Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

So when you think about a home-based palliative care program, and you were hoping to include RNs and social workers in there, they’re not considered billable clinicians.

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Seasons Hospice

APRIL 8, 2021

There’s a swirling cloud of confusion and questions when it comes to end-of-life documentation. ” Keep reading to learn more about different types of end-of-life documents, why they are essential and the process to create them. What Is End-of-Life Documentation? End-of-Life Medical Documents. The Process.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

There’s not even a place in most medical records to document that. I was a hospice manager, and I had the philosophy, first, that social workers are a lot cheaper than nurses. And secondly, nurses are best at doing nursing, and social workers are best at doing social work. Is that an additional cost?

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

A state of stress Palliative professionals of all walks are navigating symptoms of burnout, including social workers, grief counselors, chaplains, physicians and nurses. During that time frame, workers reported low levels of well-being that indicated a higher potential risk of burnout.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 25, 2022

The SIC MOC teaches these specialist teams a systematic approach to eliciting and documenting seriously ill patients’ values and goals.”. We have plans to expand the SIC MOC to other medical specialties, like cardiology, nephrology, and pulmonary/critical care medicine. An amount that surpassed the initial goal of raising the bar by 25%.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Things that are unique for rural and frontier providers are trying to find qualified staff, registered nurses, physicians, social workers or spiritual care providers,” Wood said. About 845 hospices provided care in rural-based regions in 2021, a drop from 878 organizations in 2017, the MedPAC report found.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Providers have reported shortages among social workers and nonclinical staff as well. This includes tasks like clinical documentation, a major pain point for clinicians who wish to focus more on their patients. Only LPNs and LVNs had higher rates, reaching 31.52% turnover and 25.12% for vacancies.

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Hospice News

JUNE 8, 2023

As essential as documentation is, they of course, have other things to do and Jason is here to help figure that out. We also had social workers, licensed social workers, music therapists, other paraprofessionals as well. They’re so sucked into the documentation. Some of it is really valuable.

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Diversity Nursing

AUGUST 3, 2023

Keep an eye out for sudden changes in the elder's financial situation, such as missing money, unauthorized withdrawals, or unusual changes to their will or financial documents, as these may indicate financial abuse. Take their concerns seriously and document their statements appropriately.

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Hospice News

MAY 30, 2023

Palliative care is provided by a specialty-trained team of doctors, nurses, social workers, and chaplains who work together with a patient’s other treating clinicians to provide an extra layer of support. This type of care is focused on providing relief from the symptoms and stress of the illness.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 22, 2022

This left employees burdened with more documentation responsibilities that often took time away from patient care and left chaplains in particular spread too thin, said Richardson. If an interdisciplinary team member from one discipline didn’t have enough points, they would be asked to help out on another team, she continued.

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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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Pallimed

MARCH 22, 2021

by Vickie Leff ( @VickieLeff ) Another year, another study proving the value of the palliative care social worker. This adds to what we already knew: involvement of social work impacts quality of care and patient satisfaction (Auerbach, 2007; O’Donnell et al., For more Pallimed posts about social workers, click here.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 18, 2024

But we really wanted to put it into a document with an actual work plan. We’ve got several social workers working within the medical center with the palliative care director. When we really took a look at both of our missions, they were so closely aligned that it was like a natural thing.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Hospice News: Today we will talk about threads of clinical documentation and satisfaction and also revenue protection. Here’s an area that you missed from a documentation perspective where you could get dinged by CMS for not documenting it, either this element or this way.” One example is a CTI. They love doing it.

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AlayaCare

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Lifematters is the first choice in home care for individuals, families, doctors, nurses, social workers, hospitals, and independent- and assisted-living facilities, and has garnered recognition in these areas from local and national award programs. metropolitan area.

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Hospice of the North Coast

AUGUST 25, 2023

The hospice care team comprises medical experts, social workers, chaplains, and volunteers who collectively address the needs of patients and their families. This team may include a family member, social worker, or friend taking on a daily role, with assistance from home healthcare aides as necessary.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The way that the physician describes, the way that the nurse describes, or the social worker, or the chaplain, all of them are going to help you identify what’s important to that patient that you should be tracking. You can’t take it as one size fits all. When you think about technology, your EHR sits at the top of it.

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Hearts for Hospice & Home Health

DECEMBER 22, 2020

With COVID-19 introducing social distancing guidelines and restrictions on visitations, social isolation and loneliness are increasing. A report referenced by JAMA discussed the need for solutions for social isolation and loneliness in older adults. Daily Caregiving suggests some ways to help: Encourage a sense of purpose.

