Hospice Management Advisor Archives – April 1, 2007
April 1, 2007
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First hospice PACE program opens doors, and more are the on way
The hospice mission shares many of the goals and features of the mission of the Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), and so for hospices with enough resources, initiating a PACE program is a natural fit. -
Kansas hospice describes how its PACE program works
The first hospice to implement services under Medicare/Medicaid's Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) has made the philosophical skip to expanding its care to the frail and elderly who are not hospice-eligible. -
Expert advice on 'growing' your average daily census
Hospice professionals may loathe using the words 'sales,' 'marketing,' and 'customers' to describe what they do to improve their average daily census, but these words will need to be considered if a hospice is to remain competitive in today's industry, an expert says. -
New palliative/hospice care framework published
The National Quality Forum (NQF) has released a new publication entitled, A National Framework for Palliative and Hospice Care Quality Measurement and Reporting, -
Keep pediatric skills high with competencies
Which comes first, the pediatric referrals or a nursing staff who are well-trained to handle pediatric patients? -
Train nurses to improve outcomes for depression
Depression is often the rule rather than the exception for most home health patients, though home health nurses are often not taught how to recognize symptoms of depression and assess the need for intervention, according to researchers at Cornell University's Weill Medical College in Ithaca, NY. -
End-stage renal disease patients need hospice care
Renal disease patients live only one-third as long as persons who do not have kidney disease, and they typically have many co-morbidities, including diabetes, heart failure, high blood pressure, and circulatory problems.