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I attended the 100th birthday celebration for my wife's mother, Lola, yesterday. We held it at the assisted living/rehab center where Lola is recovering from a recent fall and breaking her shoulder. The family showed up in mass for this much anticipated day. Lola is very fortunate to be able to afford being in one of the best rehab centers in the US. Before moving there, she was in another highly rated center that was nothing short of a torture chamber--grossly understaffed, everything seemingly in disrepair, and very poor care bordering on abusive. It's immoral how we are treating our elders, especially in the shortest times before they exit. It's the immorality of profits before people or anything else. Chronic Pain for Healthcare Being a systems guy, I can't help seeing broken systems wherever they may be. Having spent some time in the healthcare system over the last couple of years, I'm amazed how incredibly broken it has become. Nothing works as it should and the stress/burden of dysfunctional systems is heaped on staff and patients alike. It would be comical if it weren't so tragic. Despite spending $billions on programs such as six sigma, lean, and Toyota, which simply cannot be implemented or sustained in healthcare, things have been going downhill for 30+ years. We'd think, over decades, maybe leadership would have stumbled upon the fact that the many woes of healthcare are workflow/systems/process problems, primarily where care is delivered. But no. Command and control (CC) leadership models designed to maximize profits have no systems thinking or systems-based management skillsets in them. Worse for all, the CC model is rapidly becoming obsolete. 94% of the outcomes an organization gets, good or poor, are a function of the workflows/systems in which the work is done. We only get what the systems will deliver no matter how much we "cost" cut, and abuse staff and patients. Profits are a systems-based outcome and without workflow improvement cannot be improved or even maintained. This is why we are seeing so many hospitals struggling to maintain profitability. There is no way to fear, command, or control our way out of this mess. It's time to give systematic love a chance. Let's talk about a whole new way of being in healthcare. Join us this Wednesday, July 17, at 10:00 pst for the launch of A Loving Organization Consortium and The Great Gathering of kindred spirits who are the change healthcare has been waiting for: 📌 Event Link for Attendees: https://lnkd.in/guCvrf8h #ALovingOrganization #LovingWorkflows #3DHealthcare #LovingLeadershipAndManagement

There's no doubt that we need more investment in Palliative and End of Life Care services in this country, of course including hospices as a key provider. I find the term "hospice care" confusing. There is no single definition in the UK, and different hospices (ie charitable providers of Palliative and End of Life Care services) provide different things. Many people aspire to receiving care from a hospice at the end of their life but I'm not convinced they really know what this means. Generally hospices focus on providing Specialist Palliative Care to dying people/families with the most complex needs, but they also often provide advice or education to the many other providers caring for people with less complex needs. A huge amount of care for people in their last year or so of life is actually provided by other health and social care professionals eg GPs, Geriatricians, District Nurses, Care Homes etc, receiving additional support if needed from Specialist Palliative Care Services (sometimes provided by charitable hospices, sometimes by NHS Specialist Palliative Care teams depending on what's available in a given area). As non-NHS organisations, hospices can choose where to locate themselves (often decided many years ago by local philanthropists) and what services to provide. They may or may not provide inpatient care, community care, outpatients, education etc. For this reason the focus on equity in the new HUK strategy is very welcome. There are also many purely NHS funded Specialist Palliative Care services providing similar things which aren't called hospices and therefore don't fall under the Hospice UK umbrella. Hospices are certainly key players in the palliative and end of life care ecosystem, with their charitable status allowing them the independence and flexibility to provide a higher standard of care than might be possible with meagre government funding alone. Hopefully NHS commissioners have oversight of what services are needed where and use their scant budgets to fund provision of the services they feel are needed locally from whichever provider they feel is most appropriate - perhaps NHS, perhaps charity or other non-NHS/private provider. Please do support your local hospice, but please also support improved funding for all health and social care services looking after people in their last year of life. Hospices are hugely important but they are just one (big) piece of a complex health and social care puzzle.

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Ever wondered who lives in long-term care or what type of care homes offer? Learn about the people and the high-quality care that makes long-term care home: https://lnkd.in/gQs9xmpb

Ever wondered who lives in long-term care or what type of care homes offer? Learn about the people and the high-quality care that makes long-term care home: https://lnkd.in/gQs9xmpb

My sister and I work with my mother to self-manage her Level 3 Home Care Package. In recent weeks, the provider we use to self-manage those funds has been found non-compliant on Aged Care Quality and Safety Governance Standard 8 (3) (b). This standard refers to organisational governance. It appears that providers are being 'encouraged' to manage the support workers that consumers choose when they self-manage, which seems rather suspiciously like encouraging providers to become more like a regular home-care provider that employs or manages their own staff, and takes little account of consumer choice, often with new support workers appearing every week and as a result offers sub-standard care. While I appreciate the importance of ensuring a quality home care system for older adults (that's all of us eventually!), choice and control remain key factors in predicting health and well-being as we age. When we lose those, we lose purpose and meaning. When that happens, the trajectory into residential aged care is faster. Research shows that self-managed care is effective and actually saves the government money. So why aren't we doing everything we can to support an effective option rather than more of the same cookie-cutter options? There are webinars in the coming days about the new Support at Home program (https://lnkd.in/g6vN-w-J). Of course, this timing also feels weirdly suspicious. It's not conducive to a bigger, broader participatory conversation when it's held in the days just before Christmas when everyone is busy and getting ready to take a break. Self-managed consumers are banding together on social media and self-organising but could do with support. Older Persons Advocacy Network COTA Australia National Seniors Australia The voice of older Australians is there waiting to be heard but it's continuing to fall on deaf ears. Please let's not the Royal Commission be for nothing! Dr Maggie Haertsch Anne-Marie Elias Mable Like Family

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It's September, and the first of five #lightheartedFriday 's this month. It felt a little like fall this morning, and soon enough it'll be looking like this outside. September is one of the best months because it still feels like summer during the days, but usually cools off nicely in the evenings - a little bit of everything for everyone. We're got a little bit of everything in seminars this month. Check them out below and to register, visit the link below. Have a great holiday weekend! September 13 (State College) Estate Planning Essentials: Get Your Ducks in a Row Before It's TOO Late September 19 (Berwick - w/ Glen Brook Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center) Estate Planning Essentials: Get Your Ducks in a Row Before it's TOO Late September 28 (Virtual) Five Ways to Pay for Nursing Home Care Without Breaking the Piggy Bank Register here: https://lnkd.in/dzu2Nj9

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The study Associations Between Certificate of Need Policies and Hospice Quality Outcomes by Arlen Gaines and John Cagle reveals that CON may influence hospice quality outcomes. Read the research summary here: https://rpb.li/jgembT According to the research, 86% of all hospices nationwide operate in states that do NOT have CON laws. Meanwhile, the remaining 14% were located in states with CON programs in place – and had a HIGHER quality score. Gaines further explains: “It’s incumbent upon lawmakers to have data to guide their policy decisions, especially as many states are examining their CON provisions. It’s important for lawmakers to stay on top of the research, as they gather information that impacts their decision-making.” Hospice providers should stay informed about the specific CON programs in their states. This knowledge will be crucial for navigating the policy landscape when seeking to expand services or enter new markets. Read more CON insights here: https://rpb.li/F0N3i