Hospice News

MAY 31, 2023

Research is growing around how certain substances such as psychedelics and cannabis can aid in treating pain, anxiety, depression, trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), grief, migraines and other medical conditions. Medical cannabis can also be beneficial in symptom management for cancer patients, according to recent research. For instance, certain compounds in the cannabis plant hold potential therapeutic benefits for patients by increasing appetite when experiencing chemotherapy-induc

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HopeHealth

MAY 31, 2023

Aphasia affects communication — and with it, social connection. These activities can support your loved one’s language goals, and keep them at the center of family fun. The post Know someone with aphasia? Try these 10 speech-strengthening activities at home appeared first on HopeHealth.

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Hospice News

MAY 31, 2023

Citing inflation and other headwinds, hospice providers and industry organizations are urging the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reconsider the proposed 2.8% base rate increase for 2024. This is the first of a series of Hospice News articles that will cover the industry’s response to the proposed rule. CMS published the proposal in March, which also contained a slough of data, requests for information and measures to enhance program integrity and health equity.

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Today's Caregiver

MAY 31, 2023

When my dad became ill in 1990, I would come home to Miami to visit almost every month, but it was not until returning to Florida full-time to help care for my grandparents that I knew what a “black hole” my mom had been living in.

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Hospice News

MAY 31, 2023

Penn Bay Medical Center is moving forward with plans to evolve its palliative care program. The medical center is an affiliate of the MaineHealth system and began providing hospital-based palliative care two years ago. It has since expanded into community-based serious illness care. The palliative growth was spurred by a two-year pilot project funded by a quality improvement grant from the Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Foundation.

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Home Care Pulse

MAY 31, 2023

HCP WEBINAR SERIES The Future of Post-Acute Care Wednesday, June 21st, 2023 Wednesday, June 21st, 2023 Wednesday, June 21st, 2023 2:00pm EST | 60 min 2:00pm EST | 60 min 2:00pm EST | 60 min The future of the post-acute care industry is at a critical juncture — where will your business fit into the future of the continuum of care? HCP’s data gives us an insider’s look into the trajectory of the industry, and what you need to start doing today to keep up.

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Daily Nurse

MAY 31, 2023

Lori A. Smith is like a prayer answered from above, spending the last 34 years descending in her FlightCare helicopter onto some of the most critical emergency response scenes across mid-Michigan. Smith, the longest-serving flight nurse among Michigan’s seven air medical transport programs, recently retired, ending a professional experience that launched when George H.W.

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Living Assistance Services

MAY 31, 2023

As a homecare service provider in Toronto, we often hear from individuals who are interested in booking a caregiver to fill the gaps.

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The Caregiving Years Training Academy

MAY 31, 2023

How do we manage the difficult caregiving disputes? We gathered today (May 31) to discuss a recent article featured in The New York Times Magazine which profiled two sisters who battled their mom’s boyfriend over who could make financial and caregiving decisions. (Read The Mother Who Changes: A Story of Dementia.) Resources The Slate article I mention is here: [link] Join us for our next workshop, Healing the Life-Long Family Rifts , on June 27 at 1 p.m.

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Nurse Nacole

MAY 31, 2023

Category: Fundamentals The drug treatment of patients with epilepsy is designed to reduce the number of seizures. A realistic goal for most patients is to completely control seizures, ideally achieved with monotherapy.

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Minority Nurse

MAY 31, 2023

Growing up as a Filipino American, I was raised in a culture that highly valued family and tradition, and those two values were celebrated with aunties, uncles, and cousins over delicious Filipino food. Filipino cuisine is not only rich in culture, but it is also rich in flavor. However, it is a flavor imparted by tasty yet salt-heavy ingredients such as soy sauce, MSG, fish sauce, and shrimp paste, which are added during cooking and often eaten alongside the dishes after cooking.

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AT Home Care & Hospice

MAY 31, 2023

How Equality in Healthcare Improves Care for LGBTQ+ Hospice Patients Regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or who you love, everyone deserves to feel safe receiving the care they need. For LGBTQ+ folks, hospice care can look different than it often does for cisgender, heterosexual people. As a healthcare care provider, we take the time The post Equality in Healthcare for LGBTQ+ Patients appeared first on AT Home Care & Hospice.

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Hospice News

MAY 31, 2023

Although it’s waiting to formalize the official paperwork, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will no longer enforce the COVID-19 vaccine requirement for hospice staff and other health care workers. With the public health emergency (PHE) ending May 11, the Biden administration announced in May that it would terminate vaccination mandates for federal workers and other groups.

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