Hospice News
JUNE 21, 2023
Years after it was first introduced, hospice leaders are calling on Congress to move forward legislation that would bolster their dwindling workforce. The most significant bill in recent years is the Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA), which has come before Congress time and again but has not yet been passed. The bill’s most recent go around was last May, reintroduced by Sens.
HopeHealth
JUNE 21, 2023
It’s one thing to witness dementia in someone you care for. It’s another to experience it, even briefly, for yourself. That’s where the Virtual Dementia Tour comes in. The post How does dementia feel? A new training builds understanding & empathy appeared first on HopeHealth.
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Hospice News
JUNE 21, 2023
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and 59 bipartisan co-sponsors have reintroduced legislation that would expand Medicare coverage of telehealth and make permanent flexibilities implemented during the COVID-19 public health emergency. If enacted, the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act would remove all geographic restrictions on telehealth services and expand originating sites to include the home, among others.
AlayaCare
JUNE 21, 2023
In the home care industry, efficient software training is crucial for onboarding staff members and ensuring they can provide the highest quality care to clients. Traditional training methods often involve repetitive tasks and consume significant amounts of time. Fortunately, technological advancements and the availability of on-demand e-learning solutions have paved the way for increased efficiency and time savings in software training.
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Hospice News
JUNE 21, 2023
The Delaware Valley Accountable Care Organization (ACO) has leveraged a comprehensive, community-based palliative care program developed by its partner Main Line Health to reduce costs of care by $9,000 per eligible patient. Among Delaware Valley’s palliative care recipients, hospital admissions were 50% lower and emergency department visits fell by 35%, generating about $9,000 in savings per patient during the last 90 days of life, according to Beth Souder, the ACO’s vice president of clinical
NHPCO
JUNE 21, 2023
For Immediate Release June 21, 2023 (Alexandria, VA) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) published the following statement in response to a recent NBC News story on HCA Healthcare hospitals, suggesting that HCA hospitals may be inappropriately pushing patients toward hospice care. NHPCO is not in a position to comment on HCA specifically.
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Today's Caregiver
JUNE 21, 2023
I have been married for almost 40 years. My husband has always been a bit of a mixed bag passionate, loving but also stubborn, and way too forgetful and dependent.
Minority Nurse
JUNE 21, 2023
Rama Walker is passionate about caring for people, and as a nurse leader, she has the privilege of caring for people whose career is caretaking. Walker advocates for nurses and women, pushing them to be their best version. She knows better than anyone that nurses are innovative, caring, resilient, and well-rounded individuals who can adapt and thrive in challenging environments.
Daily Nurse
JUNE 21, 2023
Courtney Miller, an Ortho/Neuro OR Manager with Intermountain Health , saves lives at the same hospital that once saved hers. “I knew as a kid I wanted to do something in the medical field,” says Miller In July 2007, at just 16 years old, Miller was diagnosed with a blood vessel malformation and needed brain surgery. “The OR is very overwhelming — it’s bright, it’s big, there are scary-looking instruments and people you’ve never seen before.
AJN Off the Charts
JUNE 21, 2023
Photo by RIDVAN AYRIK/ Pexels In the past month, we had a couple of patients in our pediatric ICU who had suffered tragic neurological injuries and were declared medically brain-dead. In the state of California as in most states, a pronouncement of brain death is equal to a legal pronouncement of death, and the medical team then possesses legal permission to remove mechanical support from the physical body that has remained under intensive care.
Nurse.com
JUNE 21, 2023
Sponsored by Restore Hyper Wellness. Most nurses recall the excitement they felt when successfully starting their first IV in nursing school. It’s a momentous occasion for student nurses because it’s a skill they’ll use throughout their careers. IVs are so integral to patient care that it’s estimated over 1 billion of them are placed in hospitalized patients worldwide each year.
Shining Light Hospice
JUNE 21, 2023
The journey through hospice care is often emotional and challenging, not just for the patient, but also for their loved ones. Caregivers, in particular, play a pivotal role in providing physical, emotional, and spiritual support. This journey can be overwhelming, leaving caregivers in need of support themselves. To help caregivers navigate these challenges, it’s essential to know the available local resources for support.
Nurse Nacole
JUNE 21, 2023
Category: Fundamentals Lamotrigine (Lamictal) seems to be efficacious for generalized tonic-clonic, absence (especially atypical) and complex partial seizures. It also may be effective in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.
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