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Webinar Recap: Elevating Senior Living Quality Through Trusted Partnerships

IntelyCare

As a result of staffing shortages, lack of support for new nursing grads, and inefficient vendor partnerships, care quality in senior living facilities has been suffering. This is a complicated problem facing all areas of healthcare, but it is hitting long-term care especially hard.

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What to Know About Being a Home Health Travel Nurse

The Gypsy Nurse

Triage’s new long-term care division has home health, hospice, long-term care, senior living, rehab, and assisted living positions available, with more being added every week. It’s also important to choose a travel agency with a full clinical department.

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Why COVID-19 patients who could most benefit from Paxlovid still aren’t getting it

American Nurse

In senior living facilities, “a lack of clear information and misinformation” are “causing residents and their families to be reluctant to take the necessary steps to reduce covid risks,” said David Gifford, chief medical officer for an association representing 14,000 health care providers, many in senior care.

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Understanding and honoring the needs of Native American elders

American Nurse

Takeaways: Four significant factors compromise care for Native American elders: healthcare disparities, historical trauma, healthcare shortages afflicting rural areas and reservations, and a lack of culturally appropriate care in long-term care facilities.

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The Role of Adaptive Sports in Holistic Nursing Care

Daily Nurse

Home healthcare nursing is a collaborative team approach to patient care. From private duty for long-term care of adults and children with neurodegenerative and motor disorders to rehabilitative and therapeutic nursing for those recovering from an injury or illness, we take a holistic approach to treatment.

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MEDICARE PART B PREMIUMS TO DECREASE IN 2023

Elder Care Matters

That’s welcome news for seniors living on a fixed income and struggling with dramatic price increases on, well, everything. The standard… The post MEDICARE PART B PREMIUMS TO DECREASE IN 2023 appeared first on Elder Care Directory - ElderCareMatters.com.