Patient Whiteboard for Remote Caregiving

The Patient Whiteboard – Adapting for Remote Caregiving

Patient whiteboards in the hospital room setting are an underutilized but valuable communication tool for patients, families and the clinical team to share basic but important daily details and goals of care. Generally, hospitals use them as an identifier for staff and their shifts on a given day. Good use of whiteboards also notes daily…

Risk of Delirium increased during pandemic
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What Families Need to Know About the Increase Risk of Hospital Delirium During the Pandemic.

Hospital delirium, in pre-pandemic times, was the most common complicationamong hospitalized patients ages 65 with upwards of 30% for those on a regularmedical ward and up to 50% for those having a surgical procedure. That’s staggering.Patients who suffer from hospital delirium have worse outcomes, longer hospitalizationsand more complicated recoveries. Studies have shown that families at…

Tips for Family and Friends
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Five Tips for Families and Friends to Improve Remote Caregiving for a Hospitalized Loved One

When a loved one is hospitalized, family and friends always mobilize to be at bedside to provide comfort and protection. Families know their loved one best and consequently have an innate grasp of what matters most for the patient during any health crisis. Now with the pandemic families must contend with the unthinkable – a…

COVID 19 Visitor Restrictions

Checklists: An Essential Tool to Manage Remote Caregiving During a Hospital Stay

Injury, illness and chronic conditions are not on pause while the coronavirus rages out of control. What is on pause, however, is a family’s ability to care for and protect a loved one in the hospital. As a patient advocate dedicated to helping patients and families navigate complex hospital care, restricted visitation scares the hell…

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