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One of the major challenges of providing hospice care is working with caregivers who typically have received no training in the role.
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As increasing numbers of older Americans spend their last days in a nursing home, its important for nursing home staff, as well as hospice providers, to identify nursing home patients who might qualify for a hospice placement, an end-of-life care expert says.
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A newborn is most at risk for jaundice and dehydration during the first 10 days of life, and these conditions mean increased risk for hospitalization and emergency department visits. Unless, as demonstrated by a Pennsylvania State University Childrens Hospital study, the mother and newborn are discharged with orders for a home visit within two days.
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Before you jump into a new-mom-and-baby program, be sure there is a market for it, suggests the executive director of HealthTouch in Wakefield, RI.
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Recent increases in Medicaid spending have been due largely to rapid increases in the enrollment of low-income families, according to a recent report released by the Kaiser Family Foundation and published in the journal Health Affairs.
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Medicine knows too little about the process of dying. This was among the conclusions reached by a National Institutes of Health consensus panel on end-of-life care convened in December 2004.
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During a program at the Washington, DC, office of the Kaiser Family Foundation, the American Diabetes Association, in conjunction with the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, unveiled a study delineating how health insurance fails many Americans with diabetes.
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Screening for osteoporosis may result in fewer hip fractures.
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NG feeding should be used for dysphagic patients early and PEG feeding reserved for those who do not tolerate NG feeding or who require long-term tube feeding.
