Hospice News

JULY 20, 2022

Palliative care providers are seeking ways to improve efficiency as costs rise and the limited avenues for reimbursement remain unchanged. Payers, including Medicare, like to see providers reduce the costs of care. Likewise, improving efficiency allows providers themselves to receive a stronger return on investment considering the lack of a robust payment model for interdisciplinary, community-based palliative care.

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AlayaCare

JULY 20, 2022

At first blush, the specialized delivery of home infus ion may not seem to lend itself to virtual care. Yet we think all elements of home care are about to permanently change when it comes to this subject, thrust into the spotlight due to COVID-19. “Virtual” extends to phone calls, recorded video, liv e video conferences, remote patient monitoring, and wearable technology.

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Hospice News

JULY 20, 2022

With certificate of need laws in an ever-constant state of flux, hospices have weighed in on the pros and cons of these regulations. On one side of the coin, CON laws can limit access to hospice and their growth potential. On the other side, CONs can spell the difference between surviving and thriving hospice sustainability, along with quality care.

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Daily Nurse

JULY 20, 2022

In the Covid era, we often hear (and can’t help but understand) that older nurses, resources exhausted by their pandemic ordeal, are retiring early. Nurse of the Week Mercedes “Mercy” Kallal, RN, however, has been a nurse for over half a century now and at 83 years old she just isn’t ready to hand in […].

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Today's Caregiver

JULY 20, 2022

With a heat wave bringing dangerously high temperatures for tens of millions of Americans, the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) is providing important tips to help families affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia-related illnesses.

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Daily Nurse

JULY 20, 2022

There’s no doubt that the medical industry has faced some significant challenges over the last few years. COVID-19 has been particularly disruptive in a variety of areas. Among the most notable effects is the pandemic has exacerbated burnout to the extent that healthcare personnel are leaving the industry en masse. This means there is a […].

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Today's Caregiver

JULY 20, 2022

From our last in-person Fearless Caregiver Conference held before Covid-19 shut everything down to the in-person event last week, the distance was about 45 miles and 875 days. Even though we conducted a handful of virtual events that were.

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Home Sweet Home In-Home Care

JULY 20, 2022

Technology helps seniors age safely in place in a number of unique and helpful ways. “You are always free to choose what you do with your life. To make changes in your future, make new choices today.” – Brian Tracy. Identifying where to live in our older age isn’t easy. Nearly all seniors would like to remain at home for a lifetime, but it is not without challenges.

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AJN Off the Charts

JULY 20, 2022

There are still many unknowns, but the need for comprehensive care is clear. “There are days I don’t have any issues. Then I have terrible palpitations, or I’m short of breath when I walk. I think there’ll be long-term effects, I’m just not 100% sure what they’ll be.”. This is how one nurse with long COVID describes her symptoms—more than two years after initially contracting the virus—and the uncertainty that goes along with it.

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Living Assistance Services

JULY 20, 2022

Dental care is an important part of every individual’s healthcare routine but as we age, it becomes even more important to take care of.

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Palliverse

JULY 20, 2022

Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash. Some cases will hit you in the emotional gut harder. Maybe the situation triggers something inside you, or the patient or their family members remind you of someone that you know. These are the sort of feelings that can be reflected upon during professional supervision sessions. Something has impacted you emotionally and you may not know what it was or why it had such an effect on you.

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Euro-American Connections & Homecare

JULY 20, 2022

Our clients trust us to provide a level of care, compassion, and professionalism that is unmatched in the industry. Euro-American Homecare continuously reviews and revises its business practices and training methods to ensure we are up to all standards and have all necessary licenses required by state and federal laws. The exceptional care and services provided by Euro-American Homecare are reflected in the awards we have received over the years from Home Care Pulse, a third-party company that c

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Nurse Nacole

JULY 20, 2022

Category: Fundamentals In the heart failure patient population, diuretics are used to increase sodium and water excretion, correct volume overload (which manifests as dyspnea on exertion) and maintain sodium and water balance.

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Accessible Home Health Care

JULY 20, 2022

Accessible Home Health Care has launched an integrated health care platform powered by WizeCare to improve home care clinician access to diagnostic and predictive analytic tools. This solution will enable providers to enhance the experience of patients receiving physical therapy and rehabilitation remotely. Accessible Home Health Care and WizeCare will be positioned to provide a broader set of remote solutions for care providers ensuring a continuum of care, starting with prevention, precision d

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Comforcare Home Care

JULY 20, 2022

Being a family caregiver can be stressful. Caregiving often results in chronic stress, (and compassion fatigue) which compromises caregiver's physical psychological health. Depression is one of the common negative effects of caregiving. Caring for a person with dementia is particularly challenging, causing more severe negative health effects than other types of caregiving.

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Nurse.com

JULY 20, 2022

An RN received a call during her shift that there had been a death in her family. She left work immediately without administering medications, without counting narcotics, and without documenting her nursing notes for her patients. The next day, the RN’s director of nursing put her on administrative leave due to the RN abandoning her patients. The DON then notified the RN’s colleagues that the RN was on administrative leave and would be fired when the leave was over.

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Healthcare Law Insights podcast

JULY 20, 2022

Each July, the Medicare Administrative Contractors issue notices of a 2% Medicare payment reduction to those providers who did not meet quality data reporting requirements. Those notices have been sent. In this episode, Husch Blackwell’s Meg Pekarske and Jacob Harris talk about the issues providers faced in 2021 and how to pursue an appeal of the 2% payment reduction.

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