Confabulating and Confabulations

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Everyone and particularly medical personnel and caregivers must understand! Confabulating and Confabulations In psychology, confabulat...

The Truth About Hospice | Author- Kathryn Watson

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"Hospice is about living not about dying." The Truth About Hospice - Kathryn Watson Like many today, Kathryn Watson was thrus...

3 Factors to Help You Compare Nursing Home Care - AgingCare.com

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Ross Blair , Expert President and CEO, eHealth Medicare   3 Factors to Help You Compare Nursing Home Care Chances are, at some point you...

Today's Geriatric Medicine - Alzheimer's/Dementia

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Today's Geriatric Medicine - Alzheimer's/Dementia     Dementia and Inappropriate Sexual Behavior     Cognitive Evaluation for Memor...

How the Invention of Alzheimer's World Changed My Life Alzheimer's Reading Room

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How the Invention of Alzheimer's World Changed My Life Alzheimer's Reading Room : How the Invention of Alzheimer's World Changed...

Dealing With Angry Seniors Under the Same Roof By Sarah Peterman on July 8, 2015

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Angry & Elderly: Dealing With Angry Seniors Under the Same Roof   http://tinyurl.com/oqc8g56 By Sarah Peterman on July 8, 2015 under ...

Legal Issues – Revoking prior Powers of Attorney

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From Jim Koewler's The Koewler Law Firm website The agent named in a now-revoked POA may not be happy about being replaced.  That depo...

CMS will modify—not scrap—two-midnight' rule - Modern Healthcare

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 Under the two-midnight rule, the CMS directs its payment contractors to assume a hospital admission was appropriate if a patient's stay...

5 Steps for Dealing with Anticipatory Grief - Visiting Nurse Service of New York

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5 Steps for Dealing with Anticipatory Grief - Visiting Nurse Service of New York : It might be the hardest part of caregiving: Watching your...

nice little joke about inability to remember everyone’s names

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The One-Stop Recruitment Shop Blog

Palliative Care Series

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Palliative Care Series    An Overview of Palliative Care Symptom Management Care at the Time of Dying Ethical Considerations in...

What Goes Into a Life Care Plan? | Hill Law Group, PA

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Data gathering Forms  | Hill Law Group, PA  These  planning questionnaires are worth their weight in gold! Everyone should, IMCO, have a f...

Observation Status Bills Reintroduced in Both the House and the Senate (H.R. 1571/S. 843) || CMA

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Federal Bill Would “Fix” Problem Related to Medicare and Hospital “Observation Days Observation Status Bills Reintroduced in Both the House...

Personal Support Workers, or PSWs, are starting to fight back, but their wage increases equate to worry for clients, families and service provider agencies.

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THE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: A Fight Between PSWs, Clients and Agency Service Providers Spells Trouble For All ...

Palliative Care for Caregivers | Get Palliative Care

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Palliative Care for Caregivers | Get Palliative Care Mayo Clinic Top 10 Things Palliative Care Clinicians Wished Everyone K...

Get Palliative Care

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Get Palliative Care What Is Palliative Care Learn more about adult and pediatric palliative care, refer to the glossary and get answers to ...

Home Health Aide Certification and Certificate Programs

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Home Health Aide Certification and Certificate Programs  Each state has its own requirements for home health aide certification. Some stat...

Caregiving Criticism and Unsolicited Advice From Family - AARP

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AARP Home » Home & Family » Caregiving »How to Handle Criticis... How to Handle Criticism While Caregiving Well-meaning advisers try t...

staff scheduling and labor management

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OnShift  provides staff scheduling and labor management software They are focused entirely on the long-term care and senior living industr...

Dealing with a “Code Brown”

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Dealing with a “Code Brown” | Scrubs – The Leading Lifestyle Nursing Magazine Featuring Inspirational and Informational Nursing Articles by ...

Caregiving MetroWest a program of BayPath Elder Services, Inc

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Caregiving MetroWest – is a program of BayPath Elder Services, Inc . for MetroWest caregivers. The site offers Information on all aspects ...

Talking with a person with Alzheimer's guidelines: five basic ones

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Marie Marley is the award-winning author of Come Back Early Today: A Memoir of Love, Alzheimer's and Joy . Her website   contains a wea...

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Diagnosis and Treatment Guideline

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Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Diagnosis and ... www.ghc.org/all-sites/guidelines/dementia.pdf Group Health Cooperative Demen...

"Care Transitions for the Home Care Industry." Ankota software

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Chronic Care Management Services : Here's the deal...  Physicians are starting to be incentivized (and penalized) for their performan...

