Hospice Management Advisor Archives – March 1, 2006
March 1, 2006
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Improve hospice staff skills on being compassionate presence for patients
Hospice nursing work is different from the typical health care experience, but how often has it become rote and driven by schedules and regulatory tensions? -
Extensive program for increasing minority access to care
In 1992, the hospice formed a staff diversity committee that worked with consultants and devised a mission statement and objectives, says Shareefah Sabur, MNO, director of planning and evaluation. -
Hospices can do more to improve access to diverse communities
The controversy surrounding Coretta Scott King's recent death at a Mexican alternative care clinic known for promoting unorthodox cancer treatments obscured a fact that hit home for hospices... -
Loss of vision does not mean loss of independence
Home health nurses see it all of the time & patients don't want to lose their independence so they don't tell anyone if they experience changes in their mobility, memory or vision. -
Caregivers benefit from education and support
For many patients dying of cancer, home is where they want to spend the last weeks of their lives. Their caregivers and often spouses, life partners or children and may be willing to give whatever care their loved one needs ...