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What do you do when you find that more than 20% of your new admissions are for cardiac-related reasons and about 33% of your patients have cardiac disease, even if it isnt the reason for admission to home health? If you are the staff at Visiting Nurse Association of Central New York in Syracuse, you put together a special team of employees who work only with cardiac care patients and call it Heart Smart.
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Competition among home health agencies for referrals can be fierce. Agency managers are increasingly concerned about employees and independent contractors who leave agencies and take patients with them. Agencies have used a variety of strategies to prevent the loss of patients to other agencies when former employees or contractors take patients with them, including non-solicitation agreements and non-compete agreements.
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Planning is something Americans do on a regular basis. They plan their vacations. They plan for the birth of a new baby. They plan for retirement. Some even plan for death. Yet few plan for the aging process.
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People who have aging relatives need resources to help them address problems that arise as they take on the role of caregiver. A source of support and information is important.
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For more resources on elder abuse, contact the following organizations.
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More than 12% of substantiated elder abuse cases reported in the United States involve financial or material exploitation, according to statistics compiled by the National Center on Elder Abuse. Caring for victims of exploitation after the abuser is removed requires more than just meeting their medical and daily living needs.
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We do a great job. Everyone loves our nurses, and our outcomes are great. This may be your opinion of your agency, and you may be right, but is this enough to make your agency stand out from the multitude of agencies with which you compete?
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The new palliative care guidelines developed through the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care are available on the Internet. The document divides the guidelines into eight areas, or domains.
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In an effort to better standardize and improve the quality of palliative care services available nationwide, a consensus group has released new clinical guidelines detailing what services a palliative care program should provide and listing places where providers can go for more information and support.
