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Housing Insecurity a Threat to Seniors, Poses a Risk for Hospice Providers

Hospice News

Dying in America is expensive, putting some patients at risk of losing their homes. The issue of unstable housing has a direct impact on patients’ health care choices and outcomes, including ??a higher incidence of aggressive treatments in their final days. The depletion of a family’s financial resources is a greater predictor of aggressive treatment at the end of life than patient preferences or demographic factors, a 2016 study concluded.

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Teaching from the heart: A conversation with HopeHealth’s educators

HopeHealth

HopeHealth’s community educators aren’t just experts in serious illness. They have a personal stake in the courses they teach. Read about three of them, and the education they lead. The post Teaching from the heart: A conversation with HopeHealth’s educators appeared first on HopeHealth.

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St. Croix Hospice Continues Missouri Expansion

Hospice News

St. Croix Hospice has expanded in Missouri with a Jefferson City de novo in the central region of the state. This is the company’s seventh Missouri location, bringing the number of counties St. Croix Hospice serves in the Show-Me State to 44. They opened a previous de novo in the city of Independence last March. “St. Croix Hospice is answering the growing hospice care needs of central Missouri by locating additional staff to serve communities from our new Jefferson City location,” sa

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She Wears it Well: Sandra Lindsay Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom

Daily Nurse

“She poured her heart into helping patients and to keep her fellow nurses safe,” President Joseph Biden said today as he draped a Presidential Medal of Freedom around the neck of Sandra Lindsay, DHSc, MS, MBA, RN, CCRN-K, NE-BC. “Thank you for inspiring us.” The impact her example had on vaccine-hesitant Americans can’t be measured, […].

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The Ultimate Guide to Improving Caregiver Engagement & Retention

Want to learn how to retain your caregivers & improve caregiver retention X3? The home care industry is experiencing turnover rates of over 80%. How are you ensuring your agency is retaining caregivers? This FREE eBook from Smartcare Software is packed with industry secrets needed to keep your caregivers happy, engaged, and retained, unlocking the full potential of your agency.

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HCP Invests in Leadership Team with New CMO, Kristen Duell

Home Care Pulse

R EXBURG, Idaho , July 7, 2022 — Home Care Pulse (HCP) , a leading provider of experience management , training , and reputation management , announced today that Kristen Duell has joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). . “ We’re delighted to welcome Kristen to the team as we embark on an exciting phase of growth,” said Todd Austin, President of HCP.

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Can Treating Hearing Loss Reduce the Risk for Dementia?

Responsive Home Care

Have you been raising your voice so a senior you love can hear you? Are you finding the need to turn the TV up louder for a senior in your life? Repeating yourself because a senior loved one didn’t hear you the first time? Hearing loss in older adults is not uncommon. But fresh scientific […]. The post Can Treating Hearing Loss Reduce the Risk for Dementia?

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Interdisciplinary team power needed for upcoming quality initiatives

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Renee Kinder. Yesterday evening, one of our typical summer storms blew through Kentucky fast and furious. Unfortunately, I was heading home at the time as street lights went blank, tree limbs of all sizes blew in the air and landed in the road, and everyone all at once forgot how to drive. To add to the excitement when I pulled in the driveway with my youngest, the power line immediately in front of us went up popping in flames.

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Nursing Tip of the Day! - Fundamentals

Nurse Nacole

Category: Fundamentals Angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers (ARBs) offer the advantages of selectivity and specificity, and maintain blockade of the circulating and tissue RAAS at the AT1 receptor level, without the adverse reactions associated with ACE inhibitors.

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Celebrate 40 years of children’s palliative care at our Conference

Together for Short Lives

After a three year gap, it’s brilliant to be back in the saddle with our national conference, being held in September at the Hilton Hotel in Manchester. It’s always such an amazing gathering of nurses, doctors, social care professionals and different organisations. It’s a special year as we celebrate 40 years since the foundation of […]. The post Celebrate 40 years of children’s palliative care at our Conference appeared first on Together for Short Lives.

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Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary. On today’s podcast we welcome back Haider Warraich to talk about pain. Now this may surprise our frequent listeners as we have had Haider on before to talk about heart failure as well as palliative inotropes , so why are we having him come on to talk about pain? . . Well, Haider has an intimate relationship with pain, having experienced chronic pain himself and now having dove deep into the latest research on pain for his new book The Song of Our Scars: The Untold S

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What Agencies Are Failing to Address About Workforce Shortages (And Why the Solution Isn’t What Everyone’s Been Telling You)

Home Care Pulse

HOME CARE WEBINAR. What Agencies Are Failing to Address About Workforce Shortages (And Why the Solution Isn’t What Everyone’s Been Telling You) Thursday, August 4th, 2022. 2:00pm EST | 60 min. According to the data , there’s not a single agency across the country that’s been spared from the impact of workforce shortages. As an industry, we’re losing post-acute care workers faster than we can hire them. 57% of employees leave their agency within the first 3 months of employment,

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