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The Fastest Growing US Hospice Companies

Hospice News

magazine’s annual list of the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the United States. . San Diego-headquartered Bridge Home Health & Hospice, with 527% growth, was the highest-ranked hospice provider on the magazine’s list at No. MagazineFive hospice providers made Inc.

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Hospice News’ Top 10 Stories of 2022

Hospice News

magazine’s annual list of the 5,000 fastest growing companies in the United States. In 2022, the hospice community laid the groundwork for a transformational 2023.

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Hospices Make Fortune’s List of ‘Best Workplaces in Aging Services’

Hospice News

Ethical business practices and strong leadership are keys to employee retention and satisfaction, according to hospice organizations on Fortune Magazine’s annual list of “ Best Workplaces in Aging Services.”.

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Full Practice Authority Gains Ground in 26 States: What This Means for Nurse Practitioners 

Minority Nurse

Magazine News FPA full practice authorityIn the long struggle to gain full practice authority (FPA), nurse practitioners (NPs) can point to notable advances in the last few years. Now, patients in more than half of the states, the District of Columbia, and two U.S.

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Career Moves: From Shift Nurse to Leadership

Minority Nurse

Blog Magazine Nursing Careers making the shift to nurse leadership nurse leaders nurse leadership nurse leadership positions Nursing careers shift nurseYou’ve been working as a shift nurse for a few years. You love it, and you love caring for patients.

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Full Practice Authority Gains Ground in 26 States: What This Means for Nurse Practitioners 

Minority Nurse

Blog Certification Magazine Nursing Careers FPA full practice authority NP nurse practitionerIn the long struggle to gain full practice authority (FPA), nurse practitioners (NPs) can point to notable advances in the last few years.

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Some of the Many Benefits of Being an NP

Minority Nurse

Blog Magazine Nursing Careers benefits of being an NP holistic approach to patient care NP nurse practitioner Patient CareBetween the role’s autonomy and the hours’ flexibility, there’s never been a better time to be a Nurse Practitioner (NP). What are the advantages of becoming an NP?

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Interview with Incontinence Innovators and Founders of Underx

Today's Caregiver

Gary Edward Barg, founder and Editor-in-Chief of Today's Caregiver magazine and caregiver.com interviews the founders of the new company Underx about their incontinence innovations

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CEO of Caring

Today's Caregiver

since late last century in Today’s Caregiver magazine, on caregiver.com and at the Fearless Caregiver Conferences I have been talking about family caregivers being the CEO of Caring for My Loved One, Inc.,

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AlayaCare Named Among Canada’s Top Growing Companies in Globe and Mail 2022 Report on Business

AlayaCare

The full list of the 2022 winners along with editorial coverage is published in the October issue of Report on Business magazine. million readers every week in our print or digital formats, and Report on Business magazine reaches 2.3 Home-based care technology company places No.63

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AlayaCare Named Among Canada’s Top Growing Companies in Globe and Mail 2022 Report on Business

AlayaCare

The full list of the 2022 winners along with editorial coverage is published in the October issue of Report on Business magazine. million readers every week in our print or digital formats, and Report on Business magazine reaches 2.3 Home-based care technology company places No.63

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Third Season Episode 21: A conversation with Suzy Hopkins and Hallie Bateman on their book, “What to do when I am gone.”

Hospice Chaplaincy

Suzy Hopkins is a retired journalist who worked for four Northern California newspapers, then founded and ran a community magazine in the Sierra foothills for […]. In Today’s episode, Saul talks to Suzy Hopkins and Hallie Bateman about their experience as mother-daughter collaborators and how making the book changed their perception of losing a loved one.

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EMR Firm Careficient Acquires Net Health’s Hospice, Home Health and RCM Product Lines

Hospice News

magazine’s annual list of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies the United States. The electronic medical record (EMR) company Careficient Inc., has acquired Net Health’s home health, hospice, home care and palliative business, as well as its revenue cycle monitoring (RCM).

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My Beloved Sons

Elaine Mansfield

Like many women, I feel a secret shame in growing old and not looking like the women on the cover of the AARP magazine. The two of you sent a photo from David’s home in North Carolina last week.

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Comfort Home Care Wins Best of Bethesda Award

Comfort Home Care

For the 7th time, family-owned and operated in-home care provider wins top honors for outstanding service in Bethesda, Maryland Rockville, MD January, 2023: Comfort Home Care has won Bethesda Magazine’s Best of Bethesda 2023 Top Vote Getter: Best In-Home Care Provider.

