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Assisted Living Communities: Podcast with Sheryl Zimmerman, Kenny Lam, and Ken Covinsky

GeriPal

Assisted Living Communities (no longer preferable to call them Assisted Living Facilities, as we learned on the podcast) are…what, exactly? If you’ve seen one Assisted Living Community you’ve seen one Assisted Living Community. . Assisted living, I can’t even say the word.

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Mourning Dove Medical CEO Dr. Kaishauna Guidry: Physicians Need a Framework for Understanding Hospice

Hospice News

Guidry also recently published a book to help guide doctors who are considering a career in hospice and palliative care called “Dr. That was in 2005. That’s why I wrote this book because there are people like me who are just interested in hospice but need a framework of what to do. G’s H.O.S.P.I.C.E

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Family Trees

Chicago Caregiving

he’d open the local phone book to see if he could find anyone else with his family name. If you’re in assisted living, querying your family keeps you connected out there. The Soviets didn’t have phone books,” he says, noting that the Soviet government was paranoid about people communicating with Americans. Past to future.

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