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5 Tips for Improving your Client's Home Care Experience

AlayaCare

Like many other industries, the home care industry is beginning to put the consumer at the core. Care models are becoming increasingly client-centric, meaning customer service will be hands-down the most important role at your home care agency. This is especially true considering the increasing demand for home healthcare services; clients will be attracted to, and stay with, providers who offer an efficient and effective, consumer-centric experience.

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Is a Career in Aging Life Care™ Right for You?

Aging Life Care Association

If you are in the health and human service fields and looking for a career where you make a difference in people’s lives, stop here and watch this video. Aging Life Care Management is a fast-growing, in-demand profession where your guidance can lead families to the actions and decisions that ensure quality care and an … Continue reading Is a Career in Aging Life Care™ Right for You?

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Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary. If you develop dementia, odds are you will spend the last months to years of your life in a nursing home or assisted living facility. While we like to think about how our goals and preferences will influence what that life looks like, including whether you will get potentially burdensome interventions, your fate is probably influenced more by factors like where you live and what nursing home you happen to end up in. .

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TV Volume Wars

Chicago Caregiving

Tech tools can help with hearing loss, without pumping up the volume. Louder is not always better. Certainly, that’s the case with TV volume. Many older adults with hearing loss turn up the TV volume to high levels, much to the chagrin of anyone else in the home. TV volume wars can be daunting, but the war to lower the volume can be won with the aid of technology, says Ann Hollander, founder of Options for Aging , a geriatric care management company based in Wilmette.

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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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5 Tips for Improving your Client’s Home Care Experience

AlayaCare

Like many other industries, the home care industry is beginning to put the consumer at the core. Care models are becoming increasingly client-centric, meaning customer service will be hands-down the most important role at your home care agency. This is especially true considering the increasing demand for home healthcare services; clients will be attracted to, and stay with, providers who offer an efficient and effective, consumer-centric experience.

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Heart Attack vs Heart Failure | Caring Senior Service

Caring Senior Service

The heart works hard to provide your body with the oxygen it needs to function. It works while you sleep, eat, talk, run. It’s always working. But if the heart isn’t able to perform properly, then serious health conditions can develop. The most common cause of heart inefficiency is heart disease, which is also the #1 cause of death in the US. But this term refers to a number of different heart conditions, including 2 conditions that many people confuse: heart attack and heart failure.

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Episode 42: It's Never Too Late to Plan

Living With Hospice

Talking about the eventuality of death is not something anyone likes to do - much less plan for. In addition to bringing up a whole host of emotions, it can be just an incredibly uncomfortable conversation to have with someone who is terminally ill. In this episode of Living With Hospice, Mitch discusses why these conversations are necessary to have before death and how to ensure that they are productive.

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Understanding Your Risk of Getting Diabetes

Freedom Home Care and Medical Staffing

The Pervasiveness of Diabetes. While everyone is familiar with the term diabetes, it is more difficult to know what it means or even more difficult to realize that it could be affecting you. In a survey conducted by the American Diabetes Association (ADA), around 68% of people did not know that diabetes is closely related to heart disease. Furthermore, the survey also revealed that about 25% of the diabetic population do not even know that they have the disease.

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Back Pain Relief for Older Adults

Boca Home Care Services

Back Pain Relief In Elderly People: Alternative Treatments, Therapy, And Lifestyle Modifications. Back pain, especially lower back pain, is one of the most common complaints found in seniors. Elderly people, aged 60 and above, regularly pay visits to healthcare centers for chronic back pain problems (it is chronic if the pain or ache lasts longer than three months).

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Is it Time To Consider Guardianship of an Elderly Parent?

Responsive Home Care

In an ideal world, our family relationships would all be positive and helpful. We would manage transitional times cooperatively, smoothly, and with virtually no disagreement. As our parents grew older, it would be a seamless process to fulfill their needs today and their needs in the future. The reality, however, is that being an adult […]. The post Is it Time To Consider Guardianship of an Elderly Parent?

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What to Say to Someone Diagnosed with COVID-19

Today's Caregiver

After two years, multiple variants and millions of tired people, it can be hard to find comforting words to someone who tested positive with COVID-19. There are negative responses.

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Understanding How to Reduce the Effects of Chemo Brain

Home Sweet Home In-Home Care

Chemo can have a significant and long-lasting effect on people undergoing cancer treatment. Learn how to reduce the effects of chemo brain. Confusion. Short-term memory problems. Lack of ability to concentrate. Could it be Alzheimer’s? Possibly; but if you’re a cancer survivor, there’s another likely culprit that may be at play: chemotherapy. Known as chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment (CICI) or “ chemo brain ,” effects like these can last for months and even years after treatment.

