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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

GeriPal

Private equity is probably one of the top things that I’m worried about with the future of our field in Palliative care and that because private equity is buying up… And Geriatrics, buying up assisted livings, nursing homes, hospices at an extraordinary rate. ” And, he said, “End of life care.”

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Aging and the ICU: Podcast with Lauren Ferrante and Julien Cobert

GeriPal

In a separate study in Chest , Lauren found pre-ICU frailty was associated with post-ICU disability and new nursing home admission. We wouldn’t dream of not measuring oxygen saturation, yet function, which is highly predictive of outcomes older adults care about, many hospitals hardly measure. Eric: Yeah. Alex: Yeah.

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S3 Ep.1 : How Training Has Changed Over the Last 20 Years, With New Hosts Linda Leekley and Amanda Sternklar

Home Care Pulse

or too much ancient history, but you know, like, like a lot of nurses, when I became an RN, I was told you gotta work in acute care. So I’ve always had deep respect for, for the knowledge and skills they bring, whether it’s at the hospital or nursing home, home health, hospice, home care.