Home Care Pulse

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

“We’re thrilled to see these top Aging Services providers being recognized for their exceptional survey results,” said Home Care Pulse President Todd Austin. . Powered by more than 30 years of research, Great Place To Work Institute is a global people analytics and consulting firm. and in 60 other countries.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

With a service area that includes 41 counties throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana, Pallitus is focused on helping people live better and longer with quality palliative care programs. That meant helping community colleagues understand that Pallitus serves patients with any serious or life-limiting illness, regardless of their prognosis.

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Changing Lives Podcast

APRIL 24, 2024

Collaboration takes place across the organization from staff huddles, regular meetings, and various communication channels. The Continuing Care Assistant may help with recreational therapy programs, client and/or family education, and light housekeeping duties including meal preparation and laundry.

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Chicago Caregiving

JANUARY 3, 2024

Pam cared for her husband, who recently passed away at age 80 from Parkinson’s disease. Before her husband’s decline, friends would visit or help with physical tasks, like getting her husband in and out of the car. The social worker also recommended that Pam get in-home help, which Pam says was not many hours, “but all of it counts.”

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary We’ve talked about Falls a couple of times on this podcast, most recently with Tom Gill about the STRIDE study and before that with Sarah Szanton about the CAPABLE study. A takeaway from those podcasts is that fresh innovative thinking in the falls prevention space is welcome.

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Chicago Caregiving

JANUARY 3, 2024

After placing the call, Scott drove six hours to meet his sister at the hospital. He wanted to know which health services were available via the healthcare system and through the local Area Agency on Aging. They performed a TCARE assessment to identify his stress level as a caregiver and help find resources.

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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. After discussing screening options for substance use disorder, we go on to talk about both the treatments for it and the issues that arise.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Elissa Kozlov, a geropsychologist and director of a new population aging MPH at Rutgers, surveyed AAHPM members , and found that doctors reported major shortcomings in level of comfort and knowledge caring for patients with psychological illness. Des delivered a plenary at this year’s National Palliative Care Research Center’s Foley retreat.

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Chicago Caregiving

JANUARY 25, 2023

Existing buildings for older adults can use portable cooling and dehumidification until 2024, when they’ll need permanent systems. This ordinance is a move in the right direction to help us better adapt to our climate change realities and subsequent safety concerns,” Hadden said in a June 2022 press release. Rogers Ave., Rogers Ave.,

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Minority Nurse

JANUARY 17, 2024

Dr. Gilles’s contributions have helped enhance the nursing curriculum, filling identified gaps and answering the new essentials call for all entry-level professional nurses to have knowledge and proficiencies to practice across various settings in wellness/disease prevention and chronic disease management. Talk about your role in nursing.

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GeriPal

MAY 9, 2024

Matt Tyler (aka Pallidad for those on Twitter ): Matt is the Hospice and Palliative care doctor who created How To Train Your Doctor , which helps patients living with serious illness find tips on “owning” their healthcare plan on his Instagram and YouTube pages. He was also the one who we have to thank for suggesting this podcast!

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

On today’s podcast we talk with Malaz Boustani of Indiana University, as well as Diane Ty, the senior director of the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging, about the GUIDE model. This is Eric Widera. Alex: This is Alex Smith. Eric: And Alex, who do we have with us today? We just saw each other in New Mexico last month.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary In 1982 Eric Cassell published his landmark essay: On the Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine. Today we talk about suffering in the many forms we encounter in palliative care. Our guests are BJ Miller, palliative care physician and c-founder of Mettle Health , and Naomi Saks, chaplain at UCSF. Wallace, C.L.,

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

Today we unpack this study, with the help of Lyndsay Degroot , a postdoc and nurse researcher focused on identifying the core aspects of the study and eventually testing the study in more diverse populations. He also found gaps, including very few studies of patients with lung disease, and little impact of trials on quality of life.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 19, 2024

Last year, I was challenged to deliver a 20-minute training session to help hospice nurses compose narrative notes in a way they could implement quickly. Here are the four basic steps I came up with to help you build better notes. Let’s delve into this process together. No problem! Check it out below! It doesn’t have to be.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

A planned expansion of MAID to include people with mental illness was placed on hold until March 2024. We talk about how Canada got to this point, including the degree to which offering MAID to anyone who is eligible has become standard practice in many places. Four percent. They could have a prognosis of years, or decades.

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GeriPal

APRIL 18, 2024

Our guest today is Bob Wachter, Chair of Medicine at UCSF and author of the Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age. He’s the author of The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computing Age. Bob, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Bob: Thank you gentlemen.

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