Hospice Management Advisor articles from July 2003

Hospice Management Advisor archives from July 2003

Innovative programs help stressed-out caregivers cope with problems: alert systems, community nursing fill gaps.
July 1, 2003... (Editor's note: This is the second of a two-part series that examines family caregiver issues such as education, stress, burnout, and support. Last month, experts talked about the educational needs of family caregivers and how a home health...

System unites community nursing and home health; coordinate intake and resources for success.(Valley Health System)
July 1, 2003... Although Valley Health System in Winchester, VA, originally set up its community nurse case management program as a separate department that operated independently of home health, staff soon realized that the two areas needed to coordinate...

Should hospices scale back AIDS programs? Case management offers model approach.
July 1, 2003... Nearly a decade ago, 50,000 people died of AIDS in one year alone. At the height of AIDS mortality, hospices built inpatient facilities and assembled the expertise to deal with an epidemic that seemed to have no end in sight. Since then,...

How to find and keep good volunteer leaders; good leaders hold key to fundraising success. (Guest Column).
July 1, 2003... It sounds funny to talk about finding and keeping good volunteer leaders, but as anyone who's been associated with a less-than-stellar fundraising campaign can attest, your campaign is only as successful as its leaders. Look at this...

Hospice medical director drives growth, success; physician employee can provide billable visits. (Hospice Trends).
July 1, 2003... Throughout its history, hospice care in America has suffered from intermittently strained relationships with physicians. Hospices obviously depend on community physicians for referrals and to sign medical orders, while Medicare regulations...

NHPCO's Schumacher addresses AGs.(National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization; National Association of Attorneys General)
July 1, 2003... Don Schumacher, PsyD, president and CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization in Alexandria, VA, challenged members of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) to learn more about futile medical care. "Many...