Hospice News

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Shradha Aiyer, vice president of products at Axxess, has been named a 2022 Future Leader by Hospice News. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. Future Leaders are individuals nominated by their peers.

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Home Care Pulse

APRIL 6, 2023

Article Contents: – Introduction Article Contents: For Training Managers, Hospice & Healthcare Facilities Share: We’re Home Care Pulse, a leading provider of experience management & surveys, caregiver/CNA training, and online reputation management.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

AUGUST 21, 2022

Sometimes hospice patients live longer than six months. When this happens, you’ll want to use these tips to document the hospice recertification with ease. If you’ve worked long enough as a hospice nurse, then there’s a good chance you’ve had to chart a patient’s hospice recertification. Yep, you heard me right.

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Shining Light Hospice

APRIL 8, 2022

Hospice is designed to provide medical, social, and spiritual care for the terminally ill patient with the goal of keeping the patient as symptom free as possible throughout the end of their journey. What Are The Similarities of Hospice and Home Health? Hospice is indicated for end of life care for patients with a terminal illness.

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Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

APRIL 3, 2022

At nursing home mealtimes, I served as a hospice volunteer at several Detroit, Michigan nursing homes for many years. Hospice residents are predicted to have up to six months to live, but may exceed that time. My assigned hospice residents were always my primary concern. What food?" You’re a good eater.

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GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

In 1988, Cruzan’s parents requested that her feeding tube be removed, arguing that she would not want to continue in this state. On the one hand, this was unfortunate, as it meant Nancy Cruzan could not be disconnected from the feeding tube immediately. She had a respiratory arrest, and the nurse was really distraught.

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Home Care Pulse

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

– Hospice experiences: Meeting You Where You Are. – Just another touching hospice story? Article Contents: Hospice experiences: Meeting You Where You Are/a> Is standardizing data the end of individualized care? Just another touching hospice story? Hospice experiences: Meeting You Where You Are.

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Hospice News

MAY 25, 2023

The conversation took place on April 20, 2023, during the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference. Nikki Davis: I’m a nurse practitioner and have been working in geriatrics and palliative care for about 21 years now. The post HSPN Palliative Care: Fireside Chat with Contessa and Netsmart appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Torrie Fields, strategic advisor at C-TAC, spoke with Hospice News about the biggest takeaways of these discussions and what’s on the horizon for palliative care payment. The talk with CMMI was just the “tip of the iceberg” on sustainable support for palliative care, Fields told Hospice News.

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Daily Nurse

AUGUST 15, 2023

When listening to stories about the nationwide nursing shortage, some of us might immediately think of urban hospitals as the overwhelmed facilities most acutely struggling to care for the citizens of densely populated metropolitan areas. That’s certainly a lot of people to care for. in 2022, MSN programs dropping 9.4% from 2021 to 2022.

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Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

JANUARY 1, 2023

Research reported in the American Journal of Hospice Palliative Care concludes that p ositive general attitudes toward end-of-life dreams, visions, ( ELDV) and positive perceptions are correlated with better bereavement outcomes. I asked Rose after feeding her. “Me? I’ve been spending time with my people. One is a hundred five.

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Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2021

I have had many occasions as an educator to implement and consult on intergenerational partnerships between schools and nursing homes. For example, after students learn how to write letters at school, service-learning could include writing letters to nursing home residents who would benefit from receiving them.

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Seasons Hospice

MARCH 2, 2021

In a hospice setting, therapy animals can help improve a patient’s quality of life. Keep reading to see if a therapy animal is suitable for your loved one in hospice care. Other parts of AAT can include feeding, grooming and speaking to the animal. . The post How Can Emotional Support Animals Help Hospice Patients?

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Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As the year comes to an end, it's always a good time to pause, reflect, and take stock of the current state of your nursing career. Plenty of nurses follow a tried and true career strategy of working one or two years in med-surg and then specializing in an area suitable to their temperament and clinical interests.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 18, 2022

Nurses provide emotional, physical, and psychological care to patients every day. However, these interactions put them at risk for crossing the lines of professional boundaries in nursing. This is especially true in healthcare settings like home health and hospice when care is being provided in the patient’s home.

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Death and Dying Chronicles

OCTOBER 17, 2017

To be eligible for hospice care one must have a terminal diagnosis with a life expectancy of six months or less. A non hospice doctor determines this. A referral to hospice is given when all other treatments have been exhausted or would prove futile. Hospice staff gave the person medication. That did it. That did it.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Home Care Pulse

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

She could no longer feed herself, much less cook, and was dependent on others for everything. Alice has stated that she is unsure about a feeding tube but is certain she does not want a ventilator or other assistive breathing device. Nursing shortages, coupled with increased demands related to an aging population.

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AT Home Care & Hospice

MARCH 15, 2023

Whether you’re a Nurse, Certified Nursing Assistant, or another type of healthcare professional, the steps you take daily can go a long way in keeping your patients safe. Before feeding a patient or giving them a meal, ensure they sit upright. Bed-ridden patients may wish to eat lying down.

