Hospice News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

To get by, he took a job in the IT department of a nursing home, where he quickly realized that health care technology could use an upgrade. He turned his attention to health care after immigrating to the United States, where in time he matriculated at the University of Texas in Dallas. These are real issues.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Private equity is probably one of the top things that I’m worried about with the future of our field in Palliative care and that because private equity is buying up… And Geriatrics, buying up assisted livings, nursing homes, hospices at an extraordinary rate. They’ve all been laid out for you. Anne: Right.

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Americare Hospice

AUGUST 24, 2021

Hospice care in the United States is a type and philosophy of end-of-life care which focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's symptoms. In 2007, hospice treatment was used by 1.4 The four primary levels of care provided by hospice are routine home care, continuous care, general inpatient, and respite care.

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GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

Joel: And by the way, I should mention that some of the work that’s been done in the past on patients with dementia in the hospital, it’s been based on Emily Finlayson’s work looking at surgery, but really looking only at nursing home patients. That provision was taken out of Obamacare back in 2007, 2008.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Jerry: Probably for the reason a lot of people go into geriatrics, close relationship with grandparents, volunteered to work in a nursing home as a high school student, just felt really good about being around old people and not having a problem with it. Eric: And can I ask you, why did you choose geriatrics? Why did you go into it?

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

And especially it becomes even more interesting when you’re dealing with things like hospice patients or nursing home patients, whereas they start to approach near the end of life, they may have to be more bedbound and just not have as many opportunities to really have a fracture. It’s like 2007 or something.

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