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Dementia at End of Life: What All Post-Acute Providers Should Know
People who choose a life of caring — and the organizations and communities they serve — deserve a special kind of support.
Dementia at end of life can cause a great deal of uncertainty for caregivers. It’s tough to tell when a patient with dementia has entered the dying process and needs hospice care. Because 1 in 3 American seniors dies with dementia, caregivers everywhere need to be prepared for this challenge.
Renowned end of life educator Barbara Karnes, RN sheds new light on this difficult disease after our recent webinar, Dementia at End of Life: What All Post-Acute Providers Should Know. A video of the original full 60-minute webinar is available on-demand now at kinnser.com/dementia.
Download the FAQ now to read Barbara’s answers to your most popular questions, such as:
This important information is equally relevant to home health, therapy, private duty home care, and hospice providers as well as ALL agency leaders. Be sure to share this free educational content with your colleagues!
Recorded Oct 23, 2018
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Barbara Karnes, RN, is an internationally respected speaker, educator, author and thought leader on matters of end of life. She is a renowned authority to explain the dying process to families, healthcare professionals and the community at large. Barbara has held both clinical and leadership positions, including staff nurse, clinical supervisor and executive director at Hospice Care of Mid America in Kansas City, Missouri, as well as Olathe Medical Center Hospice and Home Health in Olathe, Kansas. An award-winning nurse and end of life educator, Barbara received THE HEART OF HEALTH CARE AWARD from Kansas University Nursing, THE HORIZON AWARD for Education from Nebraska Methodist College and THE INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN WOMAN OF THE YEAR 2015 from the World Humanitarian Awards. She is the expert that hospice and other healthcare professionals count on to teach them how to explain the dying process to families.
Jill Dyer, BSN, RN, HCS-D, HCS-O is a senior-level home health executive with more than 30 years of progressive management experience. An accomplished nurse, Jill has fulfilled a wide variety of roles that inform her expertise as an industry consultant, including home health administrator, home health director of nursing, and nurse consultant for home health. Jill is also certified as a Home Care Coding and OASIS Specialist. Through her clinical knowledge as a nurse and extensive management experience, Jill brings a comprehensive and well-rounded perspective to her work as a consultant and educator.
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WellSky is a technology company advancing human wellness worldwide. Our software and professional services address the continuum of health and social care — helping businesses, organizations, and communities solve tough challenges, improve collaboration for growth, and achieve better outcomes through predictive insights that only WellSky solutions can provide. A portfolio company of TPG Capital, WellSky serves more than 10,000 client sites around the world — including the largest hospital systems, blood banks and labs, home health and hospice franchises, government agencies, and human services organizations. Our purpose is to empower care heroes with technology for good, so that together, we can realize care’s potential and maintain a healthy, flourishing world.
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