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Enhancing Care Coordination Can Give Hospices An Edge in Value-Based Models

Hospice News

magazine’s list of fastest-growing U.S. As more health care reimbursement migrates towards value-based payment models, providers will need to master the art of care coordination.

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AlayaCare ranks among Canada’s Top Growing Companies

AlayaCare

The full list of 2020 winners, and accompanying editorial coverage, is published in the October issue of Report on Business magazine—out now—and online at tgam.ca/TopGrowing. The stories of Canada’s Top Growing Companies are worth telling at any time, but are especially relevant in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic,” says James Cowan, Editor of Report on Business magazine. “As million readers every week in print or digital formats, and Report on Business magazine reaches 2.1

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Why automation is the key to efficient and effective care management 

AlayaCare

For example, according to HomeCare Magazine , home care providers have reported increases of up to 40-70% in operational efficiency since implementing automation to manage their operational processes.

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3 ways to improve care management in home care 

AlayaCare

According to HomeCare Magazine , home care providers have reported increases of up to 40-70% in operational efficiency since implementing automation to manage their operational processes. Care management is the bread and butter of home care organizations.

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Daughter Finishes Dad’s Bucket List, Finds Herself

Solace

Laura Carney is a magazine copy editor, writer and illustrator who lives in Montclair, NJ. Laura Carney had trouble thinking about her father without crying for many years. When she was only 25, her father was killed in a car crash by a distracted driver. “I I became sort of a timid person without realizing that I was,” Carney told Solace Cremation. It was difficult to grieve for him with the trauma of his tragic ending still haunting her.

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What's On Your Nursing Career Runway?

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

written for Nurse.com, Nurse.org, MultiBriefs News Service, LPNtoBSNOnline, StaffGarden, AusMed, American Sentinel University, BlackDoctor.org, Diabetes Lifestyle, the ANA blog, NursingCE.com, American Nurse Today, Working Nurse Magazine, and other online and print publications.

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Patient Protectors

Chicago Caregiving

Caregiving Magazine is committed to publishing a diversity of opinions. When staffing shortages impact patient care, advocates look out for patients’ best interests, says former nurse and current patient advocate Teri Dreher.

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AlayaCare Ranks No. 18 on the 2018 Startup 50

AlayaCare

Startup 50 winners are profiled in a special print issue of Canadian Business published with Maclean’s magazine and online at CanadianBusiness.com. – 30- About AlayaCare AlayaCare’s unique platform includes Back Office, Client and Family Portals, Remote Patient Monitoring, Telehealth, and Mobile Care Worker functionality in one integrated, highly robust and secure, cloud-based system.

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Maintaining a Relationship with your Loved One in a Facility during COVID-19.

Hospice 101

Copy a poem, cut out an article from a magazine (even if it is an older magazine in your home), or a clipping from a newspaper. Today, due to the threat of COVID-19 on our health, our personal relationships have suddenly changed (literally overnight) with our friends, coworkers, neighbors, fellow church members, social group members, and even family members living outside of our immediate homes.

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Writing for the Lay Public: Rosanne Leipzig and Louise Aronson

GeriPal

Alex: Can I ask for, if we have listeners who are interested in this sort of avenue of writing for the lay public, should they start with a book or would you advise that they instead start with something else, like a short story, an essay for a local paper or national paper or a magazine?

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Have a Minute? We Can Help You Plan

Solace

Hang up my coat, read a letter and toss it, fill in a form, answer an email, note down a citation, pick up my phone messages, file a paper, put a dish in the dishwasher, replenish the diaper supply by the changing table, put the magazines away … and so on.”.

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How the right technology can support recruitment and retention during the caregiver shortage

AlayaCare

This shows you care about their out-of-pocket expenditures.” - HomeCare Magazine. At-home care is one of the fastest-growing healthcare segments in North America, even before the pandemic.

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How the right technology can support recruitment and retention during the caregiver shortage

AlayaCare

This shows you care about their out-of-pocket expenditures.” – HomeCare Magazine. At-home care is one of the fastest-growing healthcare segments in North America, even before the pandemic.

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Keep a Hospital Go-Bag at the Ready

Chicago Caregiving

Entertainment: Books and magazines. No one wants to end up in the hospital. But each year in the United States, adults 65 and older have about 13.2 million hospitalizations , according to a 2021 report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

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First Valentine’s Day After a Death: 10 Memorial Ideas

Solace

You can also cut out photos and words from magazines or print them out from online sources. This piece first appeared on Cake and is republished with permission. Unfortunately, grief doesn’t take a holiday. In fact, many people experience worsened feelings of grief on special days of the year.