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The Myths Of Morphine In Hospice Care

Traditions Health

There is often a fear that morphine can cause adverse health effects. By learning more about morphine, including debunking myths and determining the truth about the treatment, you can make the best decision possible for yourself or your loved one if you are considering morphine use in hospice care. The following are five common myths about morphine in hospice care and a detailed explanation of the truth about each myth.

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?5 Reasons Why Working in Home Healthcare is Meaningful

Interim HealthCare Inc.

According to NPR, there are currently 54 million Americans age 65 and older–that number is expected to rise to 95 million by 2060. As baby boomers age, the demand for healthcare workers to take care of them will greatly increase. Home health and personal care aide job openings are projected to grow 33 percent from 2020 to 2030, with experts predicting an estimated 8.2 million job openings in home healthcare by 2028.

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Tips for Everyday Tasks for People Living With Dementia

Today's Caregiver

Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias get worse over time. Even simple everyday activities can become difficult to complete. To help cope with changes in memory and thinking, consider strategies that can make daily tasks easier.

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NHPCO Presents Hospice Volunteer Awards at National Conference

NHPCO

For Immediate Release: March 7, 2022. Volunteers are the Foundation of Hospice Awards Celebrate Outstanding Volunteers. (Alexandria, Va) – This week the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) will present its annual Volunteers are the Foundation of Hospice Awards during the 2022 Leadership and Advocacy Conference hosted at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center (March 7 – 9).

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A Strategic and Thoughtful Approach to Transitions in Life and Career

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

Life is filled with moments of transition: marriage and divorce, birth and death, graduation, dropping out, health crises, comings and goings, and everything in between. How we approach transitions can be influenced by myriad factors, including, but not limited to, our social supports; our emotional, spiritual, and psychological health; and the nature of the transition itself.

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Antipsychotic medication reduction and the severely mentally ill population

The World According to Dr. El

Dr. El. President Biden’s State of the Union address last week targeted several aspects of the long-term care industry, most of which have received more attention than his mention of reducing the inappropriate use of antipsychotic medications. As a long-term care psychologist who has closely observed the trend of increasing numbers of residents with severe mental illness who require antipsychotic medications, I’m concerned that attempts to reduce antipsychotics might disregard the needs of these

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EEOC Issues Employer Guidance for COVID-19 Vaccinations and Religious Objections

Healthcare Law Insights blog

Throughout the COVID pandemic, healthcare employers have navigated the challenge of balancing safety concerns with employee requests for religious exemption from the vaccine. Since lifting the stay of the CMS rule requiring certain healthcare workers to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, the US Supreme Court (Court) has refused to enjoin state and city vaccine mandates for workers who seek religious exemptions from such mandates.

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Caring for Someone with Alzheimer's and Dementia: Best Practices

Comforcare Home Care

Caring for Someone with Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Best Practices. 1. ACCEPT SUPPORT – Our Comforcare Certified Dementia Practitioner (CDP) will assess/evaluate and implement a customized plan of care. A CDP is someone with a certification demonstrating achievement and specialized training in the areas of Alzheimer’s and dementia care. The CDP can offer patients/families coordination of health care services, information, support and resources. 2.

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Advice For Nurses Managing Difficult Patient Visitors

Diversity Nursing

Nurses are the front-line of patient care and often spend time around their patient's family and loved ones. It's important for family and friends to be there, but in a highly emotional environment, sometimes those visitors can become a challenge. When a patient’s relative is intimidating, aggressive, or overbearing, it can be extremely difficult for Nurses to perform their jobs and feel safe.

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65-mile Service Radius

Hospice Promise

Our team is available to travel within a 65-mile radius from our location to care for patients. We also service the good folks in the Ajo area. If you or a loved one is facing a life-limiting illness, please get in touch with our office , and we will do our best to provide help and hope in any way we can! The post 65-mile Service Radius appeared first on Hospice Promise.

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NHPCO Honors Empath Health’s Rafael Sciullo with Hospice Leadership Award

NHPCO

For Immediate Release: March 8, 2022. Award Presented During NHPCO’s Leadership and Advocacy Conference. (Alexandria, Va) – In recognition of a lasting legacy of leadership and innovation in the field of hospice and palliative care, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) today honors Rafael J. Sciullo with the Galen Miller Leadership Award.

