December, 2022

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Key Trends That Will Shape the Hospice Industry in 2023

Hospice News

Most hospices are sliding into 2023 between a rock and a hard place, beset by headwinds, labor shortages and questions with no easy answers. Through the cracks, providers can see glimmers of improvement.

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Construct Your Caregiver Support System

Sustainable Caregiving

When we experience a significant life change, our support network often changes. Therefore, it isn’t surprising that we will want to rethink and recreate our support system when we step or fall headfirst into a caregiving role. When we think of a support system, we often think of people.

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Calm Your Nervous System: Building Emotional Health for PSWs and Nurses

Life & Death Matters

Guest Blog developed in collaboration with Jessica Knox, A Balanced Body. “If If my body can learn dysregulated ways of coping, it could also learn healthy routes to recovery.” Dr. Nicole LePera December is here.

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Storycatching: Podcast with Heather Coats and Thor Ringler

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary. Eric and I weren’t sure what to call this podcast – storytelling and medicine? Narrative medicine? We discussed it with today’s guests Heather Coats, palliative care NP-scientist, and Thor Ringler, poet.

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The Ultimate Guide to Improving Caregiver Engagement & Retention

Want to learn how to retain your caregivers & improve caregiver retention X3? Get expert advice from Smartcare Software — a complete home care EMR company leading the industry in caregiver hiring and retention tools — and download The Ultimate Guide to Improve Caregiver Engagement & Retention for FREE.

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“This is what life is about”: The legacy of a 90-year-old hospice volunteer

HopeHealth

A 90-year-old hospice volunteer reflects on 22 years of writing patients’ life stories and comforting families after loss. “My My life has been enriched beyond words,” she says. The post “This is what life is about”: The legacy of a 90-year-old hospice volunteer appeared first on HopeHealth.

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Helping Your Aging Loved One Manage Their Finances

Aging Life Care Association

As our senior loved ones age, we may start seeing physical and mental signs of decline. While some signs are not worrisome, others may be more concerning: anxiety, depression, forgetfulness, and mishandling money. These could indicate more serious issues and are risky behaviors.

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NHPCO Facts and Figures Report Shows Growing Number of Hospice Patients 

NHPCO

For Immediate Release. December 15, 2022 .

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To Build the Workforce, We Need More Nurse Educators

Nurse.com

The current need for nurse faculty has left nursing students, instructors, and schools stretched thin. So, now more than ever, it’s crucial to create and implement strategies to grow this vital part of the nursing profession.

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Is it time for geriatricians to get on board with lecanemab? Jason Karlawish and Ken Covinsky

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary. We’ve talked at length on prior podcasts about the failures of aducnumab, Biogen, and the FDA’s decision to approve it. . But wait, there’s a shiny new anti-amyloid drug, lecanemab! (No No it’s not just the French version of Aducanumab). .

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5 benefits of adding pediatric hospice when your child is seriously ill

HopeHealth

If your child has been diagnosed with a serious illness, they and you need special support. By adding pediatric hospice to their care team, you may be able to connect with extra support and services aimed at comfort — without sacrificing any of your child’s disease-directed treatments or other care.

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Dementia and the Holidays: Tips for a Comfortable Celebration

Aging Life Care Association

The holidays can often be filled with high expectations, requiring lots of energy and engagement in non-stop activities. For the individuals living with Alzheimer’s or a related dementia and their families, holidays can be challenging and a time of high anxiety.

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Hospice, Palliative Care Leaders Foresee a ‘New Normal’ for 2023

Hospice News

Hospice News spoke with a group of industry leaders — from publicly traded companies, private firms and nonprofit organizations — about the major trends and most pressing concerns on their radar as the new year approaches.

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AlayaCare Wins Christian Horizons Business—Transforming Services for People with Intellectual and Development Disabilities

AlayaCare

Community organization leading the way in developmental services sector support chooses AlayaCare’s innovative technology approach to enable service transformation for self-directed services.

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Lessons and Legacies From Some We Lost in 2022

Solace

As we say goodbye to 2022, we do so knowing that some of us have lost loved ones dear to us and all of us have lost public figures we admired — actors, politicians, musicians, writers — who made a difference with their talents and leave a legacy behind. Madeleine Albright, 84.

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Transforming the Culture of Dementia Care: Podcast with Anne Basting, Ab Desai, Susan McFadden, and Judy Long

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary. What would it take to transform dementia care?

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What were the top 5 blogs of 2022?

HopeHealth

HopeHealth shared stories of compassion and care through our blog in 2022. Here is a list of the top 5 stories our readers enjoyed. The post What were the top 5 blogs of 2022? appeared first on HopeHealth

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3 Behaviors for Thoughtful and Effective Nurse Leadership

Nurse.com

The present state of 21st century health care has begun to spur a greater need to reevaluate what should be expected of nurse leadership — especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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For-Profit or Nonprofit, Hospice Is Not a ‘Hustle’

Hospice News

The recent article by the New Yorker and ProPublica that branded “hospice” as a profiteering “hustle” was an outrageous misrepresentation of the provider community.

