August, 2021

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Don’t Assume! Three Big “Don’t Assume” Situations Caregivers Must Avoid

Caregiver Warrior

It's never good to assume anything but here are some truly important things we should never assume. The post Don’t Assume! Three Big “Don’t Assume” Situations Caregivers Must Avoid appeared first on Caregiver Warrior.

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Think digital as you set key strategies for growing a home care agency

AlayaCare

This article originally appeared on LinkedIn , by AlayaCare CEO, Adrian Schauer. In any booming industry, it is always the right business move to harness opportunities that set your business up for growth. Home care, of course, is one such industry. Already seeing accelerated growth before COVID-19, in its wake it has become a major player in health-care for several reasons: the home setting can be a safer, better place to deliver care than in hospitals or congregate care settings; barriers to t

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PSWs* identify their top five concerns

Life & Death Matters

In July 2021 we invited PSWs (HCAs/CCAs) to identify their top five concerns. Their response: Preventing compassion fatigue and burnout. Dealing with grief associated with COVID, restrictions, etc. Finding education in palliative and end-of-life care education and training. Building the skills to be heard and acknowledged as vital members of the team.

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Best Practices for De-escalation

Clipboard Health

Regardless of what health care speciality you work in, there will be a time when you’re confronted by someone who’s aggressive, angry, or noncompliant, whether a patient, a patient’s family member, or someone else entirely. How you respond to that type of behavior greatly affects whether or not that confrontation escalates or diffuses. De-escalating tense situations can be difficult, especially if you aren’t prepared to do so.

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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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Compassion Fatigue In Nursing

Diversity Nursing

Nursing is one of the most highly respected careers, but also one of the most stressful. This kind of stress can lead to compassion fatigue. Compassion fatigue is t he emotional residue or strain of exposure to working with those suffering from the consequences of traumatic events. Compassion fatigue differs from burn-out, but can co-exist. It has a more rapid onset while burnout emerges over time.

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Hospice. A Brief History.

Americare Hospice

Etymologically, the word "hospice" derives from the Latin hospes, a word which served double duty in referring both to guests and hosts. Historians believe the first hospices originated in the 11th century, around 1065. The rise of the Crusading Movement in the 1090s saw the incurably ill permitted into places dedicated to treatment by Crusaders. In the early 14th century, the order of the Knights Hospitaller of St.

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Think digital as you set key strategies for growing a home care agency

AlayaCare

This article originally appeared on LinkedIn , by AlayaCare CEO, Adrian Schauer. In any booming industry, it is always the right business move to harness opportunities that set your business up for growth. Home care, of course, is one such industry. Already seeing accelerated growth before COVID-19, in its wake it has become a major player in health-care for several reasons: the home setting can be a safer, better place to deliver care than in hospitals or congregate care settings; barriers to t

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How to Choose a Home Care Agency

Home With Help

If you need help with activities of daily living for yourself or a loved one, it is a great idea to hire a caregiver to help. Home care agencies are the best source of qualified caregiving professionals. But, how do you choose which home care agency to hire? Well, there are a number of factors to consider before you hire someone to help you with in-home care.

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How to Properly Use Restraints

Clipboard Health

As health care professionals, our duty is to do no harm to our patients and to provide the best care for them. Sometimes, that means using intervention methods to prevent patients from harming themselves or those around them. The most common method is the use of restraints. This type of intervention is used in a number of specialities, not just psychiatric and mental health.

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The ANCC Pathway to Excellence Program

Diversity Nursing

To receive Magnet Recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) is something most hospitals and healthcare systems strive to achieve. The Magnet Recognition Program states “ To nurses, Magnet Recognition means education and development through every career stage, which leads to greater autonomy at the bedside. To patients, it means the very best care, delivered by nurses who are supported to be the very best that they can be.”.

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Hospice care in the United States

Americare Hospice

Hospice care in the United States is a type and philosophy of end-of-life care which focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's symptoms. These symptoms can be physical, emotional, spiritual or social in nature. The concept of hospice as a place to treat the incurably ill has been evolving since the 11th century. Hospice care was introduced to the United States in the 1970s in response to the work of Cicely Saunders in the United Kingdom.

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Helping People With Dementia Understand Infection Prevention

Hope Hospice

How can we help our loved ones with dementia understand about infection prevention? As the COVID-19 pandemic surges on, you are probably worried about keeping your family safe. If you’re caring for someone who has dementia, explaining the importance of hand hygiene and other prevention protocols can be a challenge. Dementia is not just memory loss; it also affects the brain’s ability to receive and process information.

