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Council discusses nursing home palliative training, LNEC orientation and Yukon Center study on hospice in nursing homes
Summary
Council members reviewed options to expand palliative-care training in long-term care settings, suggested metrics tied to licensing renewals, and heard about a small Yukon Center on Aging study examining hospice access in nursing homes for dually eligible patients.
Council members discussed strengthening palliative care education for nursing home staff and possible metrics for licensing reviews that would encourage earlier hospice referrals and documented advanced care planning.
One council participant described an existing regulatory expectation: hospice providers that contract with nursing homes require a two-hour orientation for facility staff and said recorded webinars and curricula are available for reuse by providers. The council considered a "train-the-trainer" model to reach…
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