Communication, Home Care and Hospitals

National Patient Safety Goals Depend on Good Communication

Relias

MARCH 17, 2023

Each year, the Joint Commission issues a list of top national patient safety goals for healthcare settings, including hospitals, nursing care centers, behavioral health care and human services, ambulatory healthcare, home care, and more. Improve staff communication. Use medicines safely. Use alarms safely.

Patient Safety

Patient Safety Communication Healthcare Hospitals

Social workers could join neighbourhood teams for people with complex needs

Community Care

JANUARY 31, 2025

The BCF policy framework for 2025-26 said such teams were designed to provide “more integrated and proactive care for people with complex needs”, to help them “stay independent for as long as possible” and reduce the likelihood of them being admitted to hospital or care homes.

Social Worker

Social Worker Hospitals Rehabilitation Disability

Connecting to People Living With Dementia

Relias

APRIL 13, 2023

Understanding how to communicate effectively with people with dementia is vital for healthcare professionals in various settings, including home care, assisted living facilities, hospitals, and hospices. A patient’s ability to communicate affects care outcomes in multiple ways.

Hospice

Hospice Communication Healthcare Empathy

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The Everyday Donor: Unlocking Prospecting Segments Through Behavior Analysis

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Connecting to People With Dementia

Relias

APRIL 13, 2023

Understanding how to communicate effectively with people with dementia is vital for healthcare professionals in various settings, including home care, assisted living facilities, hospitals, and hospices. A patient’s ability to communicate affects care outcomes in multiple ways.

Hospice

Hospice Communication Healthcare Empathy

Importance of Image and Respect for Home Health Recruitment and Retention

Relias

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The increased pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic has presented never-before-seen growth opportunities for home health agencies and their workforce, as Bill Dombi, President of the National Association of Home Care and Hospice (NAHC), noted in a December 2021 webinar titled The State of Home Health.

Home Care

Home Care Healthcare Hospice Medicare

The social worker advocating for people with learning disabilities

Community Care

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In my extended family, we also have someone who spent about 10 years in an assessment and treatment unit [a mental health hospital for people with learning disabilities or autism] and had experienced being in a seclusion room. They didn’t speak in English and could only communicate through blinking. They wanted to be at home.

Disability

Disability Social Worker Mental Health Hospitals

Supporting the Competence of Dementia Care Teams

Relias

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Dementia care is one of the most challenging types of patient care in every setting — from in-home care to assisted living, skilled nursing facilities, and hospitals. It shows how residents perceive their environments and how interactions with caregivers affect their reactions.

Nursing Home

Nursing Home Home Care Healthcare Clinic

Why Care Coordination Is Important for Home Health and Hospice Agencies

Relias

OCTOBER 28, 2022

“One of the goals of the nationwide rollout of VBP is to integrate and coordinate care,” Salisbury-Sizemore said. Under the first performance year of VBP in 2023, home health agencies will be scored in part on the patient’s perception of their communication and team discussion.” Assessing communication and collaboration.

Hospice

Hospice Communication Clinic Patient Safety

Home Health Agencies Face Growing Competition as Value-Based Purchasing Expands Nationally

Relias

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Claims-based measures make up 35% of the TPS and are based on acute-care hospitalizations in the first 60 days of care and emergency department use without hospitalization in the first 60 days of care. The final 30% of the TPS is made up of five elements of the HHCAHPS survey: Professional care. Ambulation.

Medicare

Medicare Hospitals Medicaid Healthcare

A Fatal Collision: The Opioid Epidemic and the Dismantling of Child Protection Services in Washington State

Child Welfare Monitor

JANUARY 13, 2025

On August 24, 2024, the Washington Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) proudly announced in a press statement that it had reduced the number of children in out-of-home care by nearly half since 2018. Specifically, the number of children in foster care had fallen from 9,171 in 2018 to 4,971 as of August 14, 2024.

Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence Foster Care Substance Abuse Child Welfare

‘How reablement can better support independence and quality of life’

Community Care

MARCH 14, 2025

By Deborah Rozansky, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) Reablement services play a critical role in maintaining peoples independence and quality of life. Most frequently used to support peoples recovery after a hospital stay, reablement can also be preventive, reducing the need for hospital admissions or long-term residential care.

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Therapist Engagement Hospitals Recovery

Social Work Update

National Patient Safety Goals Depend on Good Communication

Social workers could join neighbourhood teams for people with complex needs

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Connecting to People Living With Dementia

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Connecting to People With Dementia

Importance of Image and Respect for Home Health Recruitment and Retention

The social worker advocating for people with learning disabilities

Supporting the Competence of Dementia Care Teams

Why Care Coordination Is Important for Home Health and Hospice Agencies

Home Health Agencies Face Growing Competition as Value-Based Purchasing Expands Nationally

A Fatal Collision: The Opioid Epidemic and the Dismantling of Child Protection Services in Washington State

‘How reablement can better support independence and quality of life’

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