Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2023

Board-certified in hospice and palliative medicine, Howe has more than 20 years of experience as a physician and medical director for various health care organizations in the Denver area, including a number of rehabilitation, assisted living and skilled nursing home facilities. ALC is a subsidiary of Assistenza Healthcare Management.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

Through a series of events, I started working as a consultant to the Department of Corrections in around 2006, and I was assigned to the California Medical Facility. We have nurses who have extra training in palliative care. We have medical social workers who support the patients. Michele: Yep. We have a psychiatrist.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Malaz: One day I was in internal medicine residency and I had to take care of a patient who was admitted from a nursing home with dementia. For me, right now, the worst thing, my nightmare is dying from dementia alone in a nursing home. People start thinking about putting them in a nursing home. Diane: Huge.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

I’m a geriatrically trained social worker and it was my grandmother. Started as a direct case manager, worked in a variety of different places including the state legislature and I’ve been with the state office now since 2006. They’re older and frailer than a nursing home client is.

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