Hospices’ scores improve on Hospice CAHPS measures

With Hospice CAHPS data, two measures ticked upward by 1% each in the latest refresh of Hospice Compare.

CMS seeks to resolve issue involving Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers

CMS is working to resolve a claims system issue that, if left unresolved, may cause confusion for home health patients.

Senior Safe Act on president’s desk

The Senior Safe Act provision would help protect elders from financial exploitation and fraud has passed through Congress and awaits President Trump’s signature. It allows life insurance agents and others to report suspicions of exploitation of people ages 65 and older in the 50 United States, in the District of Columbia, or in any territory or possession of the United States.

Senior living tip: Encouraging staff to help dementia residents help themselves

Direct care team (DCT) staff are not typically looking to run a program. Rather, the people who interview for these roles tend to desire from their core to take care of people—a driving quality that is wonderful to harness in dementia care. But this predisposition to caring isn’t enough to fuel the success of an assisted living facility for persons with dementia (ALFPD), nor is experience doing so in other environments or programs sufficient. The DCT must be trained on how to care for people with dementia, and through that process, members will learn that they need to do things a bit differently than they have in the past—a prospect that can be frightening.