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Prevent Malnutrition in Home Health Patients
From the Mayo Clinic: Older adults are at risk of inadequate nutrition - malnutrition - as a result of inappropriate dietary choices, low income, difficulty obtaining food, and various physical and mental health conditions. Additional causes of inadequate nutrition:
OASIS M2020 Oral Medications: Medicare Guidance
In-home medication management includes assessing the patient's ability to self-manage oral medications. Use Medicare's own guidance & strategies for completing OASIS (M2020) Management of Oral Medications: the patient's current ability to prepare and take all oral medications...
Home Health Careplan for Cardiac Bypass Surgery (CABG)
From Up To Date... The home health care plan for the patient recovering from bypass surgery focuses on
Short-Term Home Health Marketing Basics...
Your Business Development Plan should have short-term home health marketing and long term business growth goals. For the long term you want to make sure your Agency is working toward achieving top OASIS outcomes.
Are You Doing Enough for Patients with Depression & Anxiety?
Depression and anxiety are major health issues among patients receiving home care, but are under-diagnosed and under-treated ... causing negative health outcomes. Your patient may be anxious and/or depressed because illness prevents participation in activities. While anxiety or...
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF): Teaching & Care Plan for Home Health
For the patient with Congestive Heart Failure, in addition to assessing Shortness of breath M1400 on OASIS also include these MyHomecareBiz Best Practice assessment strategies:
Improve Performance on OASIS M1800 Grooming, M1810/20 Dressing
What's in Your Home Health Nursing Bag?
Do you have guidelines on what nurses should carry in their nursing bags for home health visits? If not...use ours!
Recommended supplies for home health nursing bags:
- Current compact-sized drug reference book
- Current home health care handbook
