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Hospice Care Considerations for People With Dementia

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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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Why Care Coordination Is Important for Home Health and Hospice Agencies

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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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Importance of Image and Respect for Home Health Recruitment and Retention

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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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Survey Readiness: Post-Acute Care Compliance Checkup

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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.