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How Long Can You Be in Palliative Care?

Seasons Hospice

Is There A Length Of Time For Palliative Care? Palliative care is a type of medical care that focuses on providing relief from the symptoms, stress, and pain of serious illnesses. It helps individuals live as comfortably as possible during their illness by managing physical, emotional, spiritual, and practical aspects of care.

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Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

GeriPal

On today’s podcast we dive into drivers of invasive procedures and hospitalizations in advanced dementia by talking to some pretty brilliant nursing and nurse practitioner researchers focused on dementia, geriatrics, and palliative care in nursing homes: Ruth Palan Lopez, Caroline Stephens, Joan Carpenter, and Lauren Hunt. Rehabbed to Death.