Home healthcare nurse
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Home healthcare nurse · Jul 2010
Area agencies on aging: a community resource for patients and families.
This article presents an overview of the Older Americans Act (OAA) so that home health clinicians may become more knowledgeable about this healthcare legislation. The OAA was passed in 1965 and has evolved significantly over time. ⋯ It is vital that home health clinicians understand how the AAAs can help their patients and families. This article educates clinicians about the available services that AAAs have to offer.
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In providing hospice care, clinicians are confronted with ethical challenges on a daily basis involving their patients and families, their personal values and beliefs, and organizational practices. Being able to objectively understand these ethical challenges and having a plan of action to address is essential in effectively fulfilling the role of being a hospice professional.