Hospice News
APRIL 11, 2023
Hospices are leveraging predictive analytics to get a clearer picture of their performance amid regulatory pressures. Hospices have relied on data to enhances their ability to assess the quality and quantity of bedside care delivered during a patients’ final days. This includes two key quality measures: Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life (HVLDL) and the Hospice Care Index (HCI).
HopeHealth
APRIL 11, 2023
If you're caring for someone with Parkinson's disease, a support group offers information for navigating the disease, and a safe space to share your experiences. The post Advice & support from Parkinson’s caregivers appeared first on HopeHealth.
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Hospice News
APRIL 11, 2023
As the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) extends the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in through 2023, providers are concerned about preserving patient choice and the nature of concurrent care. Originally slated to complete in 2024, CMS recently extended the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID). The agency further announced that patients will be able to receive curative treatments in tandem with hospice care and that it would permit health plan
Elaine Mansfield
APRIL 11, 2023
“Want to go outside, Willow?” I asked in a gentle voice. She struggled to her feet, stepped forward, and stretched her painful back legs. Her hind knees had ACL surgery when she was young and they stiffened as she aged. Willow came to live with me in 2009 when she was eight weeks old. A snuggly brown puppy became my Soul Animal and brought new joy to my grieving heart after my husband Vic’s death.
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Today's Caregiver
APRIL 11, 2023
In my 20s, I remember spending (possibly) too much time hanging out with friends at my local watering holes. In my 30s, we moved our hangouts into a variety of different and interesting restaurants.
Home Sweet Home In-Home Care
APRIL 11, 2023
Proper senior hygiene is essential to maintaining seniors’ health and dignity. Sinking into a soothing, warm, bubble bath at the end of a stressful day, and stepping into a hot, invigorating shower first thing in the morning are daily pleasures for a great many of us. However it is possible to have too much of a good thing in regards to senior hygiene.
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Nurse.com
APRIL 11, 2023
There may likely be a point in your nursing career when you’re required to give a deposition in a legal case — either as a named defendant or as a witness. Let’s discuss what a deposition is, situations in which you may be called to give one, and what would be expected of you so you can be prepared if this event should arise. What is a deposition? A deposition is a pre-trial procedure in which a party to a case or a witness gives their statement concerning the case under oath, with all parties a
1-800-HOSPICE
APRIL 11, 2023
Writing for the Mayo Clinic, Mary K Buss, MD, MPH made an interesting observation: “Many PCPs already engage in primary palliative care but may not recognize their actions as palliative care.” 1 In fact, general practitioners, not hospice or specialists, provide most palliative care. Palliative medicine grew out of the hospice movement and was recognized as its own medical subspecialty along with hospice in 2006.
Nurse Nacole
APRIL 11, 2023
Category: Fundamentals Colchicine begins to provide its pain relief within 18 to 24 hours. It can take up to 48 hours to have its full anti-inflammatory effect. The most common adverse effects of colchicine are GI effects, in particular, diarrhea.
Minority Nurse
APRIL 11, 2023
Radiologic and Imaging Nurses Day on April 12 brings attention to the diverse and ever-changing nursing specialty of radiology nursing. The path to radiologic and imaging nursing is one that is best started in a foundation of an ICU or emergency department experience says Dr. Sylvia Martin, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, and president of the Association for Radiologic and Imaging Nursing (ARIN). “You need a lot of different skills,” she says. “In imaging, you have opportunities to learn preo
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