Hospice Management Advisor Archives – August 1, 2005
August 1, 2005
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Project improves social workers’education about end-of-life care
The hospice industry in recent years has worked with medical and nursing schools to improve their students’ training in end-of-life care, but such education still is needed for social workers, who commonly find themselves inadequately prepared for the issues confronting them with dying patients, experts say. -
Educate hospice staff about pain, other symptoms
While nurses and physicians have their roles to play in palliative care of dying patients, social workers also have a responsibility for assisting in pain management, experts say. -
Hospice president creates training for community
Hospices cannot reach everyone who could benefit from its services, especially in the case of people suffering from sudden loss or co-workers who are affected by death and illness among colleagues and families. -
Methods to improve home health employee safety
“Five years ago, we had a nurse punched in the face by a mother with no warning and no provocation,” says the clinical director of home care services at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center’s Home Care Services. That incident prompted a partnership between the hospital’s protective services department and the home care agency that not only is preparing employees to avoid dangerous situations, but also gives them options to use to escape dangerous situations. -
Four tips to protect your agency’s employees
Protecting employees as they travel throughout the area and into many different types of situations often means giving them trainings and tools that can help them avoid, or escape, a dangerous situation. Conversations with home health nurses and aides, as well as review of incidents that have occurred, help you discover what issues need to be addressed, explains the clinical director of home care services at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. -
Summit highlights gaps, disparities in health care
According to the director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, escaping the health care quality “hook” is impossible. “We know we can do better,” she noted. “None of us has all the answers, but when it comes to quality and health care delivery, we actually have many answers about best practices and what works, proven science-based answers.”