Hospice News
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Utilization continuous home care has dropped precipitously during the past decade, with labor pressures, regulatory scrutiny and billing challenges as contributing factors. Continuous home care (CHC) represented 0.9% of hospice care days during 2022, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). This is down from 1.8% in 2013.
GeriPal
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Summary Transcript Summary Last week we talked about a trial of a nurse and social worker outpatient palliative care intervention published in JAMA. This week, we talk about the other major palliative care trial of default palliative care consults for hospitalized older adults with COPD, kidney disease, or dementia, published in the same issue of JAMA.
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Hospice News
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
The Missouri-based health system SSM Health has acquired the Visiting Nurse Association of Greater St. Louis (VNA). Financial terms are confidential. VNA provides a range of home-based services, including hospice care, Advanced Illness Management (AIM), community-based palliative care, private duty care, Visit-A-Bit, vaccination, wellness and music appreciation programs.
Today's Caregiver
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Now that the holiday season is in the rearview mirror and your latest visit with your aging parent or relative is fresh in your mind, you may have become concerned about some of the changes in your loved one you witnessed during your visit.
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Hospice News
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Sarah Bush Lincoln Opens New Hospice Illinois-based Sarah Bush Lincoln Hospice recently opened a new inpatient facility. Located in Mattoon, Illinois, the Willow Breeze Hospice House features eight patient rooms with private bathrooms. Both adult and pediatric hospice patients are eligible to receive general inpatient care (GIP) at the center. Sarah Bush Lincoln announced the unveiling of the facility last November.
Daily Nurse
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
By the time an assassin’s bullet killed Dr. Martin Luther King on April 4, 1968, the much-loved – and much-hated – SCLC leader knew he might never see his daughters grow up. Once he entered the spotlight during the 1955-56 Montgomery, Alabama bus boycotts, King and his family lived through his remaining years like a city under siege, constantly calculating acceptable risks and trying to anticipate the next threat.
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Hospice Chaplaincy
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Anne Katz, RN, PHD Dr. Anne Katz is an award winning author, certified sexuality counselor and clinical nurse specialist in Manitoba, Canada. In the final stages of life, sexuality is often regarded as not important by health care providers.
Palliverse
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Photo by pen_ash on Unsplash The two brothers of my patient had asked to speak with me. We went to the little visitors lounge which was next door to their brother’s room. They wanted to know what was happening to their brother. They knew he was unwell but they needed to know the extent of his illness as they needed to make plans for the rest of the family.
Nurse Nacole
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Category: Fundamentals Bradycardia in the setting of hypoxia potentiates ventricular dysrhythmias, including ventricular fibrillation. Nebulized or intravenous atropine is recommended for bradycardia and can be used as pretreatment in patients at risk for bradycardia.
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