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Geriatric Nursing: A Specialty in Need

Nurse.com

population ages, geriatric nurses and nurse practitioners (NPs) can make an impact. The need for geriatric nurses can be explained simply by looking at data highlighting an aging United States. Geriatric nurses are critical to our healthcare workforce.”. Attention for geriatrics. Necessities for geriatrics.

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Podcast 97: Revised Recommendations on Standards and Norms for Palliative Care in Europe from the European Association for Palliative Care: a Delphi study

SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

The EAPC published recommendations on standards and norms in palliative care for Europe in 2009. 13 new standards and norms reached consensus, relating to emerging specialisms such as neonatal, geriatric and dementia palliative care, and recommendations for better access to national information sources and the use of digital health records.

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The Ask-Tell-Ask Approach in Four Steps

1-800-HOSPICE

2009; 3 (6): 597-605. Journal of the American Geriatric Society. Journal of the American Geriatric Society. Journal of the American Geriatric Society. Conservations can help patients and families to hope for the best but be prepared for the worst. References: Isaac M, Curtis J. Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine.

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Gabapentinoids – Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Tasce Bongiovanni, Donovan Maust and Nisha Iyer

GeriPal

This long and sordid history of gabapentin and pregabalin is beautifully described in Seth Landefeld and Mike Steinman 2009 NEJM editorial. J Am Geriatr Soc. Donovan Maust is a geriatric psychiatrist and health services researcher at the University of Michigan. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Review. Annals of IM.

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Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

GeriPal

On today’s podcast we dive into drivers of invasive procedures and hospitalizations in advanced dementia by talking to some pretty brilliant nursing and nurse practitioner researchers focused on dementia, geriatrics, and palliative care in nursing homes: Ruth Palan Lopez, Caroline Stephens, Joan Carpenter, and Lauren Hunt. Ruth: Thank you.

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How Hospice Supports Families

1-800-HOSPICE

In: Huria A, Balducci L, editors: Geriatric Oncology: Treatment, Assessment, and Management. New York: Springer 2009: 135-155. Hospice nurses will give each family the individual support the family needs and wants. References. Ferrell B, Mazanec P. Family Caregivers. Elwert F, Christakis NA. American Journal of Public Health.

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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

GeriPal

In fact, I worked for senior care options payer-provider in Massachusetts, where I am coupled end-of-life care from hospice back in 2009. it looks a little bit like VBID back in 2009, because I realized that populations are traditionally underserved and have mistrust of the healthcare system.