Home healthcare nurse
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This article provides some humorous examples of how agencies might approach their Medicare survey and ways to avoid pitfalls in keeping their Medicare certification.
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Home care and hospice nurses provide invaluable care for patients with Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders. Often these patients have advanced disease and may be approaching the end of life. This article describes a palliative care approach to providing comprehensive assessment, care planning, and interventions enhancing the functioning and quality of life for both the patient and family coping with this illness.
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Home healthcare nurse · Jan 2003
A pain assessment tool for people with advanced Alzheimer's and other progressive dementias.
Appropriate pain management can only be achieved through accurate pain assessment that is individualized, ongoing, and well documented. Assessment tools must focus on the patient as the authority on pain's existence and severity; however, self-reports are not feasible when patients lose their ability to verbally communicate. This article describes a scientifically proven pain assessment tool that can be used for patients with advanced dementia and Alzheimer's Disease.