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Hospice News

MARCH 18, 2024

It doesn’t just focus on the physical, it also focuses on the emotional and the spiritual with the use of social workers and spiritual counselors. Deanna Heath: At one point palliative care was hospital-based, now it’s so much more home-focused. Can palliative care function without numerous systems?

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

I have channeled my passion for working with underserved communities, beginning as a licensed social worker for a large hospital system, where I experienced firsthand the disparities in healthcare access and limitations in delivering whole-person care. Editor’s Note: This article has been edited for length and clarity.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 20, 2023

Their social worker calls with four new referrals to begin hospice services. Take a deep breath, respect the social worker who must have reasons behind their expressed needs and wants, and dig deeper. Consider this scenario: You are the clinical manager of a hospice agency.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Document at the Bedside. In the rare instances where your patient won’t allow you to document at the bedside, then you should go to your car and complete your charting. My best advice is to document in real-time and use the tools that I have shared with you. Interdisciplinary Team.

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Home Care Pulse

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Be a part of the 2023 Survey for the HCP Benchmarking Report Get the data you need to make informed decisions from the most comprehensive report in the industry Learn More Organizational best practices to consider: Document the communication preferences and frequencies for key stakeholders , such as insurers, referral sources, and care providers.

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 25, 2023

As a hospice agency, you are required to track your hospice volunteer hours along with all of the other items you are required to document for your paid employees. Reminding family members of how to reach out to the chaplain or social worker is a good example. Decrease in unmet needs. To whom do they report?

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

It was started by a social worker who really saw some gaps in care with those at end-of-life, particularly those with chronic long-term illness, having important conversations. What the social workers are … Eric: Yeah. Beth: From a hospice standpoint, we obviously have the nursing support, social work chaplaincy.

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Chicago Caregiving

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Photographing special keepsakes and documents before letting them go is another space-saving way to hold onto memories. There might be a hidden treasure that can end up in trash,” says Social Worker Daxa Sanghvi in Hanover Park. “So Let them decide which belongings to donate to charity, gift to a relative, or toss in the trash.

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Seasons Hospice

JUNE 27, 2023

Answer: Advance directives are legal documents that allow individuals to express their treatment preferences and end-of-life wishes in advance. By documenting their preferences, individuals can ensure that their wishes are respected, even when they can no longer communicate or make decisions.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Eric and I are joined today on this podcast by Anne Kelly palliative care social worker to discuss these issues with Liz. Alex: And joining us as she has many times, Anne Kelly is a social worker at the San Francisco VA. At the end we also pay tribute to Randy Curtis, senior author on this paper and mentor to Liz.

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Home Care Pulse

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The patient is asked about their pain level and the clinician documents the current pain level. However, if the assessment tool asked for current pain level and desired pain level, the documentation would show a pain level of 9 and a desired pain level of 10, reflecting a desire to avoid pain medications at all costs.

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The Nurse Break

APRIL 11, 2022

Along with gaining valuable experience in phlebotomy, you develop skills in documentation, building rapport with patients (such as putting them at ease during the procedure), and learning about various blood tests. Phlebotomist. Venepuncture, a skill many nurses need practice with, or are masters at! How about working as a….

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

We welcome all professions, including but not limited to physicians, chaplains, social workers, nurses, nurse practitioners, case managers, administrators, and pharmacists. On the one hand people have said research is the meticulous documentation of the blatantly obvious, which is kind of LaVera’s point here.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 19, 2022

1 Social Workers Leaving Hospice, Health Care in Record Numbers (July 11). One seldom-discussed aspect of this year’s pervasive labor shortage was the number of social workers who had left the field. Social workers cited a lack of employer engagement as a leading cause of burnout and turnover, sources told Hospice News.

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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. They had it, the note then documents that they don’t have it. Alex: And of course, Lynn Flint, who’s a palliative care physician at the San Francisco VA.

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The Productive Home Health Nurse

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Instead, you’re completing documentation on the circumstances and patient’s health standing at the time of death. This documentation is based on your already gathered information in their file along with statements from speaking to their support system or those who were present at their time of death.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

What that looks like, to some degree, by having a conversation, by documenting wishes, we can potentially influence what that looks like and what that experience is for that person who is dying and then also for family members who are left behind. ” Or for a social worker, “Where are we going to discharge them to?”

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Hospice News

JANUARY 5, 2023

What we heard from many providers was that CMS was not clear about the requirements and what [providers] needed to document to support these billing claims. OIG recommended that CMS improve education for providers on documentation and time requirements for ACP billing. That needs to be fixed so that goals of care can be addressed.”.

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