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Early Telepalliative Care Can Reduce Caregiver Burden, Improve Quality

Hospice News

Telepalliative models can in some ways help to improve communications between patients and clinicians, according to JAMA researcher Simone Rinaldi, palliative care nurse practitioner and director of nursing for MGHs division of palliative care and geriatric medicine. Rinaldi is also co-director of Mass Generals palliative care clinic.

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Oncologists: Palliative Care Plays ‘Critical Role’ in Improving Quality, Health Equity

Hospice News

Palliative care may be gaining momentum across the health continuum in recent years, but several barriers exist preventing greater access and awareness, according to Dr. Kimberly Johnson, professor of medicine in the division of geriatrics at Duke Palliative Care and director of the Duke Center for Research to Advance Health Care Equity.

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Study Finds Geriatric Physician & NP Workforce Kept Pace with Aging Population, But Significant Rural Disparities Persist

Daily Nurse

A new study published in JAMA Network Open finds that geriatric nurse practitioners (NPs) helped expand the geriatric workforce and kept the combined geriatric physician and NP workforce on pace with the growth of the older population. counties lack specialized geriatric healthcare professionals.

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What Distinguishes an Aging Life Care Manager from Other Geriatric Care Managers?

Aging Life Care Association

Aging Life Care Management, also known as geriatric care management, focuses on improving the quality of life for older adults and their families through comprehensive planning and management of care needs. → The post What Distinguishes an Aging Life Care Manager from Other Geriatric Care Managers?

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

GeriPal

Screening for addressing hearing loss should be an integral part of what we do in geriatrics and palliative care, but it often is either a passing thought or completely ignored. On today’s podcast, we talk to Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen about hearing loss in geriatrics and palliative care. How to screen for hearing loss.

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Hospice of the Valley: Redefining the End-of-Life Care Delivery Outlook

Hospice News

We also have a home-based primary care practice called Geriatric Solutions. Geriatric Solutions was about being able to be that patients primary care provider when they were too ill to go see one.

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Hospice of the Chesapeake Launches New Dementia Program Amid ‘Urgent, Significant’ Need

Hospice News

Aliviado Health’s program is part of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing (HIGN) at New York University’s (NYU) Rory Meyers College of Nursing. Hospice of the Chesapeake also collaborated with Aliviado Health, an organization that provides dementia education and training resources to home health and hospice providers.

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