Hospice Advantage Solutions

OCTOBER 31, 2017

CMS has issued new Interpretive Guidelines for nursing homes which will be implemented on November 28th. Please visit this link to read the entire document. The required evaluation before writing a new PRN order entails a DIRECT examination. The required evaluation before writing a new PRN order entails a DIRECT examination.

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GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

Missouri set a very high bar, explicit written documentation that applies to this specific circumstance, which the Cruzan’s eventually cleared. But legislation can change, clinical practice can change, but I think what we’ll talk about today is how we’re now opening the door to conversations rather than legal rules and documents.

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Nurse.com

APRIL 18, 2023

According to the American Nurses Association (ANA), clear and accurate documentation is essential for safe, quality, evidence-based nursing practice. This applies across settings, for registered and advanced practice nurses alike, according to ANA’s Principles for Nursing Documentation Guidance for Registered Nurses.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 17, 2022

Services and items provided to patients in nursing homes are a particular area of risk for hospices, she said. Case in point, the skilled nursing and long-term care service provider American Senior Communities recently settled an FCA case for upwards of $5.5 Department of Justice.

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2023

DocuSign became the most efficient as far as getting consent for services and other documentation completed. Hospitals and nursing homes don’t want to get dinged for readmissions. But it’s the burden of documentation that we always have. But you lose a bit of the personal touch. Turner: Data plays an important part.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Achieving smooth coordination between hospice care and other health care settings, such as hospitals and nursing homes, is critical yet complex due to the need for seamless care transitions and clear communication. Most compliance challenges typically revolve around documentation and adherence to orders.

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Hospice News

MARCH 29, 2023

Nevertheless, longer stays continue to trigger regulatory audits and additional documentation requests. One area with room for improvement involves patients who are referred to hospice from nursing home settings where median lengths of stay have yet to recover from pre-pandemic levels, according to Allison.

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Diversity Nursing

AUGUST 3, 2023

Pay Attention to Financial Indicators: You might be in a situation where you are caring for someone in their home or a nursing home. Take their concerns seriously and document their statements appropriately. Document Thoroughly: When you suspect elder abuse, document your observations and conversations carefully.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Researchers pooled a group of nurses, home health aides, social workers and chaplains during a three-month period to examine ties between employee well-being and turnover. Alarming levels of burnout and low levels of well-being have been documented in health professionals across care settings.

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Hospice News

MAY 30, 2023

The positive outcomes of palliative care are well-documented, but it is true that person-centered, high-quality palliative care is a resource-intensive service. This is particularly true in community settings (patient homes, nursing homes, clinics) and in telehealth palliative care models, where we see an enormous amount of innovation.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 30, 2024

Document in REAL TIME!!! Managing Your Time in Facilities Hospice nurses must take care to manage their time in the nursing home. Make sure you are familiar with the nursing home codes and staff. Document in real time. Order supplies and refills while you’re still in the home. NO EXCUSES!

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Caregiver Support Services

APRIL 11, 2024

Review Relevant Documentation Once you’ve been sued for malpractice and gone through the initial steps of your case, you’ll need to know what documentation you have on file relative to the case. Written documentation like charts and treatment plans are critical pieces of evidence in malpractice cases.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. Mobile technology is not just used for documentation, but it’s really an integrated workflow for the caregiver at the bedside.

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AlayaCare

JUNE 28, 2022

Based on this discussion, we’ve developed a free tip sheet to help your home care organizations and healthcare providers work through improving your care plans. Let’s dive into how to make and improve a health care plan and how it can improve your home care agency, nursing home, or business.

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AlayaCare

JUNE 29, 2022

Based on this discussion, we’ve developed a to help your home care organizations and healthcare providers work through improving your care plans. Let’s dive into how to make and improve a health care plan and how it can improve your home care agency, nursing home, or business. A care workflow.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. My role was more than just teaching clinicians how to document patient visits. Fast forward to years later, I have found my calling. Change is inevitable.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

While nearly 80% of people say they want to die at home , only 20% do. Believe it or not, many people still end up dying in acute care settings or nursing homes. However, as a home hospice nurse, you are more likely to perform death visits in the patient’s personal residence or nursing home.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

What we have seen over the years, because I can tell you, starting out 30 years ago or somewhere around there, as even going out to calling on physicians and nursing homes and saying, “Please give us early referrals, please give us early referrals,” just hasn’t happened in 30 years. For me, that’s a huge win.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The example I give is, if you’ve ever walked into a nursing home, or where there’s an activity happening for a group of people with dementia, that is a little depressing to me. A lot of times family members or staff in nursing homes say that, “I’m burnt out, so I don’t have the energy.”

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

There’s not even a place in most medical records to document that. That assumes that you have somebody at home who’s willing and able to take care of you. And if we don’t make that happen, those patients end up in the hospital or they end up in nursing homes. What were your impressions of that document?