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What Can You Do When Your Elderly Parent Refuses Help - How to Best Respond

Comforcare Home Care

When it's clear that your elderly parent needs help because you notice they are falling behind on mail, paying bills, missing doctor appointments or not keeping up with their usual hygiene habits you cannot force them to accept help. Believe it or not, refusing help is a common occurrence among the elderly. It is important to approach the subject and conversation with empathy and respect.

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Hospice Leadership Strategy: Re-engaging Staff and Communities With Story

Healthcare Law Insights blog

Welcome to an inspiring conversation on how story can help us reconnect with mission, staff and communities. As hospices face unprecedented staffing shortages and a burnt-out workforce, a key to thriving may be to re-engage with our human essence, which can be found through story. Today’s guest, Dr. Bertice Berry, PhD , explains humans are hardwired for story—it is how we connect, reflect and grow.

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How Seniors Can Stay Active to Avoid Isolation

Accessible Home Health Care

The past two years have been challenging in many ways for a lot of people. Between lockdowns, quarantine, and travel restrictions, we have all experienced loneliness and isolation. These negative feelings undoubtedly impact all who experience them, but they can be especially damaging to seniors. Feelings of isolation in seniors have been proven to leave cognitive and physical impacts.

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3 Steps To Reduce Your Risk of Colon Cancer As You Age

Interim HealthCare Inc.

?There’s no doubt about it, cancer is scary. Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths–but it doesn’t have to be. It’s one of the few cancers that can be prevented through screening. Colon cancer is preventable, treatable, and beatable. But, it’s up to you to take charge of your health and take the steps to reduce your risk.

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Good Stress vs Bad Stress

Comforcare Home Care

Good Stress is called Eustress Bad Stress is called Distress. Types of Stress: Eustress vs Distress – good stress and bad stress. Acute Stress: · Most common type of stress – often considered short term stress. · Has 3 emotions – emotional stress – anger, irritability and depression. Causes muscular tension, tension headaches, back pain, jaw pain, stomach/gut/bowel issues.

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Three Score and Six Years Ago

Today's Caregiver

Three score and six years ago Due to the potential fire hazard, the fire department has refused a permit for my birthday cake next week. So, instead of blowing out candles, I’d like to share a few things I have learned from the family caregivers.

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Caregiver Abuse and Solutions

Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

It is often said that everyone has a breaking point. What about caregivers working under very stressful conditions? What about caregivers who believe that, under no circumstances, would they ever commit an abusive act against people they have loved dearly their entire lives. Are they even aware that a buse or neglect of an elderly person can be a criminal offense, a basis for legal litigation, and not just a family problem?

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Is it time to make a nursing career change?

Interim HealthCare Inc.

If you work in the nursing field, we don’t have to tell you times are tough–you’re living it every day. Turn on the news for any period of time, and you’ll likely see reports of nursing shortages across the country–and even the world.

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More than 825 Hospice and Palliative Care Leaders Gather for NHPCO Conference

NHPCO

For Immediate Release: March 6, 2022. The NHPCO Leadership and Advocacy Conference is the First Hospice and Palliative Care Gathering of this Size in More than Two Years . Conference Marks 40 Years of the Medicare Hospice Benefit. (Alexandria, Va., and National Harbor, Md.) – More than 825 hospice leaders from across the country gather this week in National Harbor, Md. for the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s ( NHPCO’s) 2022 Leadership and Advocacy Conference, or LAC22, with

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Fearless Caregiver Profile: Jan Kennedy

Today's Caregiver

Join us as we celebrate Fearless Caregivers, Jan Kennedy sharing her personal story of caregiving.

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Third Season Episode 4: A conversation with Allen Klein about his book “Embracing Life after loss.”

Hospice Chaplaincy

In today’s episode, Saul talks to Allen Klein about his book “Embracing Life after loss.” Inspired by Klein’s experience with Continue Reading.

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Why Is Good Sleep Hygiene Important For Older Adults?

Interim HealthCare Inc.

When you were younger, did you have the ability to go to sleep at 2 a.m. and sleep until noon the next day? How about going to sleep at 9 p.m. and waking up naturally at 6 a.m.? As you’ve aged, chances are sleep doesn’t come quite as easily as it used to. Maybe you’re retired and don’t want to be tied down to a regimented sleep schedule. That’s one of the benefits of not working anymore, right?

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Embalming and 4 Other Funeral Extras to Skip

Solace

While some ancient civilizations practiced embalming , in the United States, it was the Civil War that made the practice more common. But embalming carries both environmental concerns and extra cost, so it is helpful to know what it is and when it is needed. What is embalming? Embalming is a process used to preserve a body after death. It lasts about two weeks and is often used when families want to see a loved one’s body in a viewing or traditional funeral arranged by a funeral home.

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