Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The company also offers care management, home health, palliative care, rehabilitation, skilled nursing, telehealth, non-medical, and personal care services. Home health and hospice provider LHC Group (NASDAQ: LHCG) invested $20 million in the nursing school at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS) has acquired Chicago-based Apple Home Healthcare, Ltd., The state is one of three in which Addus offers its trifecta of business lines — personal care, home health and hospice. Since 2019, Addus has purchased seven personal care companies and four home health and hospice agencies.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Texas-based Choice Health at Home’s recent purchase of Instant Care of Arizona is bursting with long-term growth potential. Instant Care provided an extraordinary opportunity to move into non-medical home care in one of the most desirable markets in the United States.”. As of 2019, the U.S. By 2050, nearly 2.5

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Home-based care, including hospice, has become an increasingly attractive space for facility-based health care providers of all walks. Assisted living and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) have been joining the mix, taking varied routes to growth into home-based hospice care. Among the 1.6

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Hospice News

JANUARY 22, 2024

Bruera founded the first academic fellowship program in palliative care at the University of Alberta in Canada. He later founded the Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston where he is now department chair.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The Pennant Group is a holding company of independently operated subsidiaries that provide home health, hospice and senior living care services. Pennant’s home health and hospice segment brought in $85.5 Choice Health at Home appoints new chief financial officer. Texas-headquartered Choice Health at Home.

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Diversity Nursing

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Case Manager's (CM) role is centered around working with patients and their families to make sure they are provided with appropriate health care providers, resources, and services so they receive the proper care they need. Acting as a liaison between patients, health care providers, and health insurers.

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Hearts for Hospice & Home Health

JULY 1, 2021

For the third year in a row, Valeo is recognized as the top home health and hospice company in the greater Salt Lake area. Valeo Home Health and Hospice, LLC, was named Best of SLC Home Health and Hospice companies in the third annual Best of SLC awards.

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The Nurse Break

MAY 24, 2022

Sometimes older people don’t get the same access to rehabilitation or treatments, or face expectations of physical and cognitive decline, so it’s important to help people see that they really do have to keep using it not to lose it. Similar articles here. What is the role of the gerontological nurse specialist?

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

OT programs). ADED (Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists) [link]. Alex: And we are delighted to welcome Terri Cassidy, who’s an occupational therapist and, ding-ding-ding, certified driver rehabilitation specialist. Instead the new lingo is “driving retirement”. Additional Links: (A to Z – under driving).

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GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

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. This study explored nursing home organizational factors and staff perceptions that are associated with the variation in care for residents with advanced dementia. Archives of Internal Medicine 2010.

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Nurse.com

MAY 23, 2022

Regardless of specialty or skill level, nursing associations are an ideal resource for professional growth, networking, and lifelong learning. Many associations offer research grants, scholarships, and award programs to help nurses recognize their peers. We’ve made it easy with an extensive list categorized by specialty and state.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Physical therapy had walked with him that day and noted improvement compared to previous walks, suggesting that he should be discharged to a skilled nursing facility for rehabilitation on discharge. The sons were very focused on rehabilitation, and the patient gave his assent. Therapists are so much more. This is Eric Widera.

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Hospice News

JUNE 16, 2023

North Carolina-headquartered Novant Health has launched a new palliative care program to help improve quality of life for patients with heart failure. The health system is rolling out the new program in partnership with hospice and palliative care provider Lower Cape Fear LifeCare. billion in 2021. billion in 2021.

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AlayaCare

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

AlayaCare, CBI Health Group, University of Ontario Institute of Technology and Southlake Regional Health Centre partner for groundbreaking research TORONTO, February 28, 2018 – Heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease remain the most burdensome chronic diseases to Ontario’s health care system.

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GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

In today’s podcast we talk with surgeon Samir Shah and Health Services Researcher Joel Weissman about a pair of JAGS articles they published on the outcomes of high risk surgery and advance care planning among persons with dementia. AlexSmithMD. Transcript. Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. This is Eric Widera. Alex: This is Alex Smith.

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