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A career as a hospice nurse can be enormously rewarding, with new opportunities to make a difference in the lives of your patients each day.
Celeste Wooten, a Hospice Aide, is collecting baby dolls to donate to patients in the memory care units of local long-term care facilities.
John Kunysz, Chief Executive Officer at Intrepid USA, spoke with Modern Healthcare about what the long-awaited interoperability rule means for post-acute providers and patients.
Healthy, functioning kidneys are vital to our overall wellbeing, but it is easy to overlook them until it’s too late.
Now that COVID-19 vaccines are being widely distributed, many people have questions about what it means for themselves and their loved ones.
While you may feel young at heart, chances are your heart is probably older than you realize. A recent CDC study showed that Americans’ heart age is, on average, seven years older than their biological age.
Thanks to continued advancements in specialized technology and a growing number of community-based resources, aging in place is now a realistic option for more Americans than ever before.