Hospice News

MAY 18, 2023

“What I really want is for you to listen to me, and then make sure…make sure I’m heard.” These words were spoken by a fictional, terminally ill patient portrayed in the stage play “Lily,” written by Bryan Harnetiaux on commission from the Hospice Foundation of America (HFA). This is one of several plays penned by Harnetiaux that hospice providers are now bringing to life in an effort to educate the public and their fellow clinicians about their services, advance care planning and other cri

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Daily Nurse

MAY 18, 2023

Every day, healthcare workers across the country are violently attacked. The situation is alarming in emergency departments, which are open around the clock and required by federal law to stabilize and treat anyone who walks in. Studies have shown that ED staff experience a violent event about once every two months. Rep. Joe Courtney, D.-Conn. and Sen.

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Hospice News

MAY 18, 2023

Providers are seeking to better understand the scope of health care disparities to find where the greatest areas of needs exist among underserved populations. But defining the range of communities that specifically lack access to hospice and palliative care can be a moving target. Every community in the nation has pockets of underserved communities, and these can look vastly different even across county and regional boundaries, according to Altonia Garrett, executive director of Dallas-headquar

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Palliverse

MAY 18, 2023

Photo by David Clode on Unsplash Anything you eat or drink might come back up again. No, it has been coming back up already. What’s going on? You’ve got a blockage in your bowel. It acts like a roadblock. If it can’t get through the roadblock things go back up. We can try to loosen up the roadblock with bigger doses of the steroid medication that was started at the weekend.

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Elder Care Matters

MAY 18, 2023

A Living Will is one of the most valuable advance directives that people can include in their estate plans, and it is also one that people all too often overlook. They put together a durable power of attorney to name someone to act as their agent and a will designating beneficiaries for their biggest personal… The post 2 VALUABLE BENEFITS OF A LIVING WILL appeared first on Elder Care Directory - ElderCareMatters.com.

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Nurse Nacole

MAY 18, 2023

Category: Fundamentals A large group of nerve cells (neurons) must fire abnormally and together to produce an actual seizure. This firing occurs within certain highly organized areas of the brain that tend to support seizure activity. This is known as an epileptic focus.

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GeriPal

MAY 18, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Hot off the press is a brand spanking new updated 2023 AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults. The Beers Criteria is one of the most frequently cited reference tools in geriatrics, detailing potentially inappropriate medications to prescribe to older people. We’ve invited two members who helped update the criteria including Todd Semla and Mike Steinman.

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