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Date: Aug. 29, 2008
Contact: Rebecca Stodolak
Phone: (732) 292-1100
Hospice in the Nursing Home:
Live
90-Minute Audio Conference
Scheduled for Tuesday,
Oct. 7, 2008
from 1:30-3:00 pm ET
MANASQUAN, N.J. -- Aug. 29, 2008: Partnerships between nursing homes and hospices have been on the rise from a 23 percent rate of collaboration in 1993 to around 80 percent today. It has been shown that residents of nursing homes who enroll in hospice are less frequently hospitalized and have a higher quality of life and end-of-life care.
But that doesn’t necessarily mean that hospice services are
provided successfully. Despite all of the mutual benefits,
only one in four nursing home residents enroll in hospice care
before
death.
Successful hospice and nursing home partnerships don’t just happen – they are the result of well-planned efforts between the nursing facility and hospice staff. There are many hurdles to overcome to ensure an optimal working partnership.
In addition to navigating the arduous, and often conflicting, regulatory requirements, when a facility resident has also elected the Medicare hospice benefit, the hospice and the nursing facility must communicate, establish, and agree upon a coordinated plan of care for both providers which reflects the hospice philosophy, and is based on the assessment of the individual's needs and unique living situation in the facility.
The best possible end-of-life care is provided when there is a common understanding of the fundamental principles of hospice care and the healthcare environment in which both providers must operate.
Join hospice letter and three dynamic expert speakers for “Hospice in the Nursing Home: How to Build, Manage and Sustain a Successful and Rewarding Partnership for the Best Possible End-of-Life Care,” scheduled for Tuesday, October 7, 2008, from 1:30 – 3:00 pm EDT, to learn how hospices can overcome the hurdles to build a successful and positive partnership in order to provide the best possible end-of-life care for nursing home residents.
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For more information or to register, visit:
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"Attend" this program right in your office, along with your colleagues, and enjoy significant savings – no travel time and no hotel expenses.
Presenters
Cherry
Meier
Vice President of Public Affairs,
VITAS Innovative Hospice Care
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Here for Biography
Susan Miller,
Ph.D. MBA
Associate Professor of Community Health (Research)
Center for Gerontology and Health Care
Research
The Warren
Alpert Medical School of Brown University
and
Project Director, “Nursing Home/Hospice Partnerships:
A Model for Collaborative Success−Through Collaborative
Solutions”
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Bernadette
Revicky
Nursing
Home Administrator
Hunterdon Care Center
(Flemington, NJ)
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[ ] YES! I want to learn how hospices can overcome the hurdles to build a successful and positive partnership in order to provide the best possible end-of-life care for nursing home residents. Please register me for the 90-minute audio conference,"Hospice in the Nursing Home: How to Build, Manage and Sustain a Successful and Rewarding Partnership for the Best Possible End-of-Life Care," scheduled for Tuesday, October 7, 2008 from 1:30 - 3:00 PM Eastern time.
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