Hospice News
APRIL 4, 2024
It can also be more difficult to address social determinants of health needs and provide assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs) with caregiver support lagging among rural populations, providers noted. A lack of trained hospice and palliative care professionals in rural regions also presents a barrier to access.
GeriPal
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Summary Transcript Summary Often podcasts meet clinical reality. That’s why we do this podcast- to address real world issues in palliative care, geriatrics, and bioethics. But rarely does the podcast and clinical reality meet in the same day. Lynn Flint, author of the NEJM perspective titled, “Rehabbed to Death,” joins Eric and I as co-host.
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GeriPal
OCTOBER 27, 2022
ePrognosis started out as just a list of different prognostic indices, so things to predict mortality in hospitalized adults, things to predict mortality in community dwelling adults, things to predict mortality in nursing home residents. Welcome back to GeriPal, James. James: Thanks for having me. Welcome back, Sei. Sei: Howdy.
GeriPal
JUNE 16, 2022
First, we talk with Christine, a researcher and geriatrician from the University of North Carolina, who recently published a JAGS article titled Overdiagnosis of urinary tract infections by nursing home clinicians versus a clinical guideline. Transcript. Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. This is Eric Widera. Is that right?
Hospice Nurse Hero
JANUARY 26, 2022
Attitude about documenting in front of the patient Short staffing Unclear understanding of hospice rules/regulations Lack of nursing experience (new to hospice) Inappropriate assignments (new nurse with complex patients) Travel time (rural vs nursing home vs inpatient) Too many patients. Hospice Charting Fundamentals.
Home Care Pulse
APRIL 28, 2022
Vicki Hoak, CEO of the Home Care Association of America (HCAOA) explained that the recognition of home care abounds post-pandemic: “This year, HCAOA released a new report, State of Home Care: Industry at a Crossroads, to illustrate how the pandemic spotlighted how older and vulnerable populations are too often left behind.
GeriPal
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Jerry: Probably for the reason a lot of people go into geriatrics, close relationship with grandparents, volunteered to work in a nursing home as a high school student, just felt really good about being around old people and not having a problem with it. Eric: And can I ask you, why did you choose geriatrics? Why did you go into it?
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