CMSA'S Pulse eNewsletter

Life is full of unexpected, unplanned and sometimes unwanted events. There are many demands on our time, energy and resources. As case managers, we must attempt to take care of our own physical, mental and emotional well-being as well as those of the people we care for. We sometimes forget about creating balance between our professional and personal life. Balance is necessary to maintain health. Case managers have needs, too. We need to care for ourselves just as we care for all the people in our lives. And we need to give ourselves credit for doing the best we can in one of the toughest jobs there is!

 

This presentation will present ideas on how to maintain a balance between your personal and professional life when you are faced with life’s challenges. 

Your celebrations will not only promote the industry of case management, but will also show the case managers with who you work how much they're appreciated! 

 

Order your CM Week products by September 23, 2019 to ensure receipt.

 

As I was beginning to write this article, I began to wonder how many of you even remember the days in which there were no computerized records — when everything was in a written chart that was only accessible to one member of the healthcare team at any one time. I’m sure that must be more than half of you reading this article. For those of you who don’t know what it was like before computerized records, let me give you some insight.

 

Imagine having to submit a list of patients that you were going to see tomorrow in the clinic to the medical records department (MRD) the day before so they could gather the records and bring them to the clinic that morning. Or if you are seeing a patient in the emergency department you would need to call the MRD and ask them to bring the patient’s record to the ED. Until you get the record you would be caring for the patient without having any medical history. And once you are finished with the record it would need to be returned to the MRD for filing or, if the patient was admitted, the record would need to be transferred to the floor with the patient. 

by Ellen Aliberti, MS, CCM, RN

 

The statistics that are associated with aging in the U.S. today are staggering enough. The numbers are particularly alarming when you understand that every day 10,000 Americans are turning 65 years of age, and that this phenomenon, often referred to as the Age Wave, will continue until 2025. However, when you add consideration for the functional limitations and disease burden that also characterizes aging, the projections for those who will need ongoing care coordination and long-term care (LTC) supportive services are even more staggering. According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), 70% of people over the age of 65 will need long-term care services.¹ The experience of one long-standing LTC insurance demonstrates the average length of time a person will need LTC is 3.8 years, and, furthermore, the cost of LTC services is anticipated to double in the next 20 years.²