthcare affiliated being present. You need to, and, and to say, well, you know, you can talk to the social worker anytime or you can talk to our chaplain anytime. If you’re really a, a healthcare worker is really struggling.

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