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Palliative Researcher Oliver: Family Caregivers Are Also Patients

Hospice News

In many instances, hospices will not be able to provide care if patients lack the support of a family caregiver. Louis, is currently researching behavioral interventions to enhance the lives of caregivers for family members with advanced illnesses. You’ve personally been a caregiver yourself.

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Establishing Boundaries as a Caregiver: Making Room for Privacy

Home Sweet Home In-Home Care

Maintain your privacy to create great boundaries as a caregiver. The need for privacy that began then may become overshadowed when providing care for someone else. Yet it’s still extremely important to be able to separate yourself both physically and mentally from your caregiving role to take time for yourself.

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Adult, PACE, Palliative Centers Unveiled Amid Hospice Closures

Hospice News

Empath’s New Adult Day Center Empath LIFE has opened a new adult day center in Tampa, Florida, which will also provide caregiver education and respite services, among others. The LIFE program is a member of Florida-based nonprofit post-acute care provider Empath Health. The hospice’s W.

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Understanding Parkinson’s Disease

Comfort Home Care

They are encouraging practitioners, Parkinson’s caregivers like Comfort Home Care, and loved ones to share their support on social media using #Take6ForPD. There are several things caregivers and families can do to support their loved ones. But it doesn’t have to be.

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Do You Need to Learn Hospice GIP Documentation? [Expert Tips]

Hospice Nurse Hero

Caregiver Not Skilled to Provide Care : GIP care may be necessary when caregivers cannot adequately meet the patient’s needs. Respite care is not the same as GIP. Caregiver Relief: GIP is NOT respite care. has specific requirements for GIP care.

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Nurses Making a Difference, Touching Lives, and Changing the World 

Daily Nurse

Nurses touch lives in schools, summer camps, occupational health, research, home health, hospice, public health, dialysis, urgent care, ambulatory surgery, case management, etc. The family caregivers of a patient dying of pancreatic cancer would not be able to have their loved one in the home without the attention of a hospice nurse.

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

Hospice News

Khai Nguyen: As a National Medical Director at CHAP, I draw from the clinical experiences I’ve been so fortunate to have as a geriatrician, mostly in the community care setting. Additionally, I draw on my own personal experience as a caregiver to my older adult father, which started when I was twelve.