Relias
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Improved care quality and patient safety, reduced readmissions and ER visits, and lower healthcare costs are just some of the positive outcomes of effective care coordination. Though the benefits are clear, many home health and hospice agencies struggle to optimize coordination. Increased scrutiny in hospices.
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. Often, they repeat themselves.
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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. Often, they repeat themselves.
Hospice Chaplaincy
NOVEMBER 4, 2023
Due her limited understanding of the English language, communication with her healthcare team became hard. Saul Ebema A few years ago, my wife befriended an elderly African woman from west Africa. Recently, that woman had a serious health scare.
Social Workers Speak
MARCH 9, 2023
Wheeler is one of 14 who has been given membership this year for his efforts to rectify the inequities in healthcare over a career spanning more than 30 years. Hospice social workers are a key part of the process and should be honored for the work they do. According to the National Association of Social Workers , the U.S. in 2020.
Relias
AUGUST 8, 2023
Improve communication. In fact, employers who engage in employee development usually experience an increase in sales and profits. In addition to staff retention, ongoing staff training has the following potential benefits: Improve staff performance Enhance quality. Boost efficiency. Create problem-solvers. Establish accountability.
Hospice Social Work
DECEMBER 30, 2018
My fellow healthcare workers: We can do a better job managing out of hospital do not resuscitate orders. I’ve worked for a dozen hospice directors of nursing, and I’ve never known any to say, “That’s too fine a point to bother the family over.” It matters to nursing homes: They don’t want to have to perform CPR on hospice patients.
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