Hospice News

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Enhabit Home Health & Hospice (NYSE: EHAB) slowed its growth trajectory during the third quarter due to labor headwinds and some state licensing delays for its de novos. The t home health and hospice provider spun off from Encompass Health (NYSE: EHC) in July. The close of Q3 marked the company’s first quarter as a separate entity. From the get-go, Enhabit set aggressive growth targets involving both de novos and acquisitions.

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Chicago Caregiving

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Many veterans’ caregivers qualify for compensation with a little-known Veterans Affairs program. When Kathy Parker became the primary caregiver for her husband, an Army veteran with stage-four kidney failure, she felt confused, scared, and alone. She didn’t know exactly how to take care of him and felt she wasn’t getting the help they needed from medical staff.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

As the dust settles from its divestiture of Kindred at Home’s hospice and personal care segments, Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) seeks to further expand into value-based care as both a provider and a payer. Humana in August completed its $2.8 billion sale of a 60% stake in Kindred at Home’s hospice and personal care businesses to the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.

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Daily Nurse

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Nicole Horochowski, a nurse from Florida, was the true star of the hit Broadway musical Funny Girl after helping a man who collapsed during the performance. Last week Horochowski was a Broadway star, and this week she’s our Nurse of the Week. Horochowski was catching the Broadway show at the August Wilson Theatre with her […].

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Healthy Workforce Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

November is National Gratitude Month , although many healthcare professionals don’t feel so…well…grateful. We get it – between the pandemic and nursing shortage, we understand why there is a reluctance to embrace a culture of gratitude this year. However, despite the challenges we’ve faced in the past few years, intentionally incorporating gratitude in the workplace is instrumental in cultivating and sustaining a healthy work environment where nurses feel supported and want to stay.

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Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Are you ready to die? Because I have been a hospice volunteer many years, people sometimes assume that my patients and I talk about death a lot. We don't. But death-related discussions are important parts of advanced care planning and palliative care. S ome people also assume my volunteer visits must be depressing because no one really wants to die.

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Interim HealthCare Inc.

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Every November, the home care and hospice community honors the millions of nurses, home care aides, therapists, and social workers who make a remarkable difference for the patients and families they serve.

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