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Melodia Hospice
APRIL 8, 2022
Is it possible to die from dementia? It is a dangerous, progressive condition that is, in the end, lethal to the patient. Alzheimer’s disease and other kinds of dementia have now surpassed heart disease as the top cause of death in the United States.
GeriPal
MARCH 14, 2024
Summary Transcript Summary Almost a decade ago, our hospice and palliative care team decided to do a “Thickened Liquid Challenge.” This simple challenge was focused on putting ourselves in the shoes of our patients with dysphagia who are prescribed thickened liquids. Who do we have on with us today? This is Eric Widera.
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Home Care Pulse
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Read on to explore the six core concepts of person-centered care and how they can be used to achieve optimal results for COPD sufferers. I have had countless patients , often living in diff erent circumstances with a COPD diagnosis or similar respiratory condition. How does the disease affect their daily life?
Home Care Pulse
MAY 24, 2022
– Are you doing okay? Are you doing okay? It is easy for all healthcare providers to be “givers” and share their compassion willingly as they care for patients and families. But what about the professional home care and hospice caregivers who create these amazing impact s on all of their patients and families.
GeriPal
JUNE 8, 2023
When I’m on palliative care consults and attending in our hospice unit we have to counsel patients about deprescribing and de-intensifying diabetes medications. And we invited Tamryn Gray from the Dana Farber joins us to ask insightful questions, including: What blood sugar range should we target for patients in the nursing home or hospice?
Home Care Pulse
JUNE 30, 2022
– How to Increase Your Home Care Training Completion Rate. – How to Evaluate Your Training Program’s Success. How to Increase Your Home Care Training Completion Rate. How to Evaluate Your Training Program’s Success. How to Increase Your Home Care Training Completion Rate.
GeriPal
MARCH 3, 2022
This idea that for critically ill patients in the ICU, geriatric conditions like disability, frailty, multimorbidity, and dementia should be viewed through a wider lens of what patients are like before and after the ICU event was transformative for our two guests today. Eric: And Alex, who do we have with us today?
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