The Bucket-List Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

When Mr. George Poynter entered home hospice care six months ago, he and his family did not expect to see his 86 th birthday. But, as is often the case, his condition improved after coming home, where he felt most comfortable, and receiving expert care from an interdisciplinary team.

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Traditions Health

APRIL 22, 2024

A vital role in hospice care She’s worked as a volunteer coordinator for more than six years, but before that, was a hospice nurse for 23 years. It’s so important to understand the vital role these volunteers play in providing compassionate hospice care,” Whaley adds.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Harbor Hospice is also part of the health system, which operates 50 locations across seven states, including Texas. The center will provide patients with “around-the-clock” hospice care and offer 24-hour visitation hours for loved ones, according to Brenna Rodriguez, vice president of operations at Harbor Hospice.

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Hospice News

JULY 28, 2022

Hospice News caught up with Berry to discuss their time in the hospice care industry. HSPN: What drew you to the Hospice Care industry? I became a home hospice nurse, and enjoyed learning and developing the autonomy, critical and creative thinking, and therapeutic communication skills the job demands.

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The Bucket-List Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

This summer, in the middle of a pandemic and while my soon-to-be husband was receiving hospice care, I married the love of my life. I’ve been his caregiver since November 2019, when Hospice Care Plus started caring for him in our home. But Junann, our hospice chaplain, said, “God makes a way out of no way.”

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AT Home Care & Hospice

APRIL 28, 2023

In honor of this month, we express our appreciation for home health nurses, hospice nurses, and nurses who work in the skilled nursing facilities that partner with us as hospice and home health providers. The post National Nurses Month appeared first on Default. We couldn’t do it without you!

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Minority Nurse

JULY 12, 2023

Nursing is a second career for Derek J. Flores, RN, CHPN, BS, a hospice nurse in Colorado since 2012. In 2020 Flores was a featured guest on the TV Show, The Doctors , sharing his expertise on end-of-life hospice care. He’s also written two books to increase knowledge of end-of-life care.

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Shining Light Hospice

JUNE 7, 2022

A Hospice patient can choose at any time to go to an ER or a Hospital, but depending on the cause, it may be an out of pocket expense. Read on as we discuss in more depth reasons a Hospice Patient may go to the Hospital, Revoking Hospice Benefits, and the difference between Hospice Care and Hospital Care.

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Shining Light Hospice

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Knowing how to properly care for a patient at each stage of the dying process can bring peace and dignity to a difficult journey. Let’s explore how hospice services can help your loved one. What Is Hospice? The physician will oversee all care while on hospice. Chaplains are also available for spiritual care.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

As a hospice nurse, there are many skills that you must master. One of these skills is understanding and completing hospice GIP documentation. Plus, I’ll explain when GIP care is appropriate and when it’s not. What is Hospice GIP Care? The post Do You Need to Learn Hospice GIP Documentation?

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 25, 2023

. – How to develop world-class volunteers – Training for hospice volunteers – Focus on the little things Share: We’re Home Care Pulse, a leading provider of experience management & surveys, caregiver/CNA training, and online reputation management. What value do volunteers add to my program?

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Hospice News

APRIL 25, 2022

Then as the need for more nurses to serve the pandemic happened, I saw borderline absurd levels of compensation. I would get nurses telling me they were making $5,000 a week. How do you retain a hospice nurse when she’s getting an offer in California, with expenses paid, to do Covid-19 related visits for $5K a week?

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 18, 2022

This is especially true in healthcare settings like home health and hospice when care is being provided in the patient’s home. For instance, as a hospice nurse, you spend a significant amount of time with your patients and their families. According to a 2020 Gallup poll , nurses ranked 89% for honesty.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Careful management of hospice care manager workloads correlates with longer lengths of stay. For many patients length of stay is a week or less, which is too short for them to receive the full benefit of hospice care. Length of stay is an important metric from both a clinical and business standpoint.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

What do we know about the differences between the two types of organizations when we’re thinking about hospice care? One is the patient population and a targeting of for-profit hospices around patients who are going to be potentially less costly and more profitable. People across all diagnoses want hospice care.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

What is our role as hospice and palliative care providers in advocating for high-quality hospice care? If you are interested in signing the position statement “Core Roles and Responsibilities of Physicians in Hospice Care”, click here. JAMA IM 2021 Hospice Acquisitions by Profit-Driven Private Equity Firms.

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Shining Light Hospice

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Let’s take a closer look at this condition, what hospice is , and what the benefits of hospice care for dementia-related diagnoses are. It is better described as a set of symptoms that include cognitive impairments in memory recall, thinking, communication, and socialization. What is Hospice? What is Dementia?

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Why not make it an all-inclusive benefit where we are reimbursed for not just the primary hospice diagnosis care, but exacerbating diagnoses as well? Things like complex wound care. I think it’s the first one that’s ever been done on hospice nurses in the hospice industry, done by the Amity Group.

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The Bucket-List Blog

AUGUST 23, 2017

In fact, as one of our home hospice patients, he recently talked with his Hospice Care Plus chaplain, Sally Shepherd, about the adventures in his life. His wife, Mrs. Murray, captured her feelings in a tearful moment just after takeoff, flanked by Mr. Murray’s hospice nurse, Connie, and his hospice social worker, Kristy.

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 25, 2023

Doulas, When, when, when I look back at my career, the first five years of my nursing was patient care. At end of life, it was a hospice nurse, but no one had any idea of what dying was like. And hospice has evolved in those, what, 50 years. If you’re really a, a healthcare worker is really struggling.

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