Study: More Choosing to Die at Home than in Hospital

By: dwc

For the first time since the early 20th century, more people are choosing to spend their final days and hours at home rather than in a hospital, according to a new research letter published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Natural deaths in hospitals fell from 39.7 percent to 29.8 percent, while deaths at […]

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Workplace Violence and Reducing Turnover of Home Health Employees

By: dwc

A special to NAHC Report by Louis C. Kirby, MD One of the two most significant limitations on growth in the home health and hospice sector is labor shortages – recruiting and retaining qualified nurses and home health workers. Registered nurses are retiring faster than new ones can be trained1, and one of the primary causes […]

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