Hospice News

JULY 12, 2022

Tech startup Autumn has developed a death care digital marketplace to connect bereaved families with services. The company launches today following a $600,000 pre-seed funding round led by the investment firm Bullish Inc. To build its marketplace, Autumn has aggregated more than 500,000 local service providers, the startup reported. These include accountants, appraisers, attorneys, funeral homes, grief specialists, and other organizations that help families address the legal, financial, and logi

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AlayaCare

JULY 12, 2022

The all-new feature promotes increased collaboration, transparency, and connectivity amongst care staff with end-to-end encryption for data protection and compliance with health information privacy laws. RICHMOND HILL, N.Y. - July 12, 2022 - AlayaCare , leading global home care software, today announced the release of Secure Messaging. Available on both AlayaCare web and mobile applications, the new feature allows back-office staff and care teams to communicate and exchange important information

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Minority Nurse

JULY 12, 2022

The life expectancy of Californians decreased by about three years as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study by UCLA researchers and colleagues published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The research further shows that life expectancy for Hispanic, Asian and Black Californians decreased more than for white Californians and that the gap in life expectancy between those living in the highest- and lowest-income census tracts increased, from a difference of about

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Daily Nurse

JULY 12, 2022

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) says the alarming rise in the number of nurses taking strike action across the world is a direct response to governments’ failure to tackle the root causes of our fragile, severely weakened, and in some cases collapsing healthcare systems. Across the globe, ICN has identified numerous examples of nurses […].

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Hope Hospice

JULY 12, 2022

Why should someone start hospice sooner than later? Making the decision to start hospice care for your loved one is overwhelming. It means acknowledging that the end is near. But the decision is also empowering, because an array of supportive care and assistance becomes available to both the patient and family. Nursing is just the start. Hope’s hospice program also provides: Social workers to assist with medical paperwork and resources.

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Nurse Nacole

JULY 12, 2022

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Euro-American Connections & Homecare

JULY 12, 2022

Music is particularly beneficial for people struggling with cognitive decline because it is easier to access the memory of a cherished melody than to recall a person’s name or a past event. But you don’t have to be a music therapist to help your loved one enjoy the benefits of music. Here are some suggestions for how caregivers and their loved ones can bond over song from the comfort of home.

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Nurse Nacole

JULY 12, 2022

Category: Fundamentals The medications that most often cause an increase in digoxin levels are quinidine, amiodarone, propafenone, spironolactone and verapamil. It may be necessary to decrease the dose of digoxin when treatment with these drugs is initiated.

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Hospice News

JULY 12, 2022

More hospice and palliative care providers are pursuing joint ventures with hospitals and health systems. Joint ventures offer unique advantages compared to traditional referral streams, according to Aaron Stein, COO of Contessa Health, a subsidiary of Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED). Joint ventures allow providers to develop integrated care models that build improved transitions of care, said Stein.

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Minority Nurse

JULY 12, 2022

When Elsie Chin Yuen Seetoo was born on September 14, 1918, in Stockton, California, no one could imagine that by the time she was 30 she would work in a hospital under attack by the Japanese Army; escape occupied Hong Kong disguised as a Chinese servant; travel by boat, truck and foot across 700 miles of war-torn China; become the first Chinese-American nurse to join the US Army Nurse Corps; and then graduate from Women’s College in Greensboro, North Carolina, with a Bachelor of Science in Nurs

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NHPCO

JULY 12, 2022

For Immediate Release: July 12, 2022. (Alexandria, VA) – Today, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and Hospice Action Network (HAN) led a letter to Congress, joined by organizations representing a broad coalition of the hospice and palliative care community. The letter requests protection of access to high-quality hospice care for Medicare beneficiaries by calling on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to make changes to the proposed payment rate inc

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