Hospice News
AUGUST 16, 2022
This article is sponsored by HCP. In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Todd Austin, President of HCP, to learn the strategies that hospice providers can use right now to improve staff engagement, not just with the aim of keeping staff members in their own hospice agencies, but more broadly in the industry at large. Hospice News: Todd, what career experiences do you most draw from in your role today?
HopeHealth
AUGUST 16, 2022
Attleboro, MA — According to patients, families and caregivers in Massachusetts, HopeHealth’s hospice care and HopeHealth Community VNA’s home health care are among the nation’s best. That’s measured through patient experience surveys by Strategic Healthcare Program (SHP), a leader in healthcare benchmarking. In 2021 in the Bay State, HopeHealth and HopeHealth Community VNA ranked in Read More.
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Hospice News
AUGUST 16, 2022
The Pennant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: PNTG) has purchased California-based Ardent Hospice and Palliative Care in the San Diego area for an undisclosed amount. Ardent, which also offers home health care, serves between 20 and 50 hospice patients per day, according to National Hospice Locator. The company received its Medicare certification in 2013. “We are very excited to expand the reach of our hospice operations in California,” said Pennant CEO Brent Guerisoli in a statement.
Daily Nurse
AUGUST 16, 2022
Ever wonder how to negotiate for the best salary as a nurse? If you’re just starting your nursing career, this can be tricky. Even well-seasoned nurses can struggle to find the right nurse lifestyle and salary to go along with it. Not all nurse salaries are created equal due to certifications, degrees of education, and […].
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Hospice News
AUGUST 16, 2022
Connecticut-based Regional Hospice has opened an inpatient unit at New Milford Hospital in partnership with the health system Nuvance Health. The health system has also designated Regional as its preferred hospice provider in its home state. The unit, called the Center for Comfort Care & Healing, is located in the town of Danbury. The center will house hospice patients who qualify for general inpatient care in two renovated private suites where they will receive 27/4 care from Regional’s int
Home Care Pulse
AUGUST 16, 2022
Ep.6: How to Build the Right Environment for Client Referral Growth Melanie Stover, Owner of Home Care Sales, shares everything you need to know about referral sources to set your agency up for success. She answers how to communicate with referral sources, how to promote transparency, and how to engage/empower marketers in your organization. View Episode Transcript × Episode Transcript.
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Today's Caregiver
AUGUST 16, 2022
In our ongoing exploration of the Fearless Caregiver Manifesto, let me first explain why this is so very important. If we are truly to consider ourselves an integral part of our loved one's care team, then we must have our own laws to live by.
Responsive Home Care
AUGUST 16, 2022
The banana you eat in the car on the way to work could be helping to reduce your risk of suffering a stroke! In a recent study of nearly 100,000 women ranging in age from 50 – 79, it was discovered that consuming a higher level of potassium resulted in a lower stroke risk for […]. The post Potassium May Lower Stroke Risk for Women appeared first on Responsive Home Care.
Today's Caregiver
AUGUST 16, 2022
Gary Edward Barg, founder and Editor-in-Chief of Today's Caregiver magazine and caregiver.com interviews the founders of the new company Underx about their incontinence innovations.
Elaine Mansfield
AUGUST 16, 2022
I stacked energy bars and Imodium on the dining room table a month before we left. Then there were vaccinations and clothes for winter in New York and summer in South India. Toilet paper, malaria pills, water purification tablets, hiking boots, dried fruit, and sandals. Check each off the list. Since I’m an anxious traveler, we were well-equipped pilgrims.
Adobe Hospice & Home Health
AUGUST 16, 2022
Stress. Something most of us are probably a little more familiar with than we’d like to be. Whether it comes from scrambling to meet deadlines, financial distress, family feuds, social dynamics, or in the form of something else entirely, you can probably name five things that are stressing you out at this very moment. And that’s okay! Stress is normal – so long as it’s an amount of stress that.
Palliverse
AUGUST 16, 2022
Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash. It had taken months to earn their trust. I had to show a willingness to listen. To demonstrate flexibility in shared decision-making. Each clinic visit involved negotiations. I thought I could make them more comfortable with my medications. They did not want to try my medications. I pushed, and they pushed back. I pulled, and they pulled away.
Nurse.com
AUGUST 16, 2022
In past blogs, I have discussed the importance of adhering to standards of care and how severe the consequences can be if this isn’t done. Among some of the topics I’ve addressed are the failure to report major changes in a patient’s condition and the necessity of accurate documentation in a patient’s medical record in whatever form. I have also stressed how not adhering to the standards of care can result in liability for your facility.
Accessible Home Health Care
AUGUST 16, 2022
Self-care is an important part of everyone’s mental health, especially seniors. As we get older, our health might not always be at its best, and it can become easier to feel a lack of independence, which can harm mental health. There are many ways that seniors can participate in self-care. All of them are easy enough to do and require only as much or as little as our loved ones can handle.
Nurse Nacole
AUGUST 16, 2022
Category: Fundamentals Adverse effects associated with propafenone include blurred vision, dizziness, headache, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, bronchospasm, taste disturbances, conduction disturbances and ventricular arrhythmias.
Corecubed Care Marketing Solutions
AUGUST 16, 2022
A while ago, I was browsing a home care Facebook group. Somebody asked the pros and cons of starting a home care agency. Everybody mentioned challenges like recruitment as cons, but one comment was particularly on the nose. “You will work all the time. Nonstop. 24/7/365,” one commenter responded. They’re only right in some cases, but they hit on a. Read More.
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