May, 2020

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People with disabilities during COVID-19

Hospice Volunteering

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/people-disabilities-personal-support-workers-covid19-1.5554052. Great article featuring my good friend (and guest speaker in my class many times, Liz Winkelaar).

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AlayaCare’s new Family Portal further modernizes the delivery of home care

AlayaCare

When in-person visits are limited or unavailable as during the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s especially urgent to know that our loved ones are okay. “Social distancing” and even quarantines shouldn’t hamper our ability to keep tabs on the well-being of millions of seniors and others relying on home care. As part of our commitment to providing home and community care providers with flexible, intuitive technology, AlayaCare has evolved its Family Portal to not only allow clients and authorized family me

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Shining From Within: The Difference Between a Good Hospice Nurse and an Amazing Hospice Nurse.

Hospice 101

Are you a good hospice nurse? Or, are you an AMAZING Hospice Nurse? In my eight-years as a Hospice Nurse, I’ve worked with some good hospice nurses, some bad hospice nurses, and then I’ve had the honor and privilege of working with some AMAZING hospice nurses. I’ve learned, and have seen through observations firsthand, what truly makes a good hospice nurse different from an AMAZING hospice nurse.

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New Art Program Benefits Hope Hospice Patients

Hope Hospice

DUBLIN, CA – Hope Hospice invites individuals from our local communities to create and/or donate existing artwork that will be distributed to hospice patients in homes and nursing facilities in the Tri-Valley area and neighboring East Bay cities. “When a person is facing the end of his or her journey on this Earth, the patient and family experience a range of emotions that vary from day to day,” says Nikki Tildesley, Hope’s Manager of Volunteer Services.

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The Ultimate Guide to Improving Caregiver Engagement & Retention

Want to learn how to retain your caregivers & improve caregiver retention X3? The home care industry is experiencing turnover rates of over 80%. How are you ensuring your agency is retaining caregivers? This FREE eBook from Smartcare Software is packed with industry secrets needed to keep your caregivers happy, engaged, and retained, unlocking the full potential of your agency.

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COVID-19 Offers and Resources for Seniors and Caregivers in Toronto

Seniority, the Mavencare Blog

As the global fight against COVID-19 continues, businesses are implementing changes geared toward helping seniors stay well, and are also extending offers to healthcare workers on the front lines of the fight. We’ve compiled a selection of resources available to both seniors and caregivers in the Greater Toronto Area, with the goal of helping seniors, their families, and all of our outstanding healthcare workers access offers that aim to make their lives easier during this complicated time.

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What is the Difference Between Hospice & Death Doula Services?

Journey With Deanna

This is one of the biggest questions I get, "how are death doulas and hospice different?" Or, "why would someone need an end of life doula when there is hospice?" Or, "are death doulas competing with hospice?" These are variations of the same question. Listen in as I give you a foundation of what role each plays.

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Top 10 Learnings For Home Care Agencies from COVID-19

AlayaCare

First, to be clear: we’re all going to be learning about COVID-19’s impact on our industry for a very long time to come. Still, themes are emerging as we move from the acute to the chronic phase of this pandemic. Here is what we are seeing, hearing about, and talking about (in a recent webinar): Surging demand for home care : Despite the initial drop, we’re now seeing a resurgence of The reasons are many.

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Hospice Nurses Hard at Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Hospice 101

There has been a lot of talk about the amazing, dedicating, and hard-working ER and ICU nursing teams during the COVID-19 health crisis in the United States. Through the media, we are hearing the stories of the ER and ICU nurses working long, sometimes double, shifts to provide care and compassion to all of those unfortunately affected by COVID-19, and the beautiful touching stories of holding patients hands when their family can not be at their side.

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Hope Produces Town Hall Webinars

Hope Hospice

For immediate release: May 11, 2020. Hope Hospice Media Contact: Kendra Strey , cell) 925-997-0873. Join us for our free series of town hall discussions, featuring a panel of Hope’s experts, on issues that matter to you right now. For all of us, this era of pandemic has created so many uncertainties and has elevated to greater heights our fears, anxieties, and concerns.

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Activities and Advice for Self-Isolating Seniors and Their Families

Seniority, the Mavencare Blog

Many of us are spending a lot more time at home these days in order to keep both ourselves and other members of our communities safe from contracting COVID-19, and to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed with patients. Per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , adults over sixty-five years of age are “at a higher risk for severe illness.

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Where We Are: COVID-19 Update

The Chaplain's Report

So it’s been a while, hasn’t it? Many of us working in healthcare have been strained to say the least. Even if we aren’t dealing directly with patients with the coronavirus or their families, the rapidly changing and always dramatic day-to-day events in our country and around the world are more than enough for anyone to handle. Rather than post an essay or some helpful “how-to-cope” stuff, I’m just going to write.

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What’s going to happen?

Hospice Volunteering

What’s going to happen? As restrictions because of COVID-19 begin to loosen across Canada, I wanted to share my latest video. I was asked to produce a series of short videos on the impact of COVID-19 on seniors. This video explores the possibilities and challenges we face today.

