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What Training Managers, Hospice, & Healthcare Facilities Miss about End of Life Care

Home Care Pulse

Staff will end up suggesting or even pushing IVs, feeding tubes, unnecessary medications, and providing inadequate pain management for patients. Learn More As managers working in hospice, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living, and even senior communities, part of our job is to educate our employees in end of life care.

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Fight Option Paralysis: Find Your Next Nursing Career Move

Minority Nurse

Attend conferences, workshops, and webinars/seminars related to your field. You may also find podcasts, articles, videos, and social media feeds that help you stay current. A mindset of continuous learning will be invaluable to stay competitive and relevant in your chosen career path.

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Dementia and Appetite Decline

Hope Hospice

There’s no one-size-fits-all method to combat feeding challenges, so try out a few of these methods to see what might work for your patient. The live webinars cover a variety of topics, including four presentations specifically on aspects of dementia care. Tips to help make mealtime go smoothly. LEARN MORE.

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Care Across the Health Care Continuum: Communication and Education are the Keys to Success

Home Care Pulse

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. Within a year, she could only walk a few steps with help and mostly relied on a scooter. Tips for you!

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Ep.3: How to Prepare Your Staff For OASIS-E Upgrades

Home Care Pulse

Wendie Colvin ( 23:54 ): It’s kind of cheesy, but it’s, if you give man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach Amanda Fish, you feed him for the rest of his life. Um, so your, the Oasis e webinar that we’re having is gonna be next Thursday on, um, October 13th. Wendie Colvin ( 30:16 ): Yeah.

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6 ways your home care staff can increase caregiver retention

AlayaCare

Watch our recorded webinar with panelists from AlayaCare and Nevvon to learn more about online home care training and education. They are not being given enough hours to make this into a full-time job so that they can feed their families.” - How to improve caregiver retention by predicting their satisfaction, HHCN.

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Caregiving Best Practices: Get Healthcare, Financial, and Legal Affairs in Order

Hope Hospice

Other end-of-life issues that may be included in an advance directive are the individual’s preferences for comfort care, ventilation, tube feeding, and organ donation. Advance directives may be changed at any time as long as you are of sound mind to do so; just be sure any changes are shared with your physician and family.