Hospice News

JUNE 6, 2022

Set to open by 2024, Heather’s House will expand hospice care options for both adult and pediatric patients. . Through the 18-bed facility, the hospice will provide patients inpatient end-of-life care when their symptoms can no longer be managed in the home. Development of the hospice house has been a long journey.

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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2023

Patient preferences are trending towards home-based hospice care, leaving some inpatient facilities between a rock and a hard place. The health system will no longer offer inpatient services at the MercyOne Johnston Hospice Care facility, citing “post-pandemic economic issues” in recent local news.

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Hospice News

JULY 6, 2023

Barriers to expanding pediatric inpatient hospice care include a lack of specialized facilities as well as staff who are sufficiently trained to provide those services. Children are an underserved population in the hospice realm, particularly when it comes to inpatient care. near the Minneapolis area.

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Healthy Workforce Institute

JANUARY 17, 2024

The American Organization of Nurse Leaders (AONL), The Joint Commission , American Association of Critical Care Nurses , and more have all stepped up to say, enough is enough. Your culture didn’t get this way overnight and it certainly won’t change overnight. But it will change. The question is, HOW do you want it to change.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 4, 2024

The facility features 14 patient rooms with private bathrooms and accommodations for family overnight stays, each with doors that open to a meditative garden. Patients who otherwise would be housed in facilities ill-equipped to correctly handle the complexities of end-of-life care.”

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Palliverse

APRIL 8, 2024

Photo by Agnieszka Stankiewicz on Unsplash I received the news by email that a brave young lady had died overnight. Even after 16 years of full-time palliative care some cases affect me more than others. The care I provide can never be perfect. It’s okay to do some extra self-care when we need it. I obtain closure.

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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

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Hospice of the Chesapeake Unveils New Supportive Care Facility Maryland-Hospice of the Chesapeake has revamped its inpatient facility into a comprehensive care and community support center. The center has a kitchen and dining area, library and workspace, chapel, activity room and family quiet rooms for overnight guests.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The closures are part of the nonprofit health system’s strategic plans to divest its home health care services, the company indicated in a letter penned to the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services. The hospice, palliative and personal care provider is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CDR).

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Comfort Home Care

JUNE 11, 2023

Caring for a senior loved one can be a fulfilling experience, but it can also be physically and emotionally draining. But remember, it’s important that you also take care of yourself in order to provide the best care for your loved one. We provide respite care services that allow you to take a much-needed break.

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Diversity Nursing

MARCH 8, 2024

Critical thinking is crucial to provide safe and effective patient care. Critical thinking is a learned skill, not usually learned overnight, but practiced and developed over time. Attention to Detail: When it comes to providing Nursing care to our patients, attention to detail is a crucial skill that all Nurses must master.

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Daily Nurse

MAY 9, 2023

To honor those at the forefront of patient care for National Nurses Month, AWAKE is offering a wake-up call and free caffeinated chocolate to any healthcare worker in May. Nurses comprise the largest component of the healthcare workforce, are the primary providers of hospital patient care, and deliver most of the nation’s long-term care.

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Daily Nurse

JULY 24, 2023

Routine shifts already last 12+ hours, and many involve overnight work. These frontline workers must regain control over their careers to provide high-quality patient care. We rely on – and expect – clinicians to provide patients with a high standard of care. But there is much more fuel being added to the fire.

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Happy Healthy Caregiver

APRIL 7, 2023

Many family caregivers were tossed into a family caregiving role overnight or may have seen the need for more care coming but didn’t know what they didn’t know. One of the top pain points for family caregivers is the need for training and education.

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Daily Nurse

AUGUST 16, 2023

Daily Nurse honors Barbara Stanley as the Nurse of the Week for stepping up on the front lines in an emergency to provide care and treatment to victims. “Well, I know from previous experience, because I’ve been to a lot of disasters, that people are just lost.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 16, 2022

The unit, called the Center for Comfort Care & Healing, is located in the town of Danbury. The center will house hospice patients who qualify for general inpatient care in two renovated private suites where they will receive 27/4 care from Regional’s interdisciplinary hospice teams in addition to specially trained hospital clinicians. “We

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Daily Nurse

AUGUST 4, 2023

Routine shifts already last 12+ hours, and many involve overnight work. A side hustle allows them to explore interests outside of nursing and to take care of themselves and their families. Workloads have become more intense than ever, with 62% of nurses reporting an increase since COVID started.”

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Diversity Nursing

AUGUST 8, 2022

Having a diverse Nurse population improves patient care and satisfaction while also reducing healthcare disparities. Nursing education and Nurse leaders recognize there's a link between a culturally diverse workforce and the ability to provide quality, competent patient care.". Increasing Diversity in Healthcare is vital.

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Diversity Nursing

APRIL 17, 2023

According to the Center for Health Care Strategies , Black infants are more than twice as likely to die within the first year of life as white infants. Improving access to high-quality prenatal care can help reduce these disparities. This racism means African American women often receive poorer quality care than white women.

