Hospice News

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Hospices are allocating more financial and operational resources on staffing initiatives than ever before to remain afloat and grow. Recruitment and retention have been top of mind for hospice providers amid ongoing workforce shortages that have only worsened with the pandemic. More than 67% of the 203 hospice care professionals surveyed indicated that staffing would be their greatest non-COVID related challenge this year, according to the 2022 Hospice News Outlook Survey and Report.

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Daily Nurse

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Ever wonder what it would be like to work at a wellness center as a nurse concierge with VIP patients? So did Nena Hart, MSN RN, CHPN, CLPN, CDONA, RAC-CT, Owner and Consultant of Hart Healthcare Solutions, and the author of Quick Start Guide to Nurse Consulting, The Long-Term Care Sustainability Strategy, and the Open […].

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Nurse practitioners (NPs) have a great deal of responsibility regarding patient care, and as the healthcare landscape evolves, so do the daily risks NPs face. Despite compassionate work and service to the community, one lawsuit can affect your professional reputation. Nurse practitioner malpractice data can be used to inform and address areas of clinical improvement as well as help to improve the quality of care and patient safety.

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Home Care Pulse

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

HCP WEBINAR. Why You Need to Track Recruitment Data—And Which Metrics Are the Key to Your Success Wednesday, November 30th, 2022. Wednesday, November 30th, 2022. Wednesday, November 30th, 2022. 1:30pm EST | 60 min. 1:30pm EST | 60 min. 1:30pm EST | 60 min. Have you ever heard the saying, “What gets measured, gets managed?”. Recruitment doesn’t work without the data, and the more home care agencies can dive into tangible business insights, the more likely they are to succeed.

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Responsive Home Care

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Pinning down a cure for Alzheimer’s has become just as complex as the tau threads long considered to be the core cause of the disease. But now, researchers may be drawing one step closer to untangling the puzzle of Alzheimer’s disease, through another train of thought. New findings are leaning towards the hypothesis of an […]. The post Alzheimer’s Care Update – Is Alzheimer’s Disease an Autoimmune Disorder?

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Diversity Nursing

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Alzheimer Disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia, accounting for at least 2/3 of the cases of dementia in people age 65 and older. AD is a neurodegenerative disease that causes progressive and disabling impairment of cognitive functions including memory, comprehension, language, attention, reasoning, and judgment. According to Johns Hopkins Medicine , t here are over 6 million Americans living with AD with 3 million new cases diagnosed each year.

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Comforcare Home Care

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

AARP by Patrick J. Kiger, November 4, 2022. How to spot symptoms your loved one may have Alzheimer's or dementia. Here are some symptoms to watch for: Difficulty with everyday tasks. Repetition asking a question over and over. Trouble communicating in conversations. Getting lost. Personality changes. Confusion about time and place. Misplacing and losing things.

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Solace

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

After recovering lawyer, food writer and pastry chef Lisa Ruland lost her husband Erik in 2014 in a tragic mountain climbing accident, she found herself trying to navigate both her grief and the loss’s impact on her relationship with food. “It wasn’t anything I ever planned to research. I just found myself in this reality and it was one of those things I noticed that wasn’t really talked about, but I think it exists for everyone because we all eat, we all experience loss and those things will co

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Palliverse

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Photo by James Lee on Unsplash. Harsh life stuff happened and they had to part. Too many angry words exchanged when under the influence had driven them apart. It had taken him a while to realise that and by then it was too late to reconcile. Instead, a friendship developed as they continued to parent and co-grandparent, together but at a distance. They were still a family but they no longer lived under just one roof.

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American In-Home Care

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

With many people eagerly anticipating the joy of the holiday season, it’s important to recognize that for older adults especially, the holidays can be a time of deep sadness. Feelings of nostalgia from holidays past, grief from the loss of loved ones, and health problems related to growing older can all intensify during the holidays. As a result, the experts at American, Advocate and Whitsyms In-Home Care know it’s critical to keep your finger on the emotional pulse of the older adults in your l

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Nurse Nacole

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Category: Fundamentals The three phases of emesis are nausea, retching and vomiting. Nausea is the physical sensation of impending retching or vomiting. Common symptoms accompanying nausea are flushing, pallor, tachycardia and hypersalivation.

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Together for Short Lives

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

On Saturday BNP Paribas hosted its annual Christmas Skating event at Somerset House in London with Together for Short Lives as its partner and beneficiary of the event. We invited families supported by Demelza and Richard House children’s hospices to have a special hour on the ice as a chance to make precious memories together […]. The post Special Skate Day helps families make precious memories together appeared first on Together for Short Lives.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Labor shortages and other headwinds have battered hospices during 2022, including large companies. Some of these providers are making near-term investments that cut into revenue but are expected to pay off in the long run. Providers are seeing troubles on multiple fronts, as reflected in third quarter earnings reports. This year brought the return of Medicare sequestration, and pandemic-driven disruption in referral streams are lingering.

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Home Sweet Home In-Home Care

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Learn why researchers are now looking into whether or not Alzheimer’s is an autoimmune disorder. Discovering a cure for Alzheimer’s has grown to be as tangled as the tau threads long thought to be the core cause of the disease. Now, however, research workers may be coming a step closer to unraveling the mystery of Alzheimer’s, by using an alternative train of thought.

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Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

When a nurse needs a career change, the reasons can be myriad and multifaceted. However, when we only reach for the money or for career "advancement", we may miss a golden opportunity for a different kind of personal and professional blossoming to take place. We nurses change the course of our careers based on many factors, one of which may be money or advancement.

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