Hospice News
MAY 23, 2024
When Jennifer Hale thinks of age-friendly care in hospice, her mind goes first to what might seem an unusual place: man’s best friend. As the VP of Clinical Quality and Standards of hospice provider Compassus, Hale views age-friendly care as an approach to care that is “focused specifically on the needs of people as they age in their home setting,” she says.
Life & Death Matters
MAY 23, 2024
Written by Courtney Murrell This June marks 16 years since I finished the PSW College certificate program, and I can still picture the night that the RN instructor shared with us, what has been the most important career advice I have ever received. It was nearing 21:00, we were a classroom of exhausted women that […] The post The best career advice she had ever received, and then she gave it to us appeared first on Life and Death Matters.
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Hospice News
MAY 23, 2024
As hospice and palliative care providers move further into value-based care, data is becoming paramount to building payer and referral partner relationships. In this climate, hospices that can demonstrate their value — and their ability to financially and operationally weather changes in an evolving reimbursement landscape — will have a leg up on competitors.
Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder
MAY 23, 2024
I took my seat for a daylong meeting on Tuesday this week, a little tired, up since 4:30 a.m. But with coffee in hand, I was ready to learn. I was surrounded by a variety of interdisciplinary team members in a beautiful community outside of Nashville, Tennessee. At my table, three community administrators, all chatting about their mornings and taking last-minute calls from sites before the day begins.
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Hospice News
MAY 23, 2024
Adoray Home Health & Hospice Announces Interim CEO Wisconsin-based Adoray Home Health & Hospice has named Mary Aaby as its new interim CEO. She will step into the role this June. Aaby succeeds Amanda Gustafson, who has held the position for nearly seven years. Aaby previously served as CFO from 1998 to 2017 at the hospice, home health and palliative care organization.
Daily Nurse
MAY 23, 2024
There’s a saying that people don’t leave companies; they leave bosses, and I believe that this is also often true for nurses and other healthcare workers. But it’s not only because of direct managers or supervisors that we leave jobs—it’s also due to a lack of good leadership from upper management and those in the C-suite. Leadership matters , and when it misses the mark, everyone suffers.
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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)
MAY 23, 2024
Laura Dingfield, MD MSEd FAAHPM Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine AAHPM reached out to the 2024 Emerging Leaders to gain insight into what motivated them to pursue leadership positions and what they find more fulfilling in their experiences. Laura Dingfield, MD MSEd FAAHPM has been recognized as one of the exceptional individuals chosen as a 2024 AAHPM Emerging Leader in Hospice and Palliative Care.
Nurse Nacole
MAY 23, 2024
Category: Fundamentals General anesthesia is a drug-induced loss of consciousness during which patients cannot be aroused, even by painful stimulation. Patients frequently need assistance in maintaining a patent airway and positive pressure ventilation may be required.
AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)
MAY 23, 2024
Niharika Ganta, MD FAAHPM Weill Cornell Medicine AAHPM reached out to the 2024 Emerging Leaders to gain insight into what motivated them to pursue leadership positions and what they find more fulfilling in their experiences. Niharika Ganta, MD FAAHPM has been recognized as one of the exceptional individuals chosen as a 2024 AAHPM Emerging Leader in Hospice and Palliative Care.
Minority Nurse
MAY 23, 2024
When people in their 80s or 90s talk about their experiences, they may often refer to being in the autumn or winter of life. We can also think about our nursing careers in the same way. If you were to reflect on your career in terms of its various seasons, how would you describe where you’ve been, where you are, and where you’re heading? The Promise of Spring Graduating from nursing school is when your career begins formulating, with taproots making their way into the fertile soil of possibilit
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