Hospice News
OCTOBER 18, 2023
John Hopkins uses a training model across various fellowship programs, including oncology and geriatrics, that fosters improved conversations and patient care strategies using a palliative care approach. Also in 2020 came the launch of partnership between Livio Health and cancer care provider Minnesota Oncology.
Chicago Caregiving
APRIL 20, 2022
Almost 75 percent of Americans who died from the coronavirus from January 2020 to April 2022 were aged 65 or older, according to CDC data. The pandemic has been an especially difficult and confusing time for seniors, says Erika Hutz, DO, a specialist in geriatric and internal medicine at Swedish Medical Group.
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GeriPal
JANUARY 25, 2024
Summary Transcript Summary In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast and in our editorial. Alex: Yeah, two psychologists talking about psychological issues in palliative care and geriatrics. Important implications. David: Yeah.
GeriPal
JANUARY 12, 2023
Alex: We are delighted to welcome to the GeriPal Podcast, Kellie Flood, who is a geriatrician at the University of Alabama Birmingham and associate Chief Quality Officer for Geriatrics and Care Transitions. And also to have those folks proactively assessing and addressing geriatric syndromes. Kellie, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast.
GeriPal
JULY 6, 2023
Alex: And we are delight to welcome Lindsey Yourman, who is a geriatrician, she’s a longtime friend and mentee, and is now a peer and is a key component of the ePrognosis working group and helped originate the ideas that led to ePrognosis and she’s now San Diego County’s Chief Geriatrics Officer. Welcome to GeriPal, Lindsey.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 12, 2022
million respectively in 2020 alone, according to a study published in The Lancet. Multiples in the hospice market reached upwards of 29x in 2020, which beat 2019’s record of 26x, reported PwC’s Health Research Institute. This is reflective of a wider trend as demand for behavioral health services continues to grow. million and 76.2
GeriPal
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
I think that’s something we’ve seen even with the most recent issues that came out, not new issues, but came to the surface with the racial reckoning that we saw in 2020 related to murders and deaths and killings and that sort of stuff that helps to reshape how we refer to different groups of individuals in our community.
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