Hospice News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The hospice, palliative care and personal care provider Gentiva has agreed to acquire Heartland Hospice and other assets from the home-based care company ProMedica. Heartland is valued at $710 million, Bloomberg reported. Gentiva is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CDR). The Atlanta-based provider emerged from the former hospice and personal care segments of Kindred at Home.

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Aging Life Care Association

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

by Melissa L. Johnson, RN, BSN, MHA, CHPN, CCM – Aging Life Care Association® Member Palliative care and hospice care are both specialized healthcare models that focus on palliation, or relief of symptoms, associated with serious, debilitating illnesses. Such symptoms may include pain, difficulty breathing, nausea, or the need for additional emotional support.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries are more likely to enroll in hospice from a community setting than patients in traditional fee-for-service programs. More than 46% of MA beneficiaries who enrolled in hospice in 2018 did so while in their homes (rather than a hospital or nursing facility), compared to 38% who were covered by traditional Medicare, a study published in JAMA Health Forum found.

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AlayaCare

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

As Adrian Shauer, CEO of AlayaCare, expressed in episode 35 of the HomeHealth360 podcast home care agencies now have the tools to finally win the war on repetitive tasks. According to a survey conducted by Home Health Care News, 57% of home care agencies reported that they spend up to 3 hours a day on administrative tasks such as data entry, tracking patient records, etc.

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Caring Senior Service

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

When a loved one is getting ready to leave the hospital, the discharge planning process should help you and your family understand what to expect when your loved one returns home. You should be informed about your loved one’s health and any specific medical instructions in regard to their care. However, for one reason or another, it’s not uncommon for there to be gaps in the discharge planning process and for families to be unsure of their responsibilities.

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Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Your nursing career can feel like a busy airport, a marathon, a bus terminal, a rickshaw ride, or a taxi careering the wrong way down a one-way street. If your nursing career is an airport, and you're readying your plane on the runway in order to take flight, what's on your runway and who's behind the controls? Photo by Josue Isai Ramos Figueroa on Unsplash Who's in the Cockpit?

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Daily Nurse

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Nurses are becoming more selective about their educational institutions, so a generic advertising campaign for your nursing school won’t do anything. In today’s nursing industry, prospective students seek content-driven, valuable marketing materials that speak directly to their needs, interests, and concerns as they choose a nursing school.

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Palliverse

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash I often joke about my increased use of gut instinct over the last ten years as my gut has gotten bigger. The truth is I have been using more intuition. Sometimes ideas just feel right. I need to tune into the person that I am assessing. I need to use empathy to try and discover what makes them tick. What drives them?

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AJN Off the Charts

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

“Nurses do the big things, but I am thankful for all the small things: for bringing peace in the eye of the storm…for providing us coordinates when we felt lost…for making us laugh—for doing the things that we remember, the things that last years later.”—Holly Bills i n this month’s Reflections article, “The Little Things Nurses Do” The March issue of AJN is now live.

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Seasons Hospice

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

End-of-life situations are hard to face… …especially when the person is someone you love. It can be difficult to come to terms with the reality that a loved one may no longer be around for much longer and it’s natural to feel a mix of emotions including fear, sadness, guilt, and anger. It may seem impossible to know what to do or say in such an emotionally charged situation.

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Nurse Nacole

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Category: Fundamentals NSAIDs have gained a reputation as innocuous agents. However, this class of drugs is far from benign, and patient education materials should highlight potential adverse events. The side effect profile of NSAIDs is quite extensive.

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Traditions Health

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Worried about falls? Physical therapy may help. Tripping and falling is often a worry for older adults, and for good reason—more than one in four fall each year. So, it’s no surprise that families and caregivers spend a lot of energy ensuring loved ones’ homes are set up with fall prevention in mind. But what’s often overlooked is the impact physical therapy can have when it comes to keeping them safe.

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