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Home Sweet Home In-Home Care

AUGUST 16, 2023

When you are at home caring for a person with dementia, these changes can be stressful enough to manage. How Home Care Can Help A dementia caregiver from Home Sweet Home In-Home Care can help you navigate the more challenging effects of dementia with skill, patience, and creativity.

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Palliverse

APRIL 22, 2023

Flexible visiting hours and the ability for family members to stay overnight in relative comfort. We would continue caring for them no matter what happened. It could’ve been the less stressful environment of the hospice inpatient unit. Was it access to fresh air? The better food? Something kept them alive. None of them wanted to die.

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Daily Nurse

DECEMBER 21, 2023

I watched her juggle working overnights, getting me off to school in the morning, and getting her well-deserved sleep. I also saw how the demands of the job and her limited time for self-care took a toll on her health over time. And I know firsthand as my mom was a shift nurse for over 40 years.

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Hospice News

JULY 14, 2023

Palliative care providers have a limited window into the disparities plaguing underserved populations when it comes to access and awareness of their serious illness care options, according to Nicole McCann-Davis, vice president of communications and chief health equity officer at Empassion Health.

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Palliverse

MAY 31, 2022

One of the prognostication tools that I use in my day to day palliative care practice is a new form of medical imaging. He sometimes sneaks into the window of the person who needs his care the most. Overnight she was troubled by worsened pain and extra doses were given. Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash.

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Palliverse

JULY 26, 2022

The first clinical task of the morning was to take care of the patient who had died overnight. Photo by Claudio Schwarz on Unsplash. The family had been holding their vigil for the previous days. There had always been someone there at all times. They didn’t want our patient to be alone.

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Diversity Nursing

MAY 17, 2023

A positive workplace culture is essential for Nurses to provide excellent patient care. Nurses see coworkers more often than family due to working long hours, overnights, or holidays, so having support and camaraderie with your colleagues is very important. This leads to a toxic culture and an unhealthy workplace.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Hospice News: I wanted to start by asking where the greatest opportunities for clinical innovation is in hospice care? If that gives an indication of how important your staff are and how much that equals quality care at the bedside, I’m not sure what else does. What they care about is professional development.

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Palliverse

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A week later when his family were about to finalise their choice of care facility everything suddenly changed. There will always be someone with him 24/7, but we won’t let Mum stay overnight, Dad was always worried about her health. A final act of care, a final act of love. He became extra sleepy. They made a good team.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Cheryl Hamilton Fried, are mobilizing for value-based care with geographic expansion and a new suite of services. Last week, the hospice launched a new palliative care service and a PACE program. Hospice News spoke with Hamilton Fried about the hospice provider’s recent growth and the opportunities she sees within value-based care.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2022

If COVID taught health care providers anything, it was first and foremost to expect the unexpected. In some instances, the argument could be made that some of these probes illustrate a disconnect between payment models and patients’ health care needs. But this optimism is tempered by uncertainty. Note the conditional language.

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Palliverse

MARCH 9, 2023

That would have been right yesterday, but your father’s condition got worse overnight. Please take care and rest when you can. Photo by Ricky Kharawala on Unsplash I’m very worried about your father, I think he only has a short amount of time left. The doctor yesterday said he might only have one to two weeks left to live.

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Palliverse

MAY 26, 2023

Good palliative care was directed by her wishes. Solid plans were being made for longer, overnight leaves at home. No one could have predicted she would be alive for weeks let alone enjoying some form of quality of life. She had outlived all prognostication attempts by many weeks and almost months. We had kept the promise.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Nurse practitioners are accustomed to treating the entire patient rather than solely treating a disease or condition,” says Teresa Cyrus, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, co-owner of Integrative Geriatrics , a practice that provides care to underserved adults and seniors in rural Minnesota. “I I believe it is a more holistic approach to patient care.

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Palliverse

DECEMBER 28, 2022

She had deteriorated overnight and was not her usual self. A lot can change in a day in a palliative care setting and here was a clear example of the change, she had changed cognitively overnight and was not longer able to use the electronic notepad.

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Palliverse

JUNE 5, 2023

The care package needed to be directed towards the survivors, her family members. They hugged us as they thanked us for the care provided. They asked if they could all stay with her overnight. It can never be perfect in palliative care, if it was perfect she wouldn’t have been sick, she wouldn’t have died. She had died.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Nurses and stakeholders also must actively work to change the culture, and understand that bullying has no place in the nursing profession or anywhere else in health care. There is no silver bullet that can singlehandedly change these dynamics overnight.

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Palliverse

AUGUST 27, 2022

They’ve been uncomfortable overnight with pain. Take care.”. I recognised the traditional turban and greeted them with, “Sat Sri Akal.” A look of surprised appreciation crossed over the spouse’s face. The patient stared blankly at the ceiling in a confused manner. I need to do something about it. How long have you been together?”. “44

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