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The Employment Outlook for Hospice Aides

Hospice News

However, turnover rates may be showing signs of improvement, said Josh Klein, founder and CEO of Royal Care and Emerest Health Companies. How do we address these things with our staff and pick up on the telltale signs of distress? The minimum wage went up in many states, and increased salaries are catching up with that.

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Caregiver Self-Care: How to Release Worries and Stress Less

Sustainable Caregiving

A sign of caregiver stress is not being able to escape the worries. Caregiving worries keep us up at night, disrupt our day, and wreak havoc with our well-being. Worries flow through our caregiver river, creating unexpected waterfalls and intense rapids that sweep us away.

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Aveanna Healthcare’s ‘Strong, Disciplined’ Hospice Growth

Hospice News

Our disciplined approach to home health is fundamentally rooted in the fact that we understand we cannot chase low margin business and try to make it up with volume in home health.” Our business is showing signs of recovery, our home and community-based care will continue to grow.” Aveanna’s overall revenue reached $478.01

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Hospice Clinician Wages Rising at Slower Rate; Turnover Falling

Hospice News

Wages for hospice clinicians continue to go up amid widespread staff shortages, but they grew at a slower rate in 2023 compared to the prior year. Social worker wages went up 3.78%, as well as a 2.58% increase for chaplains. 55.54% of participants reported offering sign-on bonuses to attract new employees,” the report said.

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Big data: How does it affect my home care agency?

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For example, it’s possible to set up predictive alerts based on clinical vitals. With the data collected in a clinical setting on a large scale, providers can get a sense of the signs of a client who isn’t managing their care or treatment plan effectively. This allows providers to more effectively address them.

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CMS May Be Mulling Changes to the Hospice Benefit

Hospice News

A lot of kidney patients don’t end up on hospice because they don’t want to give up the dialysis. Questions like these could be a sign that CMS may be looking to “modernize” some aspects of the hospice benefit, according to David Baird, vice president for hospice policy for NAHC. “At Dialysis is a good example.

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Hospice Leaders: Dollars Alone Won’t Solve the Turnover Conundrum

Hospice News

One major expense has been the need to offer sign-on and retention bonuses in order to compete in the labor market. In some areas, we’ve seen the signing bonuses are very, very, very high. Not only is it a shot in the arm, but you do pick up on some of the areas of concern and frustration and bringing it back to your team.”

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