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Research: Living a Normal Life with HomePN

Living a Normal Life with HomePN. Home parenteral nutrition (HPN) provides life-sustaining intravenous nutrition for individuals who have impaired gastrointestinal (GI) function. One goal …

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Oley Foundation Webinars

Recorded Webinar. Slides (PDF) Insurance: Are We All Speaking the Same Language (November 2023) Marianne Buehler, CPhT, National Home Infusion Association …

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Palliative Care and the Person on HEN or HPN

Palliative care is specialized care, provided by a multidisciplinary team, to provide an extra level of support for patients with serious medical conditions. Palliative care can be provided by the …

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Ten Things I’ve Learned in the Hospital

noise has become so familiar that I hear it in my sleep. Sometimes I think I’m hearing phantom beeps. Here I sit in the hospital yet again reflecting on how "Hospital Wise” I have become in …

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Nutrition and You: Proton Pump Inhibitors

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) work by blocking the production of acid from the cells in your stomach. Your clinician may recommend the addition of a PPI to your home parenteral or …

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What Health Care Reform Means to HomePEN Consumers

To enrich the lives of those living with home IV nutrition or tube feeding through advocacy, education, community and innovation.

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Recycling Medication Bottles

To enrich the lives of those living with home IV nutrition or tube feeding through advocacy, education, community and innovation.

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Fluid and Electrolyte Balance: A Must With Nutrition Support

Fluid and electrolyte balance is upset when there is inadequate fluid and electrolyte intake, or dysfunction of key FEB organs: the GI tract, kidneys, or endocrine system. For example, with …

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Adjusting to Life with IV and Tube Feeding

In addition to the articles listed below, we highly encourage families to connect with other consumers and caregivers. See the "Meet Consumers/Patients” menu for ideas, call …

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Abbreviations, Professional Credentials

BS: Bachelor of Science. BSN: Bachelor of Science in Nursing. BSPS: Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences. BScPT: Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy. BSN-RN (or RN …

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Nutrition and You: Starting Gattex®

Gattex is an analog of GLP-2 which increases absorption in the small intestine. It is administered as a daily injection. You (the client) or your caregiver will administer this in …

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Alteplase Safely Clears Thrombotic Catheter Occlusions

Partial Occlusion. 1. Clamp the catheter and remove the cap or IV tubing. 2. Attach an alteplase-filled syringe to the external hub of the catheter, unclamp the catheter, and slowly instill the …

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Medicare Falls Short for Home Infusion Patients

The study, by the leading health-care consulting firm Avalere Health, concluded that home infusion therapy would save Medicare at least $80 million over 10 years. “Now we have the …

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Tube Feeding Tips: Skin Care

Examine your skin each day. Check all around the tube site or the stoma site, especially underneath by using a mirror. Stabilize the tube by using a holder or a tube stabilizer. Clean …

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Nutrition and You: Tube Feeding Tips

If you use the bolus method for tube feeding, the most basic strategy to increase calories is to increase the volume of each bolus meal. Try slowly increasing a meal volume by 30- to 60-mL …

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Board of Trustees

Within the HPEN program, Dr. Mundi takes a very active role in research with the goal of continuing to improve the quality of home nutrition support. Prior to becoming the Oley …

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Why Are Clinical Trials Important

Clinical trials are a key research tool. done only if doctors do not know whether a new approach works well in people and is safe, and which treatments or strategies work best for certain …

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Home Tube Feeding with Blenderized Foods

Think about the wide variety of foods most people eat every day. Now imagine “eating” these same foods using your feeding tube. With today’s high-performance blenders this is possible, …

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