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Providing Hospice Cares in a Facility during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Quarantine

Hospice 101

If allowed, bring items (from your home) to your patient that provides them with activities to pass the time: items for a simple craft, magazine, book, newspaper, puzzles, games, joke book, CDs, notebook and colored pencils, writing paper, fresh flowers from your garden, and/or envelopes with stamps. Dear Fellow Hospice RNs, It’s now, more than ever, that your hospice patients really need your kindness, your compassion, your caring nature, and your gentle demeanor.

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Summer Reading List For Nurses

Diversity Nursing

In May 1971, Look magazine featured an article entitled "Chicago's Cook County Hospital: A Terrible Place." Working in healthcare can be emotionally and mentally taxing. Self-care is very important and sometimes curling up with a comfy blanket and a good book is the perfect antidote!

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Caring for Patients With Alzheimer’s

Diversity Nursing

Reading books and magazines. Alzheimer Disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia, accounting for at least 2/3 of the cases of dementia in people age 65 and older.

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Spinning It Positive in Nursing Job Interviews

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

written for Nurse.com, Nurse.org, MultiBriefs News Service, LPNtoBSNOnline, StaffGarden, AusMed, American Sentinel University, BlackDoctor.org, Diabetes Lifestyle, the ANA blog, NursingCE.com, American Nurse Today, Working Nurse Magazine, and other online and print publications.

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Ways for Caregivers to Decompress After Work

Caregiver Support Services

Fiction, poetry, memoirs, magazines, and even comic books are all appropriate options that will do the trick. Caregiving is an important and demanding job. Spending your whole work week putting others before yourself can be challenging and stressful.

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The "Shoulds" and "Coulds" of Your Nursing Career

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

written for Nurse.com, Nurse.org, MultiBriefs News Service, LPNtoBSNOnline, StaffGarden, AusMed, American Sentinel University, BlackDoctor.org, Diabetes Lifestyle, the ANA blog, NursingCE.com, American Nurse Today, Working Nurse Magazine, and other online and print publications.

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Celebrating Black Nursing Leaders: Patrice Little

Minority Nurse

And it’s evolved quite a bit before it was a magazine for nurse practitioner students.

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Your Nursing Career: Intentions and Positive Change

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

written for Nurse.com, Nurse.org, MultiBriefs News Service, LPNtoBSNOnline, StaffGarden, AusMed, American Sentinel University, BlackDoctor.org, Diabetes Lifestyle, the ANA blog, NursingCE.com, American Nurse Today, Working Nurse Magazine, and other online and print publications.

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5 Ways to Build Your Network of Nursing Career Allies

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

written for Nurse.com, Nurse.org, MultiBriefs News Service, LPNtoBSNOnline, StaffGarden, AusMed, American Sentinel University, BlackDoctor.org, Diabetes Lifestyle, the ANA blog, NursingCE.com, American Nurse Today, Working Nurse Magazine, and other online and print publications.

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Lions, Gazelles, and Nurses

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

written for Nurse.com, Nurse.org, MultiBriefs News Service, LPNtoBSNOnline, StaffGarden, AusMed, American Sentinel University, BlackDoctor.org, Diabetes Lifestyle, the ANA blog, NursingCE.com, American Nurse Today, Working Nurse Magazine, and other online and print publications.

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Be Yourself, Nurses; Everyone Else is Taken

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

written for Nurse.com, Nurse.org, MultiBriefs News Service, LPNtoBSNOnline, StaffGarden, AusMed, American Sentinel University, BlackDoctor.org, Diabetes Lifestyle, the ANA blog, NursingCE.com, American Nurse Today, Working Nurse Magazine, and other online and print publications.

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Overcoming Mission Drift in Your Nursing Career

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

written for Nurse.com, Nurse.org, MultiBriefs News Service, LPNtoBSNOnline, StaffGarden, AusMed, American Sentinel University, BlackDoctor.org, Diabetes Lifestyle, the ANA blog, NursingCE.com, American Nurse Today, Working Nurse Magazine, and other online and print publications.

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Your Nursing Career and a Latte?

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

written for Nurse.com, Nurse.org, MultiBriefs News Service, LPNtoBSNOnline, StaffGarden, AusMed, American Sentinel University, BlackDoctor.org, Diabetes Lifestyle, the ANA blog, NursingCE.com, American Nurse Today, Working Nurse Magazine, and other online and print publications.

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