Hospice News
JANUARY 11, 2023
Ohio-based Queen City Hospice, an Addus Homecare (NASDAQ: ADUS) company, recently opened a new location in its home state. The new location in Fayetteville, Ohio, adds a central office in a rural region of the hospice’s service area that will reduce staff travel time. Queen City Hospice provides end-of-life care in six counties across the Cincinnati area in the southwest part of the state.
Chicago Caregiving
JANUARY 11, 2023
Illinois Family Caregiver Coalition gives caregivers a voice, connects them with resources. Balancing a career with caregiving put Amy Brennan in a precarious position. In 2016, the Chicago resident took five months off work with partial pay, through the Family Medical Leave Act. Her mother was in the final stages of cancer, and Brennan needed to take care of her.
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Hospice News
JANUARY 11, 2023
Hospices should be required to report all instances of abuse and neglect, even if the perpetrator was not an employee, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has recommended. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires operators to report incidents of patient abuse and neglect that involve their staff. If the agency follows the GAO’s recommendation, they would also have to notify survey agencies when others, like family members or caregivers, become abusive or n
AJN Off the Charts
JANUARY 11, 2023
(This post is by an author of AJN ‘s January CE feature, “ Evidence-Based Practice for Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Management.”). Questioning the status quo. As a former critical care nurse and now a vascular access nurse researcher, I’ve had the good fortune to travel widely and work with nurses from around the globe on multiple projects.
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Hospice News
JANUARY 11, 2023
Enhabit, Inc. (NYSE-EHAB) is keeping a close eye on the regulatory and reimbursement landscape as it executes its value-based care growth strategy. The home health and hospice provider last summer placed a focus on expanding its Medicare Advantage (MA) business, forming a payer innovation team focused on strengthening Enhabit’s value proposition to health plans.
Daily Nurse
JANUARY 11, 2023
Nurses experience a range of emotions when caring for patients, and nurse Jennifer Stasieluk was no different—especially when the patient was her mother. Stasieluk stepped up, not once but twice, as a living organ donor for her mother, Marzena. Daily Nurse is proud to name Jennifer Stasieluk our Nurse of the Week. Stasieluk’s mother needed a […].
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Bayshore Care Home
JANUARY 11, 2023
Workers who are twofold guardians frequently experience more significant levels of pressure and may experience low efficiency in the workplace. Through senior home care services, organizations can assist with diminishing. The post Senior Home Care in Largo, FL, Clearwater, St. Petersburg & Nearby Cities first appeared on Bayshore Home Care.
Euro-American Connections & Homecare
JANUARY 11, 2023
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), falls are the number one cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries in Americans aged 65 and older. The best way to avoid it is to address the possible issues and minimize the harm before it may threaten the health of your loved one. Not every accident can be avoided but taking certain preventive measures can prolong the independence of the elderly and greatly reduce their risk of injury.
Nurse Nacole
JANUARY 11, 2023
Category: Fundamentals PDE5 inhibitors are contraindicated in patients with unstable angina, hypotension, uncontrolled hypertension, history of recent stroke, life-threatening arrhythmia, myocardial infarction within 6 months and severe cardiac failure.
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