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Key Performance Indicators: The Power of Data in Home Care

AlayaCare

To those who are not executives or data analysts, key performance indicators (KPIs) is an out-of-focus business term that is easier to avoid than to understand. But the reality is that KPIs are an everyman’s tool and are only as useful as employees outside the data world understand them -- and see how their efforts drive an entire business forward. KPIs are measurable values that reveal whether a company is achieving its objectives or not.

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Home Care Has a Distinct Place in the Future of US Healthcare

Hearts for Home Care

States are beginning to make key changes to increase families’ access to home care. The COVID-19 pandemic has increased people’s awareness of the US healthcare system’s dependence on institutional care, and the potential dangers that come with a reliance on congregate healthcare settings. Nursing homes and hospital are a necessary part of the healthcare continuum, but COVID has undoubtedly increased the public’s appetite for—and governments’ understanding of—accessible home care. 90% of America&

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Psych Nursing: Your Role in the Therapeutic Milieu

Clipboard Health

Like any medical speciality, psychiatric-mental health nursing has its own specific treatment methods and theories to help treat patients. One of those treatment methods is known as the therapeutic milieu, or the use of a mental health patient’s physical and social environment as part of their therapy. For nurses new to psych nursing or those who want to refresh their understanding of this treatment modality, here are the basics of milieu therapy and the importance of your role in creating and m

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HEALTHCAREfirst innovation series: Optimizing revenue cycle management, Reimbursements.

HEALTHCARE first

Every organization faces challenges when managing RCM on their own. This innovation series focuses on three key considerations for optimizing your revenue cycle management and improving revenue outcomes. Watch the second of three 10-minute videos, featuring industry experts as they tackle the biggest RCM questions. Reimbursements Adapt your organization to home health.

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Helping Older Generations Avoid Scams and Navigate the Digital Landscape

Accessible Home Health Care

Online frauds, otherwise known as internet scams, are becoming more prevalent in today’s society. With the increased use of technology, such as computers, phones, and tablets, scammers have access to target seniors, especially those that may be unsuspecting. Seniors are more likely to hand over their personal information to scammers because they are trusting, polite, and often do not realize that they are being scammed.

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How to Stop Cyberbullying in the Workplace

Healthy Workforce Institute

If you’ve ever received a hostile e-mail from someone at work or had nasty things written about you by a co-worker online, you know what it’s like to be a target of cyberbullying in the workplace. Or maybe the cyberbully struck via text message or a Facebook post, trying to ruin your reputation by spreading negative gossip, criticizing you, or posting embarrassing photos.

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Dehydration and End-of-life Care

Hospice of the North Coast

There are several common causes of dehydration. It is important to understand how hydration and dehydration impact end-of-life care. Common Causes Of Dehydration. Diarrhea, vomiting: Severe, acute diarrhea (diarrhea that comes on suddenly and violently) can cause a tremendous loss of water and electrolytes in a short amount of time. If you have vomiting along with diarrhea, you lose even more fluids and minerals.

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Ep. 18 - Palliative Nursing Leadership: Advocacy in Action

HPNA podcast

. Palliative Nursing Leadership: Advocacy in Action. This episode of HPNA Podcast Corner welcomes guests Clare Chmiel, Senior Government Affairs Analysts and Jessica Goggin, PhD, MAS, RN. Together, they shed light on the role of the nurse in palliative care advocacy, including leading the way in addressing support for advancing the care of patients and families with serious illness. .

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We Need to Talk About Nurse Suicide Risk Rates

Clipboard Health

Nursing is a taxing career, both physically and emotionally. Caring for patients who are extremely ill or battling chronic or terminal illnesses can be traumatizing, but nurses are expected to keep calm and carry on with their responsibilities each day. The stress, anxiety, and depression associated with this profession can grow overwhelming at times, causing many nurses to reach burnout or experience intense emotional turmoil.

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HEALTHCAREfirst innovation series: Optimizing revenue cycle management, Outsourcing RCM.

HEALTHCARE first

Every organization faces challenges when managing RCM on their own. This innovation series focuses on three key considerations for optimizing your revenue cycle management and improving revenue outcomes. Watch the third of three 10-minute videos, featuring industry experts as they tackle the biggest RCM questions. Outsourcing RCM Select a revenue cycle management.

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Qualities Of A Successful Nurse Leader

Diversity Nursing

Health care organizations rely on Nurse leaders to manage teams, patient care, and promote organizational goals. In order to meet these goals, a successful Nurse leader must possess certain qualities such as. Good communication. In healthcare, effective communication can literally be the difference between life and death. Nurse leaders should make themselves accessible and establish an environment that promotes an open-door policy so Nurses feel comfortable discussing issues or concerns.

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Hearts for Home Care Brings Legislative and Public Awareness to over 43 Million Viewers

Hearts for Home Care

Hearts for Home Care has had a busy year, working to secure public and legislative awareness to home care challenges across the industry. Over the first half of 2021, the duo of Alisa Fox and Marissa Fogal has worked in conjunction with BAYADA’s Government Affairs office to urge legislators to recognize and address home care industry challenges through user-generated traditional media and social media coverage.

