Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2024

Hospices, in aggregate, are showing improvement on the quality measure for visits in the last days of life. The number of registered nurse and social worker visits during a patient’s final week is one of the seven quality measures that CMS uses to evaluate providers. In Calendar Year 2021, the share of hospice care days with nurse visits in the last seven days of life rose to 63%, up from 62% year over year, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary Almost a decade ago, our hospice and palliative care team decided to do a “Thickened Liquid Challenge.” This simple challenge was focused on putting ourselves in the shoes of our patients with dysphagia who are prescribed thickened liquids. The rules of the challenge were simple: fluids must be thickened to “honey consistency” using a beverage thickener for a 12-hour contiguous period.

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Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2024

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAH) has seen improvement within its hospice and home health segment. The company anticipates this momentum to continue despite ongoing inflation and labor headwinds. The last two years have brought some turbulence in Aveanna’s hospice and home health admissions and revenues. The end of 2023 saw revenues start to normalize, with the company seeing further growth on the horizon this year, according to Aveanna CEO Jeff Shaner.

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Traditions Health

MARCH 14, 2024

Nashville, TN – Traditions Health of McAlester, OK has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Hospice Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects a healthcare organization’s commitment to providing safe and quality patient care. The McAlester home health branch underwent a rigorous, unannounced onsite review.

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Today's Caregiver

MARCH 14, 2024

Sometimes life can slap you in the face with the unexpected. The diagnosis of severe spina bifida and hydrocephalus our daughter was given at birth sent us reeling.

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Daily Nurse

MARCH 14, 2024

If you’ve ever dreamed of having a side gig providing in-home patient care, Amanda Truffen, a Registered Palliative Care Nurse at Carpenter Hospice, is already doing just that. Truffen used to work full-time in her hospice job, but now she works part-time there and spends her other time working in her side gig, TruCare Foot Health. Truffen took time from her busy schedule to answer our questions about her business.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 14, 2024

Nurses help people all day long. Whether it’s a colleague who needs a hand or a patient who needs support, a nurse will evaluate what’s needed and find a way to make that happen. But when nurses need something, they are frequently reluctant to ask for help. But a nurse’s human resources (HR) department can help with professional help and often has extensive assistance available.

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Palliverse

MARCH 14, 2024

Photo by ennif pendahl on Unsplash He had always been active. Busy at work, busy at home. He and his brother had emigrated from Europe over 50 years ago. They came to seek a new life in New Zealand. They both married local women and raised families. Both of them had remained active in their elderly years, especially our patient. He spent a lot of time in his garden when he wasn’t playing soccer with his grandchildren.

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The Caregiving Years Training Academy

MARCH 14, 2024

The path to the diagnosis can be stressful, overwhelming and frustrating. Jesus and his wife traveled to Venezuela so she could receive the care she needed. Sharon was two months away from leaving her husband. Effie was a new mom caring for a son who could not eat. The guests on our next chapter in The Caregiver’s Journal podcast and talk show, released yesterday, shared the words that describe their paths to a diagnosis for a family member: Horror.

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Nurse Nacole

MARCH 14, 2024

Category: Fundamentals Chest tube placement is probably not necessary in healthy patients with small primary spontaneous or isolated small traumatic pneumothoraces in the absence of respiratory compromise or concomitant injuries.

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