Traditions Health

MAY 1, 2023

Eventually, all the muscles that a person can control are affected, forcing the person to use a ventilator and/or feeding tube. When to Seek Help Caring for someone with ALS often presents many challenges for the patient’s primary caregiver. ALS can also impair the ability to think and cause significant changes to a person’s memory.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

But one of the things that I try to teach, because both Juliet and I have done a ton of teaching about this, is that if you follow these steps, that outcome sort of presents itself. Summary Transcript Summary. There is a lively debate going on in academic circles about the value of Advance Care Planning (ACP). Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Today we have a star-studded lineup, including Lexy Torke of Indiana University, who discusses her RCT of a chaplaincy intervention for surrogates of patients in the ICU , published in JPSM and plenary presentation at AAHPM/HPNA. It meets in-person, once a month, over nine sessions. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Lexy.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

How does the geriatric assessment lead to improved completion of advance directives, when the assessment doesn’t address advance care planning/directives at all? How does palliative care fit into all this? Precision medicine? What groups are being left out of trials? Welcome to GeriPal, John. John: Thank you. Alex: Terrific.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 5, 2023

I felt like I was always told to present people with a buffet of options and, really, without guidance, ask them to choose, which is, it would always make me feel sick to my stomach. Alex: We are delighted to welcome Jacky Kruser, who’s a pulmonary critical care doctor and health services researcher at the University of Wisconsin.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

And for a few reasons, which I’m sure we’ll get into, I think it’s probably most effective upstream of the acute care setting, more in the nursing home setting or for patients who are not presenting in the hospital or emergency department setting. Welcome, Abby. Abby: Thanks for having me. We changed our name. Good to know.

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Hospice Advantage Solutions

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

We have learned to express our love for one another through the act of feeding and sharing of meals throughout our lives. If a tumor is present, the edematous layer may shrink. Treatments considered to be palliative, on the other hand, cannot be withdrawn. Decreased gastric stimulation results in lack of hunger.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 4, 2022

We used a large online survey panel, the Ipsos Knowledge Panel, and we presented older adults with two vignettes. And after each vignette, we presented seven rationales that a trusted clinician could use to explain why the person should stop taking that medicine. ” Ariel: Exactly. It’s kind of the chronic care model, right?

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Palliverse

MAY 7, 2022

Dad wanted to take her home, he knew that he could feed her food she would like, and that home rehabilitation could be considered. Despite Dad feeding her five small meals a day, she was shrinking fast. I presented the story of Mum’s life illustrated with photo slides, which included images of many of the funeral guests.

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

He, his Twitter feed though is brilliant. And so the key there is, of course these were prospectively measured where patients were called every month from 1998 through actually the present day among those who are still alive. That will be the last one in his life. Don’t thicken it, make sure he gets what he wants. Eric: Yeah.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 30, 2022

According to our surveys, caregivers with a lack of proper training on the subject find the following tasks the most challenging: handling violent or abusive behaviors, trouble communicating, challenging emotions, finding appropriate activities, and feeding/eating challenges. 7 popular topics are hitting the charts.

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 28, 2022

While we recognize that a caregiver isn’t hired to be a personal chef, sometimes clients do not have the ability to feed themselves or would appreciate being cared for in a small way with a simple dish.

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