{"title":"Understanding hospital observation status and bringing those patients home.","authors":"Barbara McCann","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79571,"journal":{"name":"Caring : National Association for Home Care magazine","volume":"32 5","pages":"34-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31762577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The Affordable Care Act gives America's largest group of health care providers--nurses--a unique chance to lead in improving outcomes, increasing patient satisfaction, and lowering costs. Nurses' roles continue to grow in settings from hospitals and long-term care facilities to home health and hospice agencies. Nurses are also key players in private duty home care, where they serve as care coordinators for clients. Working directly with doctors, therapists, in-home caregivers, and families, nurses are critical in delivering quality, seamless in-home care.
{"title":"Nurses take center stage in private duty home care.","authors":"Nicole Brackett","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Affordable Care Act gives America's largest group of health care providers--nurses--a unique chance to lead in improving outcomes, increasing patient satisfaction, and lowering costs. Nurses' roles continue to grow in settings from hospitals and long-term care facilities to home health and hospice agencies. Nurses are also key players in private duty home care, where they serve as care coordinators for clients. Working directly with doctors, therapists, in-home caregivers, and families, nurses are critical in delivering quality, seamless in-home care.</p>","PeriodicalId":79571,"journal":{"name":"Caring : National Association for Home Care magazine","volume":"32 5","pages":"32-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31762576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Decorating: the last touch.","authors":"Chip R Bell","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79571,"journal":{"name":"Caring : National Association for Home Care magazine","volume":"32 5","pages":"38-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31762579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Congress can't cut our caring attitude.","authors":"Walter W Borginis","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79571,"journal":{"name":"Caring : National Association for Home Care magazine","volume":"32 5","pages":"44-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31762582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond basic Medicare: Understanding Medicare supplemental coverage.","authors":"Ron Pollack","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79571,"journal":{"name":"Caring : National Association for Home Care magazine","volume":"32 5","pages":"36-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31762578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Home care responds to the Boston Marathon bombing.","authors":"James Fuccione","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79571,"journal":{"name":"Caring : National Association for Home Care magazine","volume":"32 5","pages":"16-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31762574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Less than 20 years ago there were more than 100 major insurance companies selling long-term care insurance (LTCi). Today there are less than 30. Home care providers stood to be one of the primary recipients of LTCi payments for their services, but there's a paradox at work. Just as the baby boomers started turning 65 at a pace of 10,000 per day, the LTCi market is shrinking instead of "booming."
{"title":"As long-term care insurers abandon the marketplace, what other options will appear?","authors":"Chris Orestis","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Less than 20 years ago there were more than 100 major insurance companies selling long-term care insurance (LTCi). Today there are less than 30. Home care providers stood to be one of the primary recipients of LTCi payments for their services, but there's a paradox at work. Just as the baby boomers started turning 65 at a pace of 10,000 per day, the LTCi market is shrinking instead of \"booming.\"</p>","PeriodicalId":79571,"journal":{"name":"Caring : National Association for Home Care magazine","volume":"32 5","pages":"28-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31762575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Emergency preparednes: Managing crisis in the community during Hurricane Sandy.","authors":"Kathleen McKeever, Sherl Brand","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79571,"journal":{"name":"Caring : National Association for Home Care magazine","volume":"32 5","pages":"4-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31762572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Managing your loved one from a distance.","authors":"Verna Benner Carson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79571,"journal":{"name":"Caring : National Association for Home Care magazine","volume":"32 5","pages":"40-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31762580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Shrink bot.","authors":"Carl Hammerschlag","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79571,"journal":{"name":"Caring : National Association for Home Care magazine","volume":"32 5","pages":"46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31762583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}