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Nurse.com

AUGUST 3, 2022

A home healthcare infusion nurse is concerned about one of her RN colleagues. This colleague documented that she infused a medication for a home care patient in contradiction to the directions on the infusion bag from the home infusion pharmacy. Carefully monitor a patient who is receiving infusion therapy.

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AlayaCare

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The mood in the nation’s home health community is a worry that we could be in for another rough time. Alarm bells are now sounding in long-term care facilities and nursing homes, where clients may be vaccinated ( U.S. data shows 81 percent of nursing home residents are fully vaccinated) but staff may not be.

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Daily Nurse

JANUARY 18, 2024

Her revolutionary biostatistical practices are credited with saving the lives of numerous soldiers as she uncovered and documented preventable causes of death that were all too common in hospitals during the Crimean War. Nurse change agents can work anywhere, be any nurse, and bring about change in countless ways.

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AlayaCare

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The mood in the nation’s home health community is a worry that we could be in for another rough time. Alarm bells are now sounding in long-term care facilities and nursing homes, where clients may be vaccinated ( U.S. data shows 81 percent of nursing home residents are fully vaccinated) but staff may not be.

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Nurse.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This includes sterilizing equipment, understanding and assisting with surgical procedures, managing fellow nurses/staff, and conducting post-operative administrative duties. Geriatric A nurse who specializes in geriatric care may be in the hospital setting or in a nursing home.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

JUNE 5, 2023

In the 25 years since, the OIG has issued multiple and specific CPGs that apply to particular segments of the healthcare industry including Medicare Advantage organizations, hospitals, home health agencies, nursing homes, and clinical laboratories. 2] To join OIG’s listserv, visit [link].

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Nurse.com

AUGUST 3, 2022

A home healthcare infusion nurse is concerned about one of her RN colleagues. This colleague documented that she infused a medication for a home care patient in contradiction to the directions on the infusion bag from the home infusion pharmacy. Carefully monitor a patient who is receiving infusion therapy.

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High Peaks Hospice

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Ann Merkel and some of the group of original High Peaks Hospice founders gathered to create a video to document the story of High Peaks Hospice’s beginnings. Camillus, director of Uihlein Mercy Nursing Home in Lake Placid, worked to ensure hospice services would be available to nursing home residents.

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GeriPal

MARCH 2, 2023

valproic acid and gabapentin), in nursing homes, particularly patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. JAMA Surgery 2018 Gabapentin and mood stabilizers in the Nursing Home Setting: Antiepileptic prescribing to persons living with dementia residing in nursing homes: A tale of two indications.

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Nurse.com

MARCH 14, 2023

In the following case, a nurse’s veracity was the focus of a state supreme court decision and decisions in three prior proceedings. Facts of the case During a night shift, a staff nurse at a nursing home and a certified nursing assistant (CNA) needed to turn a patient living with obesity.

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Nurse.com

JULY 20, 2022

She left work immediately without administering medications, without counting narcotics, and without documenting her nursing notes for her patients. The next day, the RN’s director of nursing put her on administrative leave due to the RN abandoning her patients. It is also a requirement if you work in other healthcare settings.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Certainly SOME of those avoided hospitalizations, CPR, and ICU stays were due to documentation of those orders in the POLST. For a trial to have value, it should not exclude patients over age 80, or those with dementia, or patients residing in nursing homes. He’s been a hospice and nursing home director.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

MARCH 19, 2023

It was common then, and I’m afraid still today, to hear seniors swear they would never “go into a nursing home, because that’s where people go to die.” 1] I do know however, that excellent care is being provided in many LTC homes, most of the time. Topping the list of answers to the question, “How did we get here?”, link] , 2.

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Nurse.com

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Nurses are thriving with these novel staffing models. Utilizing LPNs in acute care Many licensed practical nurses/licensed vocational nurses (LPN/LVNs) seek jobs in post-acute care (nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living) or ambulatory facilities. “We

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 8, 2022

As Thor notes, capturing patient stories has face validity as positively impacting the patients who share their stories and have them documented, and for the clinicians who get to truely and deeply know their patients in far greater depth than “what brought you to the hospital?” So it’s this tension that I constantly think about.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Being a hospice nurse can leave you feeling exhausted and overwhelmed. If so, then you need these 7 simple ways to get organized for hospice nurses. Unlike working at a hospital or nursing home, you don’t just get to pop back into your patients’ rooms after you leave. Document at the Bedside.

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Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

AUGUST 2, 2020

Residents can document evidence with written descriptions and photos to send to appropriate agencies with their complaints. Frances Shani Parker, Author Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes is available in paperback and e-book editions in America and other countries at online and offline booksellers.

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