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Empath Health Launches New PACE Center

Hospice News

The center offers seniors access to primary care, therapies, skilled care, social and emotional support and day care at the Empath LIFE Day Center and Medical Clinic; in-home care and support and transportation to and from Empath LIFE or other approved specialists.

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After Hospital Discharge

Chicago Caregiving

How to vet care facilities — and make a decision under pressure Fact checked by Catherine Gianaro What happens when an older adult leaves the hospital but still needs care? They often have a short window of time and sparse information to select a facility. The result is that you have ratios that are a lot higher now,” Donovan says.

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Career Spotlight: Fighting for justice for older people and those with dementia for 50+ years

The Nurse Break

This was probably my initiation into my lifelong commitment to person-centred care. Nursing Homes and Perceived Failure In between I worked as an EN in a nursing home before returning to NSW. Nursing Homes provided greater flexibility in rostering than did hospitals. What a reward!

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Will the Real Nurse Please Stand Up? 

Daily Nurse

In home health, patients can come home with complex surgical wounds, including a wound vac, IV antibiotics, and other medications administered by a programmable IV pump. Home health nurses may also encounter patients receiving TPN and other complex situations necessitating expertise and highly skilled care.

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Palliative Researcher Oliver: Family Caregivers Are Also Patients

Hospice News

That assumes that you have somebody at home who’s willing and able to take care of you. And if we don’t make that happen, those patients end up in the hospital or they end up in nursing homes. It is skilled care even when you have no skills, and you have no license, but you’re doing this 24 hours.

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