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Solace in the Storm

Today's Caregiver

Caregiving can be needed at any point in your loved ones’ lives. In this book, Dr. Merle Griff looks at caregiving throughout the human lifecycle, starting with infancy through caring for adult parents.

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Assisted Living Week

AT Home Care & Hospice

Assisted Living Week 2023 This year from September 10th through September 16th, join us in celebrating Assisted Living Week 2023. We celebrate this week to recognize all the amazing people involved in assisted living facilities (ALF), including staff, volunteers, and hospice and home healthcare professionals. This year’s Assisted Living Week has been given a “Season The post Assisted Living Week appeared first on AT Home Care & Hospice.

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Assisted Living Week

Adobe Hospice & Home Health

Assisted Living Week 2023 This year from September 10th through September 16th, join us in celebrating Assisted Living Week 2023. We celebrate this week to recognize all the amazing people involved in assisted living facilities (ALF), including staff, volunteers, and hospice and home healthcare professionals. This year’s Assisted Living Week has been given a “Season The post Assisted Living Week appeared first on Abode Hospice & Home Health.

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Nursing Tip of the Day! - Psychiatric Nursing

Nurse Nacole

Category: Psychiatric Nursing Because all benzodiazepines have a longer duration of action than flumazenil, sedation commonly recurs and repeated doses of flumazenil may be needed. Adverse effects of flumazenil include confusion, agitation, dizziness and nausea.

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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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Palace of Care – Back to the Whenua

Palliverse

Photo by Casey Horner on Unsplash Things were changing on an almost daily basis. Worsening fatigue led to less activity and more sleep. His appetite was dwindling away as his pains continued to grow. He told us he wanted to go to where he came from. Back to his ancestral homelands. He wanted to revisit where he had grown up. He wanted to see his extended family again.

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What outcomes do studies use to measure the impact of prognostication on people with advanced cancer? Findings from a systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies

SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

This episode features Caitlin Spooner (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, University College London, London, UK). What is already known about the topic? - Currently, there is no gold standard for evaluating how different methods of prognosticating in advanced cancer impact on patient care. - Prognostic models are principally evaluated by their statistical performance, determining their discrimination and calibration.