AlayaCare

JUNE 9, 2021

Employee Churn and Pandemic Primary Pain Points for Home Care Providers According to new research from AlayaCare , while COVID-19 remains the top challenge identified by home-based care operators, more than half of respondents specifically pointed to caregiver shortage and 45 per cent noted employee churn as critical pain points. AlayaLabs , AlayaCare’s data science team, is helping care agencies manage limited personnel resources and identify retention risks so that they can intervene before an

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Life & Death Matters

JUNE 9, 2021

Submitted by Kassey M. June 2021, reflecting on her grief while working in Long Term Care during COVID Grief is an understandable reaction to loss. It’s the emotional pain you experience when something or someone you care about is taken away from you. It can be excruciatingly painful at times. From shock or fury to disbelief, remorse, […].

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Diversity Nursing

JUNE 10, 2021

Versailles, Ky. – The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded Frontier Nursing University (FNU) two grants totaling $4,140,000. The HRSA Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training grant totals $1,920,000 and the Nursing Workforce Diversity grant totals $2,220,000. HRSA, which is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will award the funding for both grants in annual installments over the next four years.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JUNE 11, 2021

This episode features Dr Lucy Selman (Palliative and End of Life Care Research Group, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK). During COVID-19, infection control measures have prevented many family members from being with seriously ill or dying loved ones, and impacted on after-death mourning practices and bereavement.

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AlayaCare

JUNE 9, 2021

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve simplified the mobile app login experience by launching Biometric Authentication on both iOS and Android devices! With this feature enabled, mobile app users can now sign in faster and more securely using their face or fingerprint instead of a password, significantly reducing the time it takes to log in or renew a session.

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Community Home Health Care

JUNE 10, 2021

Should you be concerned about at-home senior injuries? According to the CDC , 3 million older people are treated in emergency departments for fall injuries every year. Less than half of seniors report their falls to their doctors. The effects of a bad fall or home accident can be devastating. Twenty-five percent of senior falls cause injury to more than one part of the body (compared to an average sixteen percent among other age groups).

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JUNE 11, 2021

This episode features Dr Lucy Selman (Palliative and End of Life Care Research Group, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK). Twitter is a rich repository of data reflecting contemporaneous public opinion. The idea of dying alone is contrary to the concept of a ‘good death’ in many cultures, and not being able to say goodbye is a known risk factor for poor bereavement outcomes.

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AlayaCare

JUNE 10, 2021

Employee Churn and Pandemic Primary Pain Points for Home Care Providers. According to new research from AlayaCare , while COVID-19 remains the top challenge identified by home-based care operators, more than half of respondents specifically pointed to caregiver shortage and 45 per cent noted employee churn as critical pain points. AlayaLabs , AlayaCare’s data science team, is helping care agencies manage limited personnel resources and identify retention risks so that they can intervene before a

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AlayaCare

JUNE 10, 2021

We're pleased to announce that we've simplified the mobile app login experience by launching Biometric Authentication on both iOS and Android devices! With this feature enabled, mobile app users can now sign in faster and more securely using their face or fingerprint instead of a password, significantly reducing the time it takes to log in or renew a session.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JUNE 11, 2021

This episode features Laura Health (Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK). COVID-19 has a mortality of between 1% and 2% and is the deadliest pandemic in living memory. The elderly, and those with pre-existing conditions tend to be most vulnerable to severe disease and death. Common symptoms experienced at the end of life include breathlessness and agitation/delirium.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JUNE 11, 2021

This episode features Dr Liz Jamieson (Research Department of Practice and Policy, University College London School of Pharmacy, London, UK). Oral morphine is the recommended first line treatment for breakthrough pain. Intranasal diamorphine is an effective, rapid onset, well tolerated treatment for use in Accident and Emergency (ED) for trauma patients but lacks study in paediatric palliative care.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JUNE 11, 2021

This episode features Daisy McInnerney (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, UCL, London, UK). Emotional disclosure -based interventions can improve psychological and physical wellbeing in general populations. A range of emotional disclosure-based interventions exist, but evidence of their efficacy in palliative care is mixed; it is not clear in which forms they may be effective or most effective, and on which outcome.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JUNE 11, 2021

This episode features Baby Foo (School of Psychology, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia) and Dr Michele Wiese (School of Psychology, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia). With advancing age and the experience of life-limiting illness, people with intellectual disability need equitable access to effective palliative care.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JUNE 11, 2021

This episode features Benjamin Thomas (Palliative Care Service, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, Warrawong, NSW, Australia). Terminal delirium is a common symptom at the end of life, causing distress to patients and families. Traditional management for terminal delirium requires sedation, which limits interaction and rousability. This study is the first to report on the use of dexmedetomidine for the treatment of terminal delirium in palliative care, in a single arm open-label study.

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