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Assisted Living Communities: Podcast with Sheryl Zimmerman, Kenny Lam, and Ken Covinsky

GeriPal

Assisted Living Communities (no longer preferable to call them Assisted Living Facilities, as we learned on the podcast) are…what, exactly? If you’ve seen one Assisted Living Community you’ve seen one Assisted Living Community. . AlexSmithMD (still on Twitter at present). Transcript.

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Mourning Dove Medical CEO Dr. Kaishauna Guidry: Physicians Need a Framework for Understanding Hospice

Hospice News

Guidry also recently published a book to help guide doctors who are considering a career in hospice and palliative care called “Dr. That’s why I wrote this book because there are people like me who are just interested in hospice but need a framework of what to do. G’s H.O.S.P.I.C.E They can just go out and field questions.

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Nursing the Nation and the World

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

The ubiquitous nurse is present in the care of children, the elderly, the disabled, and the dying. Nurses nurse the nation in schools, dialysis centers, assisted living, nursing homes, home health, hospice, and public health. He has contributed chapters to a number of books related to the nursing profession.

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Ep.18: BK Books with Barbara Karnes: Why Approaching Hospice Holistically is Necessary to the Success of the Care Continuum

Home Care Pulse

These realizations led Barbara to sit down and write, gone from my site, the little blue book that has changed the hospice industry. We love this book, especially me, I like to show off my copy. Hospital residential care assisted living, nursing facilities resident. So thank you Barbara, for being here with us today.

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These Nursing Associations Connect You to Fellow Pros and Valuable Resources

Nurse.com

Assisted Living/Rehabilitation. American Assisted Living Nurses Association (AALNA). Promoting a particularly specialized area of nursing, NASN advocates for a professional RN to be present daily at all schools to optimize student health, safety, and learning. alnursing.org. napnap.org.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

There’s a book called The 36-hour day for dementia caregivers. But also there’s also, because many more people… Oftentimes, when I’ll be at a meeting, if I’m presenting, I’ll ask for show of hands how many people have had experience with dementia. But if you’re in assisted living, yes.

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Family Trees

Chicago Caregiving

Genealogy has immense value for older adults, offering a way to stay engaged and connected to the past, present, and future. he’d open the local phone book to see if he could find anyone else with his family name. If you’re in assisted living, querying your family keeps you connected out there.

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