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Digital Strategies for Home Care Agencies of Today

AlayaCare

Weeks have become months of social/physical distancing and it’s clear we have entered a “new normal” when it comes to how home care agencies will need to operate today, and into the future. For an industry already going through seismic change in recent years, COVID-19 has ushered in a wave of new questions, challenges, ideas, and solutions to support clients, workers and organizations.

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COVID-19 Hospice How-To Series: Keeping Up with HHS’s Constantly Evolving Guidance on the Provider Relief Fund

Healthcare Law Insights podcast

The only thing constant is change…since our last podcast, evolving guidance from HHS continues to create confusion regarding how the relief payments were calculated and under what circumstances providers should accept or return relief payments. In this episode, Hospice & Palliative Care attorneys Meg Pekarske, Bryan Nowicki, and Andrew Brenton break down the latest Relief Fund guidance from HHS and discuss its implications for hospices.

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How Death Doulas Support During Covid

Journey With Deanna

End of Life Doulas are in a new time, incorporating all that is occurring due to the pandemic. New discussions evolve daily, weekly, and will continue to do so. We are out of the shock of it all. We are into expansion again. We are trying on how we will move with the times now. In this podcast Deanna shares how the pandemic has affected a death doula's practice.

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Poem for Older Adult Senior Communities

Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

They know you, a bold executioner roaming their halls seeking humans to complete your pandemic purpose. Nights follow days in a quarantined existence of food, TV and hobbies. Thoughts of limited time increase survival of those determined to live. With distance, washing and masks, they wrestle with fear, while nearby victims scramble for scraps of life.

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How to Start a Conversation with your Hospice Patient About Their Military Service

Hospice 101

Memorial Day is a day to remember and honor those men and women who lost their lives fighting for our freedom. Memorial Day is also a good reminder for hospice team members to take the time to listen to, and allow, your patients to share their military service experiences, as a part of their life review. But, many caregivers and hospice providers are hesitant about reaching out to veterans about their military service because they are either not sure what they should ask, or they are afraid they

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Mother’s Day in a time of pandemic

Hospice Volunteering

As I was on my daily constitutional today (amidst polar winds and swirling snow), I passed a lengthy line of men outside the new artisanal chocolate shop in my neighbourhood. As I moved onto the street to maintain physical distance between the shoppers and myself, I found myself thinking about all the mothers who will face Mother’s Day during this extraordinary pandemic, COVID-19.

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New Look, Same Support: Say Hello to our Refreshed Product Logos

AlayaCare

With so much difficult news and conflicting priorities right now, we at AlayaCare are acutely aware that refreshed product logos and nomenclature may be the last thing on your mind. But here’s the thing: we also know the last thing you want on your mind is one more unexpected item, big or small, amidst the current state of the world. You and your teams must instead stay focused on what you do best: delivering exceptional customer care, even during trying times.

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How Death Doulas Support During Covid

Journey With Deanna

End of Life Doulas are in a new time, incorporating all that is occurring due to the pandemic. New discussions evolve daily, weekly, and will continue to do so. We are out of the shock of it all. We are into expansion again. We are trying on how we will move with the times now. In this podcast Deanna shares how the pandemic has affected a death doula's practice.

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WHAT DEATH DOULAS SHOULD KNOW, 5 PRO TIPS

Journey With Deanna

5 Important things a Death Doula must know to help their professional practice are: 1) Get the word out about your service before every little thing is in place; 2) Know, inside and out, what the #1 tool of the trade is and take great care of it; 3). go to our blog post to read the rest, better yet, listen in or even better, watch the video! blessings. :) Deanna www.qualityoflifecare.

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WHAT DEATH DOULAS SHOULD KNOW, 5 PRO TIPS

Journey With Deanna

5 Important things a Death Doula must know to help their professional practice are: 1) Get the word out about your service before every little thing is in place; 2) Know, inside and out, what the #1 tool of the trade is and take great care of it; 3). go to our blog post to read the rest, better yet, listen in or even better, watch the video! blessings. :) Deanna www.qualityoflifecare.

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3 Keys to Starting Your End of Life Doula Practice

Journey With Deanna

As you study the 3 keys to starting your end of life doula practice, you may feel awkward right now, but over time, as you learn more about these principles and practice them, you will feel better. I promise! It's not rocket science to accompany the dying, it is a human endeavor, natural to us--it is something we have always done. However, if you want to do this in a professional capacity, it has been my experience that you need to have more intentional development.

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3 Keys to Starting Your End of Life Doula Practice

Journey With Deanna

As you study the 3 keys to starting your end of life doula practice, you may feel awkward right now, but over time, as you learn more about these principles and practice them, you will feel better. I promise! It's not rocket science to accompany the dying, it is a human endeavor, natural to us--it is something we have always done. However, if you want to do this in a professional capacity, it has been my experience that you need to have more intentional development.

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