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Palliative Care, Report Card
67 percent of U.S. hospitals with fifty or more beds report palliative care teams, up from 63 percent in 2011 and 53 percent in 2008.
The number of states with A grades (defined as more than 80 percent of the state’s hospitals reporting a palliative care team) also increased, from 3 percent in 2008 to 17 percent in 2015
For the first time no state has a grade of F (defined as less than 20 percent of a state’s hospitals reporting a palliative care program). Important gaps still remain.
One-third of U.S. hospitals with fifty or more beds report no…
What Do People REALLY Know About Long-Term Care?
A survey finds that many Americans seem to know very little about long-term care costs.
5 Ways to Build a Culture of Caring
A culture of caring isn't just about caring for your employees and having them care for customers.
Caring for grandchildren linked with surprising health benefit
Older adults who look after their grandchildren might also be doing themselves a favor, new research suggests
Big Raises For Many Home Care Workers Won’t Necessarily Help Senior Citizens
A $15 minimum wage will almost double what many home care workers are paid but won’t solve other problems.
How In-Home Care Providers Can Prevent Hypothermia in Seniors
Visiting Angels has put together a short guide that in-home care providers can use to spot signs of and prevent hypothermia in seniors.
Why the Arts Are Key to Dementia Care
The arts are a form of communication that can engage the intuition and imagination of someone with dementia.
What Are We Doing to Support our Valuable Family Caregivers?
About 40 million people in America care for a family member, neighbor or friend who has limitations in everyday activities. We call these people “family caregivers.” Most of them juggle work and family caregiving responsibilities, which can seriously affect their physical and emotional health. Together, this invisible workforce provides 37 billion hours of care, which the AARP Public Policy Institute values at $470 billion. That’s 470…
Hospitals provide much more than health care
Gundersen Health System and Mayo Clinic Health System provide quality medical care to patients.
How to Build a Successful Acute/Post-Acute Care Continuum
Hospitals are forming networks with post-acute care and continuing care partners to ensure quality across the continuum.
Your elderly parent is home from the hospital. What happens next?
Many families step up to give care, but the demands on them get little attention.
What medicine can learn from the fire department about team-based care
Rather than assume that the culture we perpetuate is status quo, let us be open-minded enough to see its flaws and empowered enough to fix it.
Why We Need to Pour Creativity Into Elder Care
The arts are a powerful tool to improve the quality of life of older adults
Antipsychotics in the elderly: Sometimes it's excellent palliative care
Using antipsychotics in a demented person suffering delirium is a prime example of palliative care.
Hospitals Are Mining Patients' Credit Card Data to Predict Who Will Get Sick
Some troll consumer databases to predict who will get sick
Fewer ER visits with palliative care, study finds
A study that included 250 elderly patients in long-term care facilities found palliative care services were associated with a reduced need for emergency care, according to researchers at the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center and the Institute for Aging Research. "This study showed a decrease in emergency room visits for palliative care patients, avoiding an often frightening event for patients and families, while decreasing the high cost of…
When medical home models include palliative care, quality improves |
This combination of a medical home — a coordinated and family-centric model of care — and palliative care delivered in in the home setting includes advanced care planning, symptom management, as well as care for spiritual, social or psychological needs.