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Why Is Keeping Hydrated So Important?

Hospice of the North Coast

Every cell, tissue and organ in your body needs water to work properly. For example, water: Gets rid of wastes through urination, perspiration and bowel movements Keeps your temperature normal Lubricates and cushions joints Protects sensitive tissues. Lack of water can lead to dehydration. A condition that occurs when you don’t have enough water in your body to carry out normal functions.

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Are You Asking People to Tell You Your Name?

Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

Seriously, if you do this, please stop asking people living with dementia to tell you your name when you greet them. Don't start the conversation with a test they might fail along with your hurt feelings when they do fail. Just say your name and who you are. If they decide to give you another name, that may be okay, too. Don't say that person has been dead ten years, and you told them that 925 times.

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RN to Patient Staffing Ratio — Here’s What the Federal Government Says

Clipboard Health

Nurse-to-patient staffing ratios are an area of concern for many nurses. Taking on too many patients at once not only causes high levels of stress, but it also increases the chance of mistakes or errors in patient care. However, if a hospital is understaffed or too many health care workers are out sick while there’s an influx of sick patients (like, for instance, during the COVID-19 pandemic), bridging the staffing gap can be difficult.

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6 NOA submission requirements to consider before 2022

HEALTHCARE first

Home health agencies are coming up on the final phase of PDGM. And while it may seem like one more administrative burden, this final update will likely be a welcome change for your agency. RAPs will be phased out, and home health agencies will revert to the one-claim-per-patient-per-month concept—known as the Notice of Admission (NOA).

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Parsing Out Changes in the Election Addendum Made by the Final Hospice Wage Index Rule

Healthcare Law Insights podcast

By October 1, 2021, hospices will need to update their election addendum form to address a change made by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in the final rule. The government has provided much-needed clarification and flexibility to certain aspects regarding the addendum. When should hospices provide the addendum to patients? What should hospices do if a patient refuses a signer’s discharge prior to signing the addendum?

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Going On an Outing With a Senior With Dementia? These 8 Tips Are For You

Community Home Health Care

You’re Not The Only One. If you dread taking your loved one on outings, you’re not alone. One of the hardest parts of caring for your loved one who’s suffering from Alzheimer’s is going on outings with them. Seniors with dementia or Alzheimer’s can display embarrassing or unusual behaviors in public, making it difficult for you to take them out without creating a commotion.

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Joseph L. Galloway – War Correspondent and Journalist

Hospice of the North Coast

The post Joseph L. Galloway – War Correspondent and Journalist appeared first on Hospice of the North Coast.

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Life After Death Dementia Story

Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

This true story is from my book Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes. When Mamie Wilson (pseudonym) became my hospice patient, she had several unusual qualities that made me wonder. At sixty-five, she was the youngest person assigned to me after years of volunteering at various Detroit nursing homes. She had the same name as my grandmother, and I had her grandmother's name.

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Start making smarter, data-backed decisions with AlayaCare’s Data Exploration tool

AlayaCare

Business intelligence remains an integral part of a home care agency to gain valuable insights into your daily operations. Whether you’re a business executive, scheduler, administrator, or caregiver, leveraging data exploration in your home care software allows you to make smarter decisions that are backed by analytics and most importantly, to achieve better outcomes.

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Top Home Health Nurse Documentation Updates for 2022 That Actually Affect Your Paycheck

The Productive Home Health Nurse

What a year for home health nurse documentation and nurses… Our COVID song continues…. PDGM has taken over home health nurse documentation…. Home health nurse documentation timeframes are on speed…. And now, Value-Based Purchasing is adding more heat to your already smoke-filled kitchen?! We started the year with PDGM or the Patient-Driven Group Model as our new payment system.

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Governance Series: Common Board Challenges and Tips for Dealing with Them

Healthcare Law Insights podcast

After exploring the attributes of a well-functioning board, in this episode we delve into common practices and tendencies that can limit board performance. Whether it be factioning, side conversations or confidentiality leaks, there are activities that get in the way of good governance. Husch Blackwell’s Meg Pekarske and Stephanie Kaiser talk through how to help leaders identify these roadblocks and institute practical strategies to navigate them.

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Infection Control in the Home

Hope Hospice

Here comes cold and flu season and, yes, we’re still battling the COVID-19 pandemic. If someone in your household is an older adult or has certain underlying medical conditions, then all household members should act as if they are at an increased risk for severe illness and take special precautions. If you don’t, then the effort put toward protection of your sensitive person(s) goes to waste if other residents are careless in public and bring germs back home. .