Why Your Home Care Agency Should Focus on Preventing Hospital Readmissions
Hospital readmissions are costly medical events for your clients. Use these tips to train your caregivers on how to prevent readmissions.
How to Avoid Losing Clients to Senior Living
Most seniors prefer to age in place but end up moving to senior living because of preventable problems. Here’s how you can help.
End-of-Life Expert Barbara Karnes Explains How to Handle Family Stress and Drama
Do you have any advice for handling family drama when someone is dying?" Here's what Barbara Karnes suggests.
5 Tips to Help Your Team Care for Clients Living with Alzheimer’s
6.2 million people aged 65+ currently live with Alzheimer's, yet some agencies still aren't taking the time to train their caregivers to support these individuals. Here's what your team needs to know.
Hospice Pioneer Barbara Karnes Explains Why Healthcare Workers Shouldn’t View Death As a Failure
For most healthcare workers, some trainings and teachings rely on the medical model that says death is a failure. If we don‘t change our perspective, we will “burn out.“
How to Create the Best Possible Experience for Your Home Care Clients
Since home care is becoming increasingly client-centric, we set out to find specific ways to curate an exceptional experience for your clients in partnership with AlayaCare.
“People Don’t Die Like They Do In the Movies,” Explains Barbara Karnes
Barbara Karnes answers Linda Thompson’s question about death and the dying process.
Is your care team prepared to prevent hospital readmissions?
Current research shows that following a hospital stay, receiving professional care at home can reduce readmissions by as much as 25 percent – but only if your care team has the tools and knowledge they need to make it so!
Barbara Karnes answers, “Is it Painful to Die?”
Barbara is an internationally recognized author, speaker, thought leader, and expert on end-of-life care and the dynamics of dying.
4 Strategies to Ease Vaccine Hesitancy in Caregivers
In a recent survey of more than 100 home health providers by the Home Health Care News, just four said that their organization mandates staff vaccinations. About 62% of the respondents said their organizations are encouraging or incentivizing vaccinations.
Meet Barbara Karnes, RN, Author, Speaker, Thought Leader, and Expert on End-of-Life Care
We are thrilled to announce that Barbara Karnes, RN, has graciously agreed to contribute a monthly guest blog just for In the Know readers! Barbara is an internationally recognized author, speaker, thought leader, and expert on end-of-life care and the dynamics of dying.
What’s One Indirect Burden the Pandemic Placed on People with Heart Disease?
It’s hard to think of little else as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the world – but we can’t ignore the indirect burden the pandemic places on people with other medical conditions, like cardiovascular disease.