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Government Funding Bill Extends Telehealth Flexibilities, Averts Cap Cut

NHPCO

For Immediate Release. December 20, 2022 . Alexandria, VA) Congress has released the text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, an omnibus funding package that will fund the government through Fiscal Year 2023.

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How to Handle Working a Holiday Shift

Daily Nurse

Christmas and New Year’s Eve are holidays to take time off and enjoy with our loved ones, but for some nurses, the holidays can mean another shift to take over— one that can be more stressful during a time it feels like others are opening presents.

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End of the Year Thanks, Thoughts, and Updates

GeriPal

As we are coming up at the end of the calendar year and almost to our 250th podcast, Alex and I wanted to give thanks to everyone who has supported our podcast. We have an exciting lineup of podcasts coming out in 2023 and three major updates that we are excited to share: .

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Our Top 10 Stories of 2022

Chicago Caregiving

What did our readers want to read about in 2022? It was a mixed bag! Our top 10 stories range from powerful supplements to cultural care, aging’s anxieties to head injuries. People had a lot of questions about aging and caregiving — and we were here for them.

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The Nursing Shortage: Looking Ahead to 2023

Nurse.com

Statistics show the nursing shortage is still a crisis, but 2023 could be a turning point. Front-line nurse don’t need numbers to know that the nursing shortage is wreaking havoc on their workplaces.

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Hope Healthcare Affiliates with Chapters Health System

Hospice News

Florida-based Hope Healthcare has affiliated with Chapters Health System, a nonprofit provider of hospice, palliative care and home health, among other services. Combined with its affiliates, Chapters Health is the largest nonprofit hospice provider in the nation and the sixth overall.

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Culturally Competent Nursing Mentorship

Minority Nurse

Culturally competent nursing mentorship for nursing students, nurses, or faculty often remains challenging when the mentor needs to reflect on the mentee.

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Treating the Schizophrenia Community with Humility

Daily Nurse

Clinicians should approach their psychiatric care of adults with schizophrenia with a degree of cultural and intellectual humility, recognizing patients are the experts on their lived experience.

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Negotiation and Dispute Resolution: A Podcast with Lee Lindquist and Alaine Murawski

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary. From discussing “taking away the keys to the car” for a cognitively impaired older adult to decisions to limit life sustaining treatments at the end of life, conflict and disagreement permeate everything that we do in medicine.

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Ep.7: How to Navigate Social Media Marketing in Home-Based Care

Home Care Pulse

Ep.7: How to Navigate Social Media Marketing in Home-Based Care Nick Bonitatibus, Owner and Founder of the Digital Champions, discusses the unique challenges of using social media as a marketing tool in home-based care, and common mistakes agency owners are making with their digital presence.

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New DAISY Ethics Award Celebrates Nurses’ Integrity

Nurse.com

When you’re a nurse, every shift presents the possibility that an ethical dilemma will emerge.

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SCAN Group, CareOregon to Combine as HealthRight Group in 2023

Hospice News

SCAN Group and CareOregon have agreed to join forces in 2023 as a new organization called HealthRight Group. The new nonprofit will combine SCAN’s Medicare portfolio with CareOregon’s predominantly Medicaid health plans.

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Choosing the Best MSN Specialty to Meet Your Career Goals

Minority Nurse

Getting your MSN degree in nursing is a significant step in mapping out the next part of a nursing career. But making this decision and choosing the right program for your personal and professional goals takes a lot of research and thought.

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Nurse of the Week: Elissa Molfino Steps Up to Care for Patient’s Dog

Daily Nurse

San Luis Obispo nurse Elissa Molfino is used to caring for her patients, but her patients’ pets, not so much. But that’s what happened when she volunteered to do when a patient who’d suffered a bad fall showed up at the French Hospital Medical Center.

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Winter Weather Tips

Chicago Caregiving

Keep your loved ones with dementia safe through this holiday’s winter storms. While the snow, wind, and colder temps coming this week are a major inconvenience for most of us, for individuals with dementia, they can be life-threatening.

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Home Health Agency in Pasco County, Clearwater, St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Hillsborough County, Tampa and Nearby Cities

Bayshore Care Home

A Home Health Agency might be a public, not-for-profit or restrictive office or development of such an office or association. A public office is an office worked by a State or nearby. The post Home Health Agency in Pasco County, Clearwater, St.

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Resume FAQs for Nursing Students and New Nurses

Nurse.com

Whether you’re a nursing student or recently graduated, it’s always a good time to build or update your resume.

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George Mark Children’s House Launches Pediatric Palliative Nurse Training Program

Hospice News

George Mark Children’s House (GMCH) recently unveiled a pilot training program that aims to grow the pediatric palliative care nursing workforce, in partnership with The California State University (CSU) Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care.

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