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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

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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. Like us, subscribe to us on your podcast feed.

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

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And at some point, she was living in assisted living and fell and broke her hip. That provision was taken out of Obamacare back in 2007, 2008. You’ll have a feeding tube. My mother-in-law, Ruth Leman, was a professor emeritus at American University. Really, a smart and caring woman.