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The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) has been Reintroduced in the Senate!
[PCHETA was reintroduced in the Senate late last month.] Thank you to Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) for their tireless work and continued championing of this important bill.
As you're all too well-aware, hospice and palliative care providers have been facing a long-term staffing crisis that got dramatically worse during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now is the time for Congress to make urgently needed investments to alleviate the pervasive workforce shortages and ensure that a more robust workforce is available to provide high quality care in the years to come.
The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (S. 4260) would do just that. It would improve training and education for doctors, nurses, social workers, and other health professionals in palliative care and hospice, enhance public awareness and disseminate information to patients, families, and health professionals about the benefits of palliative care for those with serious or life-threatening illness, and expand research on palliative care.
PCHETA passed the House during the last two Congresses but stalled in the Senate. To pass it this year, we need your help.
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Retail Overstaffing, Rising Inflation and Disappearing Mandates: What’s Improving the Labor Crisis in Home-Based Care
Home Health Care News / By Andrew Donlan
In mid-May, I stumbled upon a story.
I had been talking to providers for other assignments when I heard a few of them mention off hand that the staffing situation for their companies had gotten better.
Some had reasons why they believed that was turning, while others didn’t offer anything but gratitude that it was. Once I had one or two of those testimonials, I went back to more providers, and then I went to staffing companies as well.
What I ended up with was this: For one reason or another, the staffing situation – both in home care and home health care – has generally improved over the last four months or so. Specifically, providers were referring to the previous 90-day period as to when things began to turn.
I wrote about the tailwinds in May I’m now digging in further to find out if those tailwinds are here to stay – at least for the near-term future.
In this week’s exclusive, members-only HHCN+ Update, I dive into what I’ve found and explore what could be contributing to a better staffing situation for home-based care providers of late.
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Slower Walking Speed Linked to Higher Dementia Risk
A study published in JAMA Network Open found that a slower walking speed in older adults, combined with a decline in memory function, was an indicator of future dementia risk. "These results highlight the importance of gait in dementia risk assessment," said study co-author Taya Collyer.
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Health Systems Continue to Extract Value Out of Home-Based Care Partnerships
Home Health Care News / By Patrick Filbin
Joint ventures and collaborations between home-based care providers, tech companies and health systems continue to have operational upside.
Some of the biggest names in home-based care have already proven that to be the case with their joint venture strategies over the past several months and years.
Moving forward, however, it could be even more so the case, experts said at the Health Care Council of Chicago conference this week.
“From my perspective, we’re thinking about how we build partnerships or joint ventures and other ways to serve our patient population, largely because we intend to continue to grow in terms of value-based, risk-based contracts,” Denise Keefe, president of home health for Advocate Aurora Health, said at the conference Wednesday.
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CHAP Community Grand Rounds with Dr. Khai Nguyen (Course 1: An Inconvenient Care)
CHAP Community Grand Rounds is a FREE, on-demand CEU program designed specifically for Nurses and Physicians who deliver care in the home and community.
Dr. Khai Nguyen walks you through the aging imperative we are faced with through the lens of a patient and a population explaining how inconvenient care can become convenient by using the 4 M’s framework of age-friendly care. The purpose of this activity is to educate medical practitioners working in community-based care on the importance of Age Friendly Care.
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