The Amity Group

The Amity Group The Amity Group is working to make a difference in hospice care in the U.S.

The Amity Group is a professional staffing firm that provides hospice agencies with flexible staffing solutions and versatility for hospice nurses.

Hospice agencies are under pressure from every direction. Staffing shortages. Audit risk. Documentation scrutiny. Shrink...
02/07/2026

Hospice agencies are under pressure from every direction. Staffing shortages. Audit risk. Documentation scrutiny. Shrinking margins. All of it makes growth feel harder than it should be.

The answer is not doing more.
The answer is doing things smarter.

At The Amity Group, we advance the art of hospice by addressing the operational challenges that quietly limit growth. Strategic, hospice-only staffing through a partner that understands hospice at its core. Continuous clinical audit oversight that protects revenue and reduces regulatory risk. Innovative product development created by hospice clinicians to support documentation, compliance, and long-term sustainability.

This is how hospice agencies grow without compromising care.
This is how clinical teams stay supported.
This is how the future of hospice is built.

Learn more at https://www.amitystaffing.com

02/07/2026

DAHN is not artificial intelligence.
It’s expert intelligence, built from real hospice experience and housed in a HIPAA-compliant app for hospice nurses.

You’re not generating canned, generic notes.
You’re using my carefully written phrases to quickly build your own beautifully worded notes that clearly support eligibility.

In this video, I’m showing how to use the eligibility boosters, but there are many other ways to use DAHN. I’ll be sharing more videos on that soon.

Learn more at getdahn.com.

02/07/2026

DAHN is not artificial intelligence.
It’s expert intelligence, built from real hospice experience and housed in a HIPAA-compliant app for hospice nurses.

You’re not generating canned, generic notes.
You’re using my carefully written phrases to quickly build your own beautifully worded notes that clearly support eligibility.

In this video, I’m showing how to use the eligibility boosters, but there are many other ways to use DAHN. I’ll be sharing more videos on that soon.

Learn more at getdahn.com.

02/07/2026

Tip for Hospice Nurses:
When documenting intake, flip the sentence to First-Word Negative to better support decline.

Instead of:
“Consuming 70% of meals”

Document:
“Unable to consume up to 30% of meals.”

Same information. Very different impact on eligibility.

You can strengthen this further by tying intake to functional decline, for example:
“Due to progressive weakness and debility, Patient is unable to obtain or prepare food and remains 100% dependent for all nutritional needs.”

If you want more practical phrases like this, my Hospice Documentation Guides are built for real nurses, doing real visits…they are tools you can actually use in the field, not fluff and theory. Find them at: www.amitystaffing.com/products

And for even more phrase support and help building strong hospice notes: check out DAHN, the Documentation App for Hospice Nurses at: www.getdahn.com.

Stay safe out there. I love you guys. 💕 ~ Shelley

02/07/2026

Tip for Hospice Nurses:
When documenting intake, flip the sentence to First-Word Negative to better support decline.

Instead of:
“Consuming 70% of meals”

Document:
“Unable to consume up to 30% of meals.”

Same information. Very different impact on eligibility.

You can strengthen this further by tying intake to functional decline, for example:
“Due to progressive weakness and debility, Patient is unable to obtain or prepare food and remains 100% dependent for all nutritional needs.”

If you want more practical phrases like this, my Hospice Documentation Guides are built for real nurses, doing real visits…they are tools you can actually use in the field, not fluff and theory. Find them at: www.amitystaffing.com/products

And for even more phrase support and help building strong hospice notes: check out DAHN, the Documentation App for Hospice Nurses at: www.getdahn.com.

Stay safe out there. I love you guys. 💕 ~ Shelley

02/06/2026

Being an Amity Nurse changes everything.
If you’re a hospice nurse, you already know.
More independence. Real flexibility. Room to breathe. Support that actually shows up.
You get to do the work you love and love your life again.
If that’s what you’ve been craving, it might be time.

Learn more 👉 www.AmityStaffing.com

02/05/2026

Tips for Hospice Nurses: IDT/IDG Documentation

When we’re busy managing tough symptoms and helping our patients stabilize, IDT notes seem to write themselves. But once the patient is well managed, that’s when the struggle kicks in. That’s when I use a simple format I developed to help keep my notes focused: P-I-E.

