Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

According to the "Journal of the American Geriatrics Society," b y the year 2025, an estimated 7.2 Clearly, Alzheimer's is a challenge many people must face with preparedness by becoming as informed as possible in putting forth their best efforts in ways that benefit themselves as well as meeting needs of those living with the disease.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

I was alone with her in the end of a long hallway at a nursing home health center. And then, I did a lot of introspection and realized that I’ve actually been doing this for folks in an informal way, family church members and friends, but I didn’t do it so well with my own mother. Beth: It depends on the volunteer.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

They’re going to get older, they’re going to struggle with geriatric conditions, and they’re going to need palliative services and eventually end-of-life care. It was built in 1955, so it wasn’t designed for a geriatric population. Michele: So that number’s really growing. The doors aren’t locked.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 6, 2022

But before I became a nurse I had a long career at Procter & Gamble in brand management and I worked on the Covergirl and Max Factor business. It was my experience as a hospice volunteer that maybe leave the corporate world and go to nursing school and ultimately become a palliative care nurse practitioner.

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