Hospice News

AUGUST 24, 2023

Increased hospice oversight aimed at curbing fraud in the industry could come with a mixed bag of financial and operational impacts for providers. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has honed in on hospice program integrity, rolling out a swath of new measures to reduce fraud, waste and abuse in the space. During the past two years, CMS has introduced new regulations, updated survey process, increased auditing activity and enhanced reviews of providers’ claims, patient e

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GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary I hear the word dignity used a lot in the medical setting, but I’m never sure what people mean when they use it. You’d imagine that as a seasoned palliative care doc, I’d have a pretty good definition by now of what “maintaining dignity” or “loss of dignity” means, but you’d be sadly wrong. Well that all changes today as we’ve invited the world’s foremost expert in dignity at the end of life, Dr.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 24, 2023

The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link]. Jason Parsons, chief strategy officer for Blue Ridge Hospice, has been named a 2023 Future Leader by Hospice News.

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Life & Death Matters

AUGUST 24, 2023

We have worked hard this year to collect feedback and update our resources to better help learners and teachers. Watch this video to see the challenges we heard, and how our revised resources mitigate these issues. The post NEW! 2023 Resource Updates appeared first on Life and Death Matters.

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Melodia Hospice

AUGUST 24, 2023

A person with brain cancer may experience various symptoms that alter as the disease progresses. There is likely to be a decline that impacts the organism as a whole. There may also be an effect on a specific area of the brain or the entire brain due to the enlargement and tumor. Different areas of … Brain Tumor Hospice Timeline Read More » The post Brain Tumor Hospice Timeline appeared first on Melodia Care Hospice.

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Diversity Nursing

AUGUST 24, 2023

The growth of telehealth holds significant promise for the future of the Nursing profession. Patients and healthcare professionals have embraced the potential of the service, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic, to improve patient care, patient outcomes, and make healthcare more convenient and cost-effective. As telehealth services continue to evolve and expand, Nurses can expect to incorporate various telehealth systems into their daily practice.

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Daily Nurse

AUGUST 24, 2023

Patients with alterations in level of consciousness are among the most difficult to assess and may have subtle neurological changes that can occur suddenly and become life-threatening if they go unnoticed. Nurses who care for these patients must have the knowledge, skill, and time to confidently perform comprehensive neurological assessments to identify changes that require quick diagnosis and intervention by the multidisciplinary team, according to a new article in Critical Care Nurse. “

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Living Assistance Services

AUGUST 24, 2023

Sleep issues are common in older adults, whether an individual struggles to fall asleep, stay asleep or make it through the night without.

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Nurse Nacole

AUGUST 24, 2023

Category: Psychiatric Nursing Behavioral therapists treat anxiety as a learned behavior, arguing that anxiety is an internal conditioned response to a threat or stimulus in the environment. Systematic desensitization is used to control external stimuli and internal responses.

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Adobe Hospice & Home Health

AUGUST 24, 2023

National Immunization Awareness Month August is National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM). This annual event is an important reminder that vaccination is one of the safest and most effective strategies for preventing transmissible diseases. Each year, millions of people of all ages benefit from receiving vaccines. Older adults are particularly susceptible to certain vaccine-preventable illnesses and The post National Immunization Awareness Month appeared first on Abode Hospice & Home Heal

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Minority Nurse

AUGUST 24, 2023

I recently had the opportunity to be interviewed for several nursing positions, and each experience gave me some serious food for thought about nurse job-seekers and what they endure when searching for a new job. If you’re in the job market, the reality of the interview process is that it’s fairly nerve-wracking for most people. There’s so much to think about when you’re prepping for an interview, and waiting for a job offer or some constructive feedback can feel like sitting on pins and needles

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Today's Caregiver

AUGUST 24, 2023

In last week’s newsletter, I shared a concern that a caregiver shared with me. A concern which I think all of us have faced at one point or another.

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Nurse.com

AUGUST 24, 2023

I was born in a poor rural community in Mississippi filled with hate and systemic oppression. But I was always told, “Never let your circumstances determine your destiny.” As a Black teenager, hearing those words over and over taught me that I was destined to be great and to rise above the circumstances I faced. Tanya Taylor-Edwards, RN My mother was a single mom, so my grandmother raised me most of the time while my mother pursued a business degree and then later when she went to work.

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