P = Problem
I = Intervention
E = Evaluation

Even if there’s no new problem or change in care, this helps highlight the patient’s debility, what hospice is actively doing, and how it’s working. And that’s exactly what IDT is for.

Start with a problem directly related to their hospice dx, next IDT focus on a secondary condition, then move to comorbid conditions. Each IDT focus on a different problem, the intervention and the evaluation.

In this video, I share a couple of examples, but if you want more ideas and phrases, check out my documentation books at www.amitystaffing.com/products

or

Check out DAHN—that’s the Documentation App for Hospice Nurses. It’s packed with phrases you can use to easily support eligibility. You can find it in the app stores or at www.dawn.ai.

Let me know if there’s something specific you want me to cover.

Ya’ll be safe out there! I love you guys … xoxo ~ Shelley 💕

02/05/2026

When we’re busy managing tough symptoms and helping our patients stabilize, IDT notes seem to write themselves. But once the patient is well managed, that’s when the struggle kicks in. That’s when I use a simple format I developed to help keep my notes focused: P-I-E.

P = Problem
I = Intervention
E = Evaluation

Even if there’s no new problem or change in care, this helps highlight the patient’s debility, what hospice is actively doing, and how it’s working. And that’s exactly what IDT is for.

Start with a problem directly related to their hospice dx, next IDT focus on a secondary condition, then move to comorbid conditions. Each IDT focus on a different problem, the intervention and the evaluation.

In this video, I share a couple of examples, but if you want more ideas and phrases, check out my documentation books at www.amitystaffing.com/products

or

Check out DAHN—that’s the Documentation App for Hospice Nurses. It’s packed with phrases you can use to easily support eligibility. You can find it in the app stores or at www.dawn.ai.

Let me know if there’s something specific you want me to cover.

Ya’ll be safe out there! I love you guys … xoxo ~ Shelley 💕

02/02/2026

Tip for Hospice Nurses: Terminal Fever

In the last days or hours of life, your patient may suddenly spike a temp 🌡️ as high as 103 - 104, which disappears 💨as fast as it came on. In hospice we call this a terminal fever. There is not a lot of research on terminal fever, but my theory is that, like the rest of the body, the hypothalamus🧠 is shutting down and is no longer able to regulate the temp, so we see erratic fluctuations in temperature. A couple of points to consider:
1. Usually asymptomatic
2. Interventions are ineffective
3. Educate the CG/family when the pt first starts transitioning so they are prepared if it does occur
4. Avoid any uncomfortable interventions

For products designed just for hospice nurses go to my website: AmityStaffing.com/products

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02/02/2026

Tip for Hospice Nurses: Terminal Fever

In the last days or hours of life, your patient may suddenly spike a temp 🌡️ as high as 103 - 104, which disappears 💨as fast as it came on. In hospice we call this a terminal fever. There is not a lot of research on terminal fever, but my theory is that, like the rest of the body, the hypothalamus🧠 is shutting down and is no longer able to regulate the temp, so we see erratic fluctuations in temperature. A couple of points to consider:
1. Usually asymptomatic
2. Interventions are ineffective
3. Educate the CG/family when the pt first starts transitioning so they are prepared if it does occur
4. Avoid any uncomfortable interventions

For products designed just for hospice nurses go to my website: AmityStaffing.com/products

02/01/2026

Tip for Hospice Nurses: Paradoxical drug reactions happen when your pt has the opposite response to a drug than what was expected. In my experience this is most common with benzodiazepines, primarily Ativan. If your patient seems to become more agitated after they take the Ativan, talk to your doctor about switching to a different medication. Frequently switching to a different benzodiazepine will do the trick.

Reach out to me if there is anything you would like me to talk about, or if you’d like to learn more about becoming an Amity Nurse - the new way of hospice nursing. www.amitystaffing.com

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02/01/2026

Tip for Hospice Nurses: Paradoxical drug reactions happen when your pt has the opposite response to a drug than what was expected. In my experience this is most common with benzodiazepines, primarily Ativan. If your patient seems to become more agitated after they take the Ativan, talk to your doctor about switching to a different medication. Frequently switching to a different benzodiazepine will do the trick.

Reach out to me if there is anything you would like me to talk about, or if you’d like to learn more about becoming an Amity Nurse - the new way of hospice nursing. www.amitystaffing.com

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