Hiring Home Care Workers: Why Work through an Agency? By Rona S. Bartelstone,

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Hiring Private Duty Home Care Workers: Why Work through an Agency Quoted: One of the greatest long-term needs of older adults and those w...

Great Big List of Caregiver Blogs | Caregiver's Corner July 14, 2010

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Great Big List of Caregiver Blogs     Posted on July 14, 2010 by Charles One of the best ways for a caregiver to find answers, reas...

Top 10 Codes You Aren’t Meant To Know - Listverse

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Top 10 Codes You Aren’t Meant To Know - Listverse Stores, hospitals, entertainment venues, and other places where the public are togeth...

Strategies to Protect Your Money from Medicaid - AgingCare.com

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AgingCare.com is not simply a website, but a community of caregivers facing the challenge of caring for an elderly loved one. They provide a...

800AgeInfo - Information on Programs - Caregiver Support Page

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800AgeInfo - Information on Programs - Caregiver Support Page Caregiver Support (caring for an individual) The Massachusetts Family Careg...

Comfort Care DNR protocol

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When a patient is in a non-hospital setting, Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) are required to provide emergency medical care and to tr...

Comfort Care Order (CCO-DNR) program Plus MOLST

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EMS Comfort Care Order Do Not Resuscitate Program | doh The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Comfort Care Order-Do Not Resuscita...

Resources | Novant Health | Choices and Champions

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Resources | Novant Health | Choices and Champions Novant Health is a integrated system of physician practices, hospitals, outpatient cente...

Code Comfort: A Code Blue Alternative for Patients with DNRs - HBR

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Code Comfort: A Code Blue Alternative for Patients with DNRs - HBR Code Comfort provides a response for patients whose code status is DNR...

19 Free Services for Seniors or Their Caregivers - AgingCare.com

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19 Free Services for Seniors or Their Caregivers - AgingCare.com

In the hospital? Are you a hospital inpatient or outpatient?

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In the hospital? Are you a hospital inpatient or outpatient?     May 21, 2014 by Wendy Shane May 21, 2014 by Wendy S...

Memory Lapses That Are Normal

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Retirees NewsBasket: Memory Lapses That Are Normal - Mary A. Fischer is an award-winning journalist and contributing editor to AARP The Maga...

Why are caregiver spouses so relectant to hire help? | LinkedIn

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Brett Frankenberg 2nd Founder at The Institute for Quality in Senior Living, Greater San Diego Area participated in  an interesting discus...

Exploring the Potential of Digital Technology to link AHPs and People in Remote, Rural Hubs

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Let's Talk about Dementia | Never in the history of mankind did not talking about something scary make it disappear. 13 Nov 2014 Li...

Addressing Unmet Palliative and Geriatric Needs of Zombies | GeriPal - Geriatrics and Palliative Care Blog

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Addressing Unmet Palliative and Geriatric Needs of Zombies | GeriPal - Geriatrics and Palliative Care Blog {Q{ Considerable evidence indica...

Quality of U.S. hospices varies, patients left in dark - The Washington Post

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Quality of U.S. hospices varies, patients left in dark - The Washington Post {Q}A boom in the industry allows patients to choose from an a...

A Guide to Durable Medical Equipment And Medical Supplies - AgingCare.com

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A Guide to Durable Medical Equipment And Medical Supplies - AgingCare.com {Q}First, the basic needs of elderly or ill people must be addr...

Questions to Ask About Durable Medical Equipment and Medical Supplies - AgingCare.com

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Questions to Ask About Durable Medical Equipment and Medical Supplies - AgingCare.com  An article full of very helpful advice and informat...

6 Questions To Ask Before Hiring An In-Home Caregiver

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  What is the cost, and how will the bills be paid ?  “Be certain to understand the whole payment package,” McVicker advises. For example,...

Code of Federal Regulations Resident rights (§483.10) Admission, transfer, and discharge rights (§483.12) Resident behavior and facility practices (§483.13) Quality of life (§483.15) Quality of care (§483.25)

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Quoted from:http://tinyurl.com/pmmrher December 14, 2013 Long Term Care Facilities: Are You Being Treated Right? By CzepigaDalyPope LLC Th...

Create A Better Day Café Marlborough , MA USA

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Create A Better Day Café Are you caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or other dementia? Create A Better Day Café encourages socialization w...

Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog: Death Rattle, Families, Signs of Dying (Research, ...

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Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog: Death Rattle, Families, Signs of Dying (Research, ... : {quote}A crackling, gurgling sound emanating from ...

Some Basic basics for caregivers | Compiled from aggregated information on the Net

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Learning about and accepting Confabulating and Confabulations is essential and not easy to accept. In psychology, confabulation (verb...