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Author: adurkin
Date: Apr 28, 2009 12:43 pm
I am the director of a palliative care program at Potomac Valley Nursing and Wellness Center, in Rockville, Maryland. We are a long-term care and rehab center, and our palliative care program has been operational for over 2 years. We recently received the 2009 AMDA/Evercare Award for a quality initiative in palliative care. I am interested in sharing ideas and networking to advance palliative care in nursing homes.
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+ Re:A successful nursing home program (by DharmaDoc on 04/28/2009)
Our program has been doing outreach to a local nursing home for months, with variable success. I would appreciate sharing ideas with you. Not sure how this works, so I'll write my email here: frainone@lourdes.com
Thank you.
+ Re:A successful nursing home program (by ccybulski on 04/28/2009)
The Thomas Palliative Care program at VCU Massey Cancer Center has offered ELNEC-Geriatric to nursing homes within the Commonwealth of Virginia.
+ Re:A successful nursing home program (by LWilliams on 05/29/2009)
Who is on staff for the palliative care program at the Nursing Center? What is the best way to get a palliative care program in a nursing home started? Thanks,
Laura Williams, RN, MBA, CHPN Palliative Care Nurse Consultant, UHS-Pruitt Corporation
LauWilliams@uhs-pruitt.com
+ Re:A successful nursing home program (by bethann on 02/22/2010)
Hello! My name is Beth Ann Wilson, I am a nurse practitioner recently hired by a hospice to start a palliative care program. The program will basically be me for the time being and I have been developing forms, guidelines etc, in hopes to start taking referrals by 3-15. Any advice and support from someone who has been there and done that would be awesome!
Beth Ann
+ Re:A successful nursing home program (by bethann on 02/22/2010)
Hello! My name is Beth Ann Wilson, I am a nurse practitioner recently hired by a hospice to start a palliative care program. The program will basically be me for the time being and I have been developing forms, guidelines etc, in hopes to start taking referrals by 3-15. Any advice and support from someone who has been there and done that would be awesome!
Beth Ann
+ Re:A successful nursing home program (by bethann on 02/22/2010)
Hello! My name is Beth Ann Wilson, I am a nurse practitioner recently hired by a hospice to start a palliative care program. The program will basically be me for the time being and I have been developing forms, guidelines etc, in hopes to start taking referrals by 3-15. Any advice and support from someone who has been there and done that would be awesome!
Beth Ann
Re:A successful nursing home program (by bethann on 02/24/2010)
replying to AngieS. Medicare, medicaid and other insurances cover palliative care, use E&M code with symptom ICD-9 code. Must have consult order from PCP. Just APN consulting service..so does not include all disciplines ofered by hospice. Palliative care given "prehospice' when patient still skilled, still pursuing aggressive or curative treatments, or just not "ready" for hospice. Does not have to be "end of life", but patient must have chronic life limiting illness or terminal illness.
hospice/palliative care consult at Long term care (by apgandhy on 03/01/2010)
I have been asked by Skilled Nursing Facility Medical Director to be consultant for snf. Would love to ask you questions about my role and development of hospice/palliative program.
My email is apgandhymd@hotmail.com
Thanks

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