AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

AUGUST 11, 2023

Data have shown that of the top 5% of healthcare utilization in the US, only 11% are at the end of life (Aldridge & Kelly, 2015). Many have persistent unmet care needs leading to high costs with questionable quality outcomes (Salzberg, et al. The Myth Regarding the High Cost of End-of-Life Care.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary The CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain excludes those undergoing cancer treatment, palliative care, and end-of-life care. And so, for-profit hospices, for-profit methadone clinics pop up everywhere, and their care is pretty variable. Devon, welcome to GeriPal.

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

GeriPal podcast with Tom Gill on the Precipitating Events Study, distressing symptoms, disability, and hospice. Julien: He basically had an end of life care discussion with this patient. ” And that has 34,000 likes, which for a palliative care tweet is beyond what other tweets have achieved. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

She went to an inpatient hospice and they kept her comfortable for a couple of weeks and she passed away. You might be able to extend your life a little bit, but at what cost? You may end up there indefinitely. You’re not going to end up going back home after the surgery. You’ll have a feeding tube.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 5, 2023

Ought we, in bioethics, create ethical rules for providing care that is illegal? Would such ethical guidelines foster or feed suspicion of the motivations of bioethics? . He has an interest in hospice and of life care, pain management and medical ethics. We could have talked for hours. It’s bigger.

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