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CHAMP Blog archive

This archive contains blog postings with advice, downloadable tools and engaging "food for thought" written by experts in geriatric home care and special guests from July 2009 through April 2013.

A Few Final Words . . .

April 23, 2013

The CHAMP Program has reached far and wide. From Canada to Alaska, across the Pacific to our most distant state Hawaii, and to the warm shores of Puerto Rico, our courses and resources have traveled. We’ve helped home care clinicians care for geriatric patients who live in small towns Downeast in Maine, bustling west coast cities in California, and flood-ravaged homes in the Mississippi Delta. Hundreds of thousands of elders aging in place have benefited from receiving expert care from CHAMP participants possessing the ...

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Make Transitions in Care for Older Adults Better – Activate the Entire Team

April 11, 2013

Improving transitions in care has been a significant focus of my work for a number of years as home care – and now all of health care – aims to reduce avoidable hospitalizations.  When ...

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Grapefruit Juice – A Fresh Squeeze on the Topic!

March 14, 2013

Just last week, the issue of consuming grapefruit with statins came up again (click here to watch my 2010 CHAMP video blog on this topic). This time, it came up during a ...

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Supporting Medication Management: CHAMP’s New Toolkit

February 28, 2013

Kudos to the CHAMP team for the amazingly comprehensive Geriatric Medication Management Toolkit they've put together! It's divided into sections for Screening/Evaluation; Intervention; Communication; and Guidelines/Best Practices. Tools also are grouped by ...

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Wednesday Wisdom: Some Thoughts on Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2013

It’s Valentine’s Day and I’m thinking about my first Valentine, my dad.  He was such a romantic!  Mom would get a large heart shaped box of chocolates, flowers, and – in the ‘good years’ ...

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Clinical Coaching Feedback: Tell Me More

February 06, 2013

Home Care Insecurities I’ve recently been working with a seasoned nurse who is precepting a young nurse new to home care.  The preceptor has expressed concern that she doesn’t know how to help ...

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A Falls History Can Prevent History From Repeating Itself!

January 24, 2013

A client recently had a fall in a parking lot that led to a hospital admission and subsequent post-acute care for a fractured shoulder and pelvis. While his functional recovery has been excellent, a ...

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