Overview: 

Between 15% and 20% of hospice patients are discharged while still alive. One-third of these patients die within six months, often without hospice readmission. Join preeminent researcher Stephanie Wladkowski to discuss the impact of this challenging reality and suggestions for improving both policy and practice. Dr. Wladkowsi will be joined by Kimberly Dansie and Liza Johnson of Community Nursing Services to explore how to communicate with patients and families to mitigate the impact of live discharge, as well as how this situation impacts the hospice metrics tracked by CMS and published in the CASPER report.

Panelists:

• Kimberly Dansie, MBA, Community Nursing Service Home Health and Hospice
• Liza Johnson, RN, MBA, BSN, CHPN, Community Nursing Service Home Health and Hospice
• Stephanie P. Wladkowski, PhD, LMSW, APHSW-C, Bowling Green State University

Overview:

In the long-term care setting it is likely that our residents will have one or more chronic disease diagnosis. We will explore some of the common chronic diseases we often see in the geriatric population and how to treat those disease states.

Objectives:

• Identify the most common chronic diseases seen in the elderly.
• Understand evidenced based practice guidelines for specific disease states.
• Demonstrate appropriate nutritional interventions for each disease state.

Presenter: Elaine Farley-Zoucha, DiningRD

Elaine was the founder and owner of EZ Nutrition Consulting, PC, which recently partnered with DiningRD. She has over 20 years of experience in Food Service Management, Culinary Arts, and Medical Nutrition Therapy. She began her career as a Dietetic Technician, Registered and Chef with an Associate Degree from Southeast Community College-Lincoln in Food Service Management, Culinary Arts, and Dietetic Technology. She completed her Bachelor of Science in Nutrition Science and Dietetics at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln and her internship at the University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics.

Elaine specializes in Food Service Systems, Geriatric Care, and Quality Management for long term care facilities. Elaine is a national speaker and author on Long Term Care regulations and Food Service Systems.