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GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

When I’m on nursing home call, the most common page I receive is for a blood sugar value. When I’m on palliative care consults and attending in our hospice unit we have to counsel patients about deprescribing and de-intensifying diabetes medications. Summary Transcript Summary Diabetes is common. How high is too high?

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The nurses say we can’t touch them anywhere. Particularly with patients in our hospice unit who are often not on IV fluids, getting dehydrated, getting ever-escalating doses of IV Dilaudid. And you may have missed the turnoff between delirium and pain, or your nurses may have. Alex: That’s the allodynia. Janet: Yep.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 11, 2022

As a nurse, there are 5 things you need to know about interacting with a dying patient that can help. Secondly, as a nurse, you probably didn’t spend a lot of time learning about end-of-life conversations in nursing school. Nurses are humans too! Is It “Ok” For Nurses To Cry? Know Thyself.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Alex: We are delighted to welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Katie Fitzgerald Jones, who’s a nurse scientist at the New England Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, and a palliative and addiction nurse practitioner at the VA in Boston. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. Who do we have with us today?

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Hope Hospice

JUNE 29, 2022

That’s why falls are the most common cause of nursing home placement. You might also like: Assisting With Personal Hygiene > Seniors and Hot-Weather Safety > Challenges With Feeding Elderly Patients > The post Fall Prevention appeared first on Hope Hospice and Health Services. Source: National Institutes of Health.

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GeriPal

MAY 9, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary On today’s podcast, we’ve invited four hospice and palliative care social media influencers (yes, that’s a thing!), We’ve invited: Julie McFadden (aka Hospice Nurse Julie ): Julie is a social media superstar, with 1.5 And then Hospice Nurse Julie. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™.

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Palliverse

MAY 7, 2022

Dad wanted to take her home, he knew that he could feed her food she would like, and that home rehabilitation could be considered. Dad was not keen on having Hospice involved yet, as he wanted to protect Mum from the knowledge that she had worsening cancer. Despite Dad feeding her five small meals a day, she was shrinking fast.

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Elizz

MAY 1, 2019

pain, headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, poor appetite, difficulty feeding, sleep problems, itching, fatigue, difficulty breathing, etc.). What supports are in place: home housekeeping, home nursing, pharmacy access, respite. Medium term (next few weeks). Symptoms that bother your child (e.g.: Advance care planning.

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Elizz

MAY 1, 2019

pain, headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, poor appetite, difficulty feeding, sleep problems, itching, fatigue, difficulty breathing, etc.). What supports are in place: home housekeeping, home nursing, pharmacy access, respite. Medium term (next few weeks). Symptoms that bother your child (e.g.: Advance care planning.

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Elizz

MAY 1, 2019

pain, headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, poor appetite, difficulty feeding, sleep problems, itching, fatigue, difficulty breathing, etc.). What supports are in place: home housekeeping, home nursing, pharmacy access, respite. Medium term (next few weeks). Symptoms that bother your child (e.g.: Advance care planning.

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Hospice News

MARCH 2, 2023

As lawmakers wrestle with necessary improvements to hospice program integrity, they should seek input from the professionals who provide that care, Dr. Holly Yang, incoming board president of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) told Hospice News.

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Home Care Pulse

AUGUST 11, 2022

To make matters worse, hospices have lost social worker employees at a faster rate than any other health care setting in the care continuum as turnover rises to 27%. In the last two years alone, more than 6/10 nurses have changed jobs. Yet it also ranks among the top 5 industries with the highest workforce shortages.

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Living With Hospice

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In this episode of Living With Hospice, Mitch makes good on a promise made during the first episode to answer questions that readers have submitted over time. Transcript: Welcome to another episode of Living With Hospice. I am a nurse and I have seen a lot of sickness and a lot of dying. That would be awesome. She says. "Mr.

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Home Care Pulse

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Linda Leekley ( 00:49 ): Yeah, Wendy has, uh, I’ll speak for her and then she can add anything that she wants to, but she, uh, she, uh, uh, started her nursing career in, uh, acute care as, as many nurses did, Uh, did some time in the er and, and then moved to post-acute care. OASIS-E right? <laugh>

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Living With Hospice

JULY 5, 2020

Transcript: Hello, come on in and welcome to another episode of Living With Hospice. I'm not a nurse. I share my insights and offer help to clarify issues revolving around anything and everything hospice with this podcast. Same thing here with your hospice team. I need to tell you upfront, I'm not a doctor.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

AUGUST 11, 2023

This population is most accurately identified with integrated data from claims, prior authorization, pharmacy utilization, clinical feeds from electronic health records (EHR), various functional and SDOH assessments, and vendor information.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

We welcome all professions, including but not limited to physicians, chaplains, social workers, nurses, nurse practitioners, case managers, administrators, and pharmacists. Could it be the bedside nurse? It meets in-person, once a month, over nine sessions. For inquiries or to apply, please contact gayle.kojimoto@ucsf.edu.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

MAY 11, 2022

If completing a hospice admission gives you cold sweats, you’ll want to check out these expert hospice admission tips. One of the most common frustrations hospice nurses have is related to how long it takes to complete hospice documentation. And at the top of the list is the hospice admission.

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