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Emerging Services Help Hospice Patients Reduce Anxiety About Pets’ Future

Hospice News

Our volunteers can help with a pet’s daily needs – things like walking, feeding, and cleaning litter boxes. A caregiver can certainly complete the form, but when you get to the notarized page, the patient will have to sign it and be present upon the notarization.” We can get pets to grooming and veterinary appointments.

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Candida auris: What You Need to Know About the New, Deadly Fungal Infection

Home Care Pulse

Download Fact Sheet What are the Symptoms of Candida auris? Candida auris has been classified as a nosocomial infection , meaning it is a condition most commonly acquired in a hospital or facility setting, and was not present in the person prior to their admission. The symptoms of Candida auris mirror severe bacterial infections.

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The Ultimate Guide to Caregiver Training in 2022

Home Care Pulse

According to our surveys, caregivers with a lack of proper training on the subject find the following tasks the most challenging: handling violent or abusive behaviors, trouble communicating, challenging emotions, finding appropriate activities, and feeding/eating challenges.

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Deprescribing Super Special Part II: Podcast with Elizabeth Bayliss, Ariel Green, and Kevin McConeghy

GeriPal

We used a large online survey panel, the Ipsos Knowledge Panel, and we presented older adults with two vignettes. And after each vignette, we presented seven rationales that a trusted clinician could use to explain why the person should stop taking that medicine. Elizabeth: And they can be downloaded and adapted and used.

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Ep.7: How to Navigate Social Media Marketing in Home-Based Care

Home Care Pulse

And so when we have a, a resource, whether it be a digital download, an ebook right, or a video training, we’re now able to leverage and utilize that in all of our external marketing within our social media where we’re driving people to this lead magnet. It’s not what I wanna see on my feed. I’m like really?

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