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Future Leaders: Brittany Arnett, Director of Clinical Operations, Visiting Nurse Health System, Hospice Atlanta

Hospice News

The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link]. Brittany Arnett, director of clinical operations at Visiting Nurse Health System Hospice Atlanta, has been named a 2024 Future Leader by Hospice News.

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Turning Personal Loss into Personal Connections: A Nurse’s Journey Through Kidney Care and Heartbreak 

Daily Nurse

After starting my nursing career in labor and delivery, I transitioned to caring for patients with kidney disease at dialysis centers. Then, after working for nearly 17 years in dialysis, I moved to Interwell Health , a value-based kidney care provider, where I could use my years of experience to educate kidney patients and try to help them improve their kidney function and overall health to help delay or even prevent dialysis.

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Agape Care Group Acquires Crossroads Hospice Locations in 4 States

Hospice News

South Carolina-based Agape Care Group has acquired several Crossroads Hospice locations in four states. Agape, a portfolio company of the private equity firm Ridgemont Equity Partners, purchased sites in Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas and Georgia for an undisclosed amount. Crossroads is retaining its locations in Tennessee, Ohio and Pennsylvania. “The addition of Crossroads Hospice solidifies our decision to expand into the Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma markets, where we have spent more than a year

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Together for Short Lives makes formal representation to Spending Review 2024

Together for Short Lives

Thousands of families whose children need palliative care face a postcode lottery as to whether they receive it. This is reducing their choice and control and is causing unnecessary and unplanned emergency admissions to hospital among children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions, some of whom prefer to access palliative care at home. […] The post Together for Short Lives makes formal representation to Spending Review 2024 appeared first on Together for Short

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Real-Life Examples of HIPAA Violations and How to Avoid Them

Speaker: Jack Clough, Chief Growth Officer

Download our 30-minute webinar where we delve into real-life examples of HIPAA violations and preventative measures every organization should know! You will learn: The critical factors that lead to HIPAA violations and how to identify them. Three compelling real-life cases of organizations that faced severe HIPAA penalties. Proven strategies to safeguard YOUR organization against HIPAA violations.

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Hospice, Home-Based Care Employees Report Feeling Unsafe at Work

Hospice News

Many home-based care workers often feel unsafe in their jobs, having a direct impact on hospice recruitment and retention. More than 50% of 400 home-based care employees said they had experienced or witnessed at least one instance of workplace violence or harassment in a recent report from Transcend Strategy Group. About 20% indicated that they had experienced or witnessed at least seven such incidents, the research found.

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Essential Financial Planning Strategies for Seniors: Secure Your Retirement and Estate

Elder Care Matters

Financial planning for retirement is a crucial step in ensuring seniors have adequate resources to support their lifestyle while efficiently transferring assets to heirs. This article explores essential strategies for retirement planning and estate management to protect and preserve financial security. The post Essential Financial Planning Strategies for Seniors: Secure Your Retirement and Estate appeared first on Elder Care Directory - ElderCareMatters.com.

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Discover the Often-Overlooked Health Behavior: Check Out Springer Publishing’s Latest Podcast Episode Now

Daily Nurse

In Springer Publishing’s latest episode of the Conversations About Health Care Delivery in the United States podcast, hosts Jim Knickman and Brian Elbel discuss the importance of health behavior, especially the often-overlooked issue of sleep hygiene, with Dr. Azizi Seixas, the interim chair of health informatics and health data science at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

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Data Trends Point to Palliative Care’s Return on Investment

Hospice News

Recent research has found that palliative care’s value proposition may be gaining momentum across the health continuum and in educational settings. Palliative Care Paves Way for Stronger Comorbidity Risk Assessment Patients with liver cancer could benefit from receiving palliative care services and procedures further upstream in their illness trajectories.

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How Environmental Health Education Empowers Minority Nurses

Minority Nurse

Minority nurses are uniquely positioned to leverage their influence to help combat racial disparities in the healthcare industry. As climate change increasingly and disproportionately affects people of color, empowering minority nurses through environmental health education is becoming imperative. Through educational initiatives, minority nurses can help counter environmental racism and its associated adverse health outcomes.

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Nursing Tip of the Day! - Critical Care Nursing

Nurse Nacole

Category: Critical Care Nursing The principal uses of ketamine in airway management are as a sedative agent for awake intubation and as the induction agent during rapid sequence intubation for patients with acute severe asthma or hemodynamic instability.

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The Ultimate Guide to Improving Caregiver Engagement & Retention

Want to learn how to retain your caregivers & improve caregiver retention X3? The home care industry is experiencing turnover rates of over 80%. How are you ensuring your agency is retaining caregivers? This FREE eBook from Smartcare Software is packed with industry secrets needed to keep your caregivers happy, engaged, and retained, unlocking the full potential of your agency.

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How to Choose a Scottsdale In-Home Care Agency

Home With Help

When searching for in-home care in Scottsdale, it’s essential to ask the right questions to ensure you’re hiring the best Scottsdale caregiver for your loved one’s needs. Whether you’re looking for assistance with daily activities or specialized medical care, selecting a trusted Scottsdale home care agency can make all the difference in ensuring comfort, safety, and peace of mind.

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Challenges for paediatric critical care provision.

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

In this week’s blog, and the 3rd in the CYP series Julie C Menzies @jmenzies1 , Rebekah Overend, Lyvonne N Tume @lyvonnetume, discuss ‘Complexity, commissioning, capacity and capability: challenges for paediatric critical care provision’ Julie & Lyvonne Children and young people (CYP) represent a third of our population. Sustaining and improving their health and wellbeing is therefore a key priority 1.

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