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.

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Nursing home Feeding Nursing Geriatrics 135

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Assisted Living Communities (no longer preferable to call them Assisted Living Facilities, as we learned on the podcast) are…what, exactly? The problem is the tremendous heterogeneity in services offered and quality of care. If you’ve seen one Assisted Living Community you’ve seen one Assisted Living Community. .

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Assisted living Geriatrics Long-term care Nursing home 194

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Eric: Definitely MAID- Alex: Eric knows, MAID in Canada Eric: Medical Aid In Dying in Canada. Eric: One out of six hospices, so there is financial concern, not just again with hospices, nursing homes, and now physician groups. ” And, he said, “End of life care.” Alex: That one’s easy.

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Geriatrics Palliative care Palliate Blog 239

GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

Really, a smart and caring woman. And at some point, she was living in assisted living and fell and broke her hip. You might be able to extend your life a little bit, but at what cost? So we followed Gretchen Schwarze’s definition, which was 1% or higher inpatient mortality was considered high-risk.

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