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

GeriPal

For a deeper dive, check out some of these other studies and resources we talked about in the podcast: The Influence of Nursing Home Culture on the Use of Feeding Tubes. Archives of Internal Medicine 2010. The Lived Experience of Providing Feeding Assistance to a Family Member with Dementia. Rehabbed to Death. Ruth: Oh, thanks.

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Realizing a Dream: How I Earned My Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Nurse.com

As I worked, I watched the LPNs and RNs administer meds, care for wounds, give tube feedings, etc. “I Stage five: From long-term care to trauma The children are getting older. I have to admit it was challenging, having spent most of my career in long-term care. I received my BSN in 2010.

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Rise of the Dutch Model of Neighbourhood Care

AlayaCare

Yet this model of care is also poised to help the bottom line too. They are: A 2010 Ernst & Young study that calculated this model can save costs per patient by up to 40% as compared to regular home care agencies. They experience fewer health problems as a result of a more focused care plan.

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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

GeriPal

He wants to know what do you guys think about the effect of private equity on hospice and long-term care? We have on that podcast about re-imagining long-term care. Like us, subscribe to us on your podcast feed. Anne: While you do that, there’s a listener out there named Jerry Winkor.