Relias

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Near patients’ final days, they and their families can greatly benefit from hospice professionals who understand how to provide specialized care for dementia. Dementia has a long, variable course, making prognostication and determining hospice eligibility difficult. Below are four ways hospice can provide care for people with dementia.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

Though the benefits are clear, many home health and hospice agencies struggle to optimize coordination. Mandated by Medicare’s Conditions of Participation , care coordination is one of the most common citation areas on home health surveys. “One Patient perception of communication and team discussion are two of those five elements.

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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. Setting up caregiver mentorship programs.

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OCTOBER 10, 2022

Whether your focus is skilled nursing, home health, hospice, or another post-acute sector, are you confident in your survey readiness? Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Special Focus Facility Program report listed nursing homes that have not met the CMS’ health care or fire safety standards.

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