GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

If you develop dementia, odds are you will spend the last months to years of your life in a nursing home or assisted living facility. This study explored nursing home organizational factors and staff perceptions that are associated with the variation in care for residents with advanced dementia. Transcript.

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Nursing home Feeding Nursing Geriatrics 135

GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

We talk with them about the epidemiology, assessment, and management of dysphagia, including the role of modifying the consistency of food and liquids, feeding tubes, and the role of dysphagia rehabilitation like tongue and cough strengthening. I think it’s around one in 12 nursing home patients But it’s a lot.

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Feeding Definition Article Geriatrics 223

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The ones who are publishing interesting articles are easy as we knew MAID is always going to be a controversial topic. He wants to know what do you guys think about the effect of private equity on hospice and long-term care? We have on that podcast about re-imagining long-term care.

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Geriatrics Palliative care Palliate Blog 237

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

We got a couple of articles to discuss and a lot of different components of this. I was wondering, because Alex did mention that we talked with Jessie before about whether or not we should be teaching some of this stuff in palliative care fellowships. Eric: Which brings us to an article. Is cancer pain really different?

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Palliative care Palliate Informed consent Article 302

GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

For a trial to have value, it should not exclude patients over age 80, or those with dementia, or patients residing in nursing homes. Additional links mentioned in the podcast: Recent JGIM article on POLST in California nursing homes, hospitalization, and nursing home care Karl’s GeriPal post on appropriate use of POLST Enjoy!

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