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Increasing Hospice CAHPS Scores Through Enhanced Caregiver Training

Hospice News

More than 70% of hospice patients are primarily cared for by untrained family caregivers with no medical background, Ferebee found. When we do such a good job of caring for the patient, we also have a due diligence and a responsibility to provide intentional support of the caregiver. One key element was standardization.

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Sierra Community Palliative Care Reaps Rewards of Dignity Health Collaboration

Hospice News

A collaboration between a Dignity Health hospital and Sierra Community Palliative Care promises to be a winning combination with far-reaching results for the larger community. Sierra provides invaluable care for nonterminal patients with serious or chronic conditions. Local primary-care providers also send patients to Sierra.

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Angela Hospice’s New Inpatient Facility; Hosparus Opens PACE Center

Hospice News

Expanding hospice care in the senior community will allow for improved support and care collaboration, according to Angela Hospice President and CEO Marti Coplai. Angela Hospice provides adult and pediatric hospice, palliative care and grief support across Oakland County in southern Michigan. The William B. and Janet B.

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How Do I Choose the Right Home Care Software Vendor?

AlayaCare

Looking for a new home care software vendor can be a complicated task—there’s no doubt about that. With the home care landscape shifting to outcome or value-based care models and new regulations and technology evolving daily, it’s important to find a solution that fits your agency’s needs, both today and in the future.

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We Need to Deliver

The Caregiving Years Training Academy

It’s always so helpful for me to connect to a group of health care professionals and family caregivers to talk about caregiving issues. Attendees to my workshops last week included both family caregivers, former family caregivers who want to support current family caregivers and health care professionals who help family caregivers.

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Put On Your Headsets: Virtual Reality May Become Part of Your Nurse Training Tools

Nurse.com

Virtual reality (VR) is a computer-generated, three-dimensional environment in which users can explore and even interact in a virtual “world” using special equipment such as a VR helmet or headset and hand controllers/special gloves. Virtual reality’s immersive, interactive learning approach raises the bar even higher.

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5 Tips to become a preferred referral partner for specialty pharmacy

AlayaCare

Specialty pharmacies are experiencing booming growth in the home care infusion service market. While this may seem like great news for specialty pharmacies, it poses a significant threat for many – due to the critical nursing shortage facing the home care industry. until at least 2028. Subcontracting opportunity for nursing agencies.

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