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Post Starting Palliative Care in Nursing homes
Author: LWilliams
Date: May 29, 2009 12:49 pm
I am interested in learning more about others who have started palliative care programs in nursing homes. I will be starting from ground zero. The company has nursing homes, home health, and hospice. I am aware of palliative care programs that have been associated with Home Health and also a separate license when associated with Hospice. I appreciate any information regarding start up, billing, federal regulations, etc. Thank you,
Laura Williams, RN, MBA, CHPN Palliative Care Nurse Consultant, United Clinical Services, UHS-Pruitt Corporation
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Re:Starting Palliative Care in Nursing homes (by mrabow on 05/29/2009)
Hi,

Networking with others doing palliative care in nursing homes is key.

In the meantime, you might look at a paper in the Perspectives on Care at the Close of Life section in JAMA, by a national experts in the field.

It's
Meeting Palliative Care Needs in Post–Acute Care Settings: "To Help Them Live Until They Die"
Laura C. Hanson; Mary Ersek

and available at http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/collection/perspectives?page=3

best,
Mike Rabow, MD
Associate Director, UCSF Palliative Care Leadership Center

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