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Using complaints to improve aged care

Nursing Review

For aged care clients and residents with life-limiting illnesses such as dementia and advanced heart disease, integration of palliative care is appropriate. With its focus on quality of life and physical, social, spiritual, and emotional needs, palliative care mirrors the breadth of aged care and has much to contribute.

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Heart failure management: Updated guidelines

American Nurse

The guidelines recommend using an interprofessional team to screen for and address social determinants of health (socioeconomic status, food insecurity, homelessness or housing insecurity, abuse, limited English proficiency, low health literacy, social isolation, and limited transportation) that may affect self-care.

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Diabetes innovations and access to care

American Nurse

In 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that 38.4 Facts & figures In 2021, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), diabetes was the eighth leading cause of death in the United States, with a crude rate of 31.1 See Diabetes facts & figures.) per 100,000.

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