Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which requires providers to acquire a building and design a center to house a PACE program. The nonprofit hospice provider’s subsidiary — Care Guide Partners – provides services at the center. More than 30 interdisciplinary staff members provide care at the 5,600 square feet facility.

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GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

You might be able to extend your life a little bit, but at what cost? So, that was maybe 20 years ago at this point and it really got me down the road thinking about advance care planning, end-of-life care, and similar consequences. Eric: Yeah. So this is a very common occurrence. Joel may know. Joel: Yeah.

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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. Eric: Just for the aging population, what about long-term care? And the nurse can’t dose it, they have to individually dose it.

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

In a separate study in Chest , Lauren found pre-ICU frailty was associated with post-ICU disability and new nursing home admission. We wouldn’t dream of not measuring oxygen saturation, yet function, which is highly predictive of outcomes older adults care about, many hospitals hardly measure.

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