{"id":10191,"date":"2021-11-22T18:12:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T18:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextdayaccess3.wpengine.com\/?p=10191"},"modified":"2022-02-26T02:56:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T02:56:50","slug":"national-home-care-and-hospice-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextdayaccess.com\/national-home-care-and-hospice-month\/","title":{"rendered":"National Home Care and Hospice Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The month of November recognizes\u00a0the\u00a0millions of nurses, home care aides, therapists,\u00a0and social workers who serve\u00a0their community proudly. These individuals play an essential role in our healthcare system and homes across the nation. To recognize their hard work and show appreciation,\u00a0the National\u00a0Association for Home Care &amp; Hospice (NAHC)\u00a0asked\u00a0to celebrate\u00a0November as Home Care and Hospice Month.\u00a0<\/p><p>&#8220;<em>Home care and hospice nurses, therapists, aides, and other providers who choose to use their lives to serve our country&#8217;s aged, disabled, and dying. This noble work deserves our recognition and praise, and we celebrate November as Home Care &amp; Hospice Month for that very reason.&#8221;\u00a0 \u2013 NAHC President William A. Dombi.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p><p>Hospice\u00a0care\u00a0professionals\u00a0are an important role to end-of-life care and individuals who are terminally ill.\u00a0They focus on helping someone with a terminal illness comfortably and increasing their quality of life. Hospice\u00a0is usually offered in the\u00a0home or\u00a0a\u00a0long-term care facility.\u00a0<\/p><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some of their services include:<\/h4><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Managing patient&#8217;s pain and symptoms<\/li><li>Emotional support<\/li><li>Providing medical equipment like <a href=\"https:\/\/nextdayaccess3.wpengine.com\/product-categories\/wheelchairs\/\">wheelchairs<\/a><\/li><li>Teaching <a href=\"https:\/\/nextdayaccess3.wpengine.com\/finding-a-work-life-balance-as-a-caretaker\/\">caregivers<\/a> on how to provide the best care<\/li><li>Dietary counseling<\/li><li>Grief and loss counseling for patient and loves ones<\/li><\/ul><p>Along with providing the best care for patients, a huge part of their job is also supporting families. So, they help with education, emotional and spiritual support, financial issues, and assisting with the patient\u2019s hygiene.<\/p><p>\u201c<em>Within the hospice care setting, the looming reality of a patient&#8217;s death can be extremely hard for both patients and family members to accept. During this time, many difficult decisions must be made regarding treatments that will benefit the patient in their last weeks or months, often bringing quality of life concerns into play. Nurses\u00a0step in at this time to guide patients and families confronting thos<\/em>e\u00a0<em>tough decisions and helping them adapt to painful realities,&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0says the\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nursingworld.org\/~4af078\/globalassets\/docs\/ana\/ethics\/endoflife-positionstatement.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Nurses Association<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p><p>At Next Day Access, we\u00a0recognize the noble work done by hospice teams. This November,\u00a0we are\u00a0proud to honor the individuals in our healthcare system who help make differences in lives.\u00a0We are thankful for those who continue to work and study hard to help\u00a0the\u00a0community.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p><\/p><p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nahc.org\/\">https:\/\/www.nahc.org\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The month of November recognizes\u00a0the\u00a0millions of nurses, home care aides, therapists,\u00a0and social workers who serve\u00a0their community proudly. These individuals play an essential role in our healthcare system and homes across the nation. To recognize their hard work and show appreciation,\u00a0the National\u00a0Association for Home Care &amp; Hospice (NAHC)\u00a0asked\u00a0to celebrate\u00a0November as Home Care and Hospice Month.\u00a0 &#8220;Home [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":10192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[126,55,56,108,75,58,115,184,77,89],"class_list":["post-10191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrations-and-awarenesses","tag-accessibility","tag-aging-in-place","tag-bathroom-safety","tag-grab-bars","tag-home-accessibility","tag-home-modification","tag-home-safety","tag-mental-health","tag-next-day-access","tag-stairlift"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.5 (Yoast SEO v23.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>National Home Care and Hospice Month - Next Day Access | Accessibility &amp; 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