by aht | May 21, 2020 | Industry News
Ellen Goodman described the painful experience and difficult decisions she had to make when dealing with the death of her mother in a recent New York Times opinion piece, “How to Talk About Dying.” She said she felt unprepared to make the decisions she was asked to...
by aht | May 14, 2020 | Hospice Nursing
Caring for terminal patients and their families isn’t an easy job. Hospice nurses are experts, of course, but nurses who are not skilled in hospice or palliative care may feel uncomfortable or unfamiliar with managing a patient who is dying. For those who find...
by aht | May 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
It was great seeing you at the NAHC and HHFMA conference in “Music City” Nashville, Tennessee at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center last month. We enjoyed talking with hospice administrators and financial managers about how AfterHours Triage can help...
by aht | Apr 20, 2020 | Hospice Administration, Hospice Nursing, Patient Care
Google “hospice weekend shifts” and you’ll see pages and pages of hospice care providers looking for extra help. The challenge hospice providers face is to find professional staff who can provide professional support, patient and family education, determine the...
by aht | Apr 3, 2020 | Hospice Nursing, Industry News
The growing population of elderly patients in need of home health, hospice or palliative care, combined with the government healthcare mandate for employers, is a one-two punch that is forcing hospice care providers to do more with less. The good news is that home...
by aht | Mar 20, 2020 | Hospice Nursing
Last week (May 6-12) was National Nurses Week celebrating the role nurses play in our communities, our families and our lives. May 12 was Florence Nightingale’s birthday, so it’s only fitting that the American Nurses Association chose the founder of modern nursing’s...
by aht | Mar 16, 2020 | Hospice Administration, Industry News, Patient Care
As hospice professionals, we have seen firsthand how difficult it is for family members who struggle to make decisions about critical or end-of-life-care for their loved ones—especially when they are unsure what their loved one would have wanted. And, unfortunately,...
by aht | Mar 7, 2020 | Hospice Administration, Hospice Nursing, Industry News, Patient Care
Since 2000, the hospice industry has experienced unprecedented growth. So where are we, in 2015, as an industry? We’ve reviewed the latest statistics from the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), Medicare, and a study of team attitudes and...
by aht | Mar 6, 2020 | Hospice Administration, Hospice Nursing, Industry News, Patient Care
The Annual NHPCO Management and Leadership Conference is only three weeks away – and we are looking forward to one of the best opportunities of the year to meet the leading professionals in the home health and hospice industry. About the 2015 NHPCO MLC NHPCO...
by aht | Mar 5, 2020 | Patient Care
In a NY Times opinion piece last month, Dr. VJ Periyakoil, a nationally recognized leader in geriatrics and palliative care at Stanford University Medical School, unveiled a new campaign to encourage patients to take a more active role in end of life care. Her team at...
