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End-of-Life Care: Your Patient Has Died, Now What?

Hospice Nurse Hero

While nearly 80% of people say they want to die at home , only 20% do. Believe it or not, many people still end up dying in acute care settings or nursing homes. However, as a home hospice nurse, you are more likely to perform death visits in the patient’s personal residence or nursing home.

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S3 Ep.1 : How Training Has Changed Over the Last 20 Years, With New Hosts Linda Leekley and Amanda Sternklar

Home Care Pulse

I spent some time at the branch level and then became a corporate level clinical educator for a national home health organization. And my main focus, which I loved in that role was to help develop professional home health and hospice aids. Suddenly people were realizing that, oh, you know, people wanted to stay home.