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Category Archives: Advocacy
Strategies to Help Reduce Re-Admissions in LTC
How can you open the doors to deeper and more meaningful information that efficiently and accurately reveals what a resident really wants? How do you clarify for the care team how to employ individualized approaches that are most closely aligned … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Aging, Alzheimer's Caregiving, Caregiving, Caregiving Education and Credentialing, Caring for a Veteran, Certified Care.org, Certified Caregiver, Certified Caregiving, Dementia Caregiving, Elder Care, Elder Care Goods and Services, Holistic Eldercare, Home and Health Care Agency, Nursing Home & Assisted Living, Professional Eldercare, Special Needs
Tagged agency business strategy for new client growth, certifiedcare.org, hospital readmissions hospital admissions hospitilization, long term care, long term stay, new client recruitment, senior care auditor certification, strategy
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New Definitions of Pressure Wounds
WARNING: Some images might prove upsetting to viewers. Pressure ulcers, aka pressure sores or bed sores, normally develop of the bony areas of the body like the heels, hips or cheek bone, ankles, ears, elbows, etc.. These sores are caused … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Aging, Aging at home, Alzheimer's Caregiving, Caregiving, Caring for a Veteran, Certified Caregiving, Elder Abuse and Neglect, Elder Care, Elder Law and Finances, Government, News, Nursing Home & Assisted Living, Professional Eldercare, Senior Care Auditing, Uncategorized
Tagged CertifiedCare.org Senior Care Auditor certification, new terminology, pressure cores, pressure injury, pressure wounds, Senior Care Auditing
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Required Emergency Preparedness Basic Surveyor Training Course
CMS’ New Emergency Preparedness Regulation CMS’ Emergency Preparedness Rule goes into effect November 16, 2017. This will be the first time home health agencies will be required to have an emergency preparedness plan in place. Emergency Preparedness Training: The Centers … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Elder Law and Finances, Government, Home and Health Care Agency, News, Nursing Home & Assisted Living, Special Needs
Tagged CMS, Emergency Preparedness Basic Surveyor Training Course, Emergency Preparedness rules 2017, Integrated Surveyor Training, medicaide, New Requirements
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Acting as our patients’ / parents’ advocates for home care
There is inherent tension dealing with a policy flawed by its quixotic attempts to distinguish between acute and long-term functional dependencies. Specifically, they need to learn how to tell when needed services are not available because of Medicare regulations and … Continue reading
Hiring? How to Check a Caregiver’s References
Whether hiring for a loved one (or two) at home or hiring a new employee for a small or large corporate agency, it is important to know who you are really getting. First time hiring or replacing of caregivers can … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Aging at home, Caregiving Career, Certified Care.org, Certified Caregiver, Certified Caregiving, Elder Care, Elder Care Goods and Services, Home and Health Care Agency, Nursing Home & Assisted Living, Professional Eldercare, Senior Care Auditing
Tagged cathleen carr, cathleen v carr, certified care registry, hiring a caregiver, how to check references, personal care aide registry, reference check questions
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Ideas for Loving Up an Elder on Valentine’s Day
Whether you love them with all your heart or kinda just like them, you can make St. Valentine’s Day special for the elder in your care. You do not have to be crafty or clever (or have deep pockets) to … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Aging at home, Caregiving, Caring for a Veteran, Elder Care, Holistic Eldercare, Professional Eldercare, Senior Care Auditing, Special Needs
Tagged 10 caregiving tips, 10 tips for carers, caregiving, caring for a veteran, cathleen v carr, certified in eldercare, Personal Care Aide education, valentine's day gift idea for senior, valentines day gift ideas, valentines gift ideas for elderly
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Affordable Online Caregiver Certification
Caregivers are busy people. Busy with work, life, kids and/or other important relationships, and loving care. Caregivers are also watching their wallets. Professional caregivers do not make much money and informal family caregivers rarely make any from caregiving – and might have … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Caregiving, Caregiving Career, Caregiving Education and Credentialing, Caring for a Veteran, Certified Care.org, Certified Caregiver, Certified Caregiving, Dementia Caregiving, Elder Abuse and Neglect, Elder Care, Home and Health Care Agency, Professional Eldercare
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Where the 2016 Presidential Candidates stand on caregiver policies
Caregiving typically doesn’t get much lip service on the national political stage, but that appears to be changing in the current presidential race. While much of the candidates’ statements about caregiving during the campaign have focused on childcare, the challenges … Continue reading
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