GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

We start off part one by interviewing Michele DiTomas, who has been the longstanding Medical Director of the Hospice unit and currently is also the Chief Medical Executive for the Palliative care Initiative with the California Correctional Healthcare Services. Michele: That was perfect. Alex: That was perfect. Michele: Yep.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Malaz: One day I was in internal medicine residency and I had to take care of a patient who was admitted from a nursing home with dementia. For me, right now, the worst thing, my nightmare is dying from dementia alone in a nursing home. People start thinking about putting them in a nursing home. Diane: Huge.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

Reading Ira’s article, it essentially was the VITAS Medical Director job description. The for-profits stepped up and they have been serving people in nursing homes, including with dementia who deserve our care, and the nonprofits haven’t. And trying to figure out what those quality measures should be.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary In April 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) issued a report on how the United States delivers, regulates, finances, and measures the quality of nursing home care. We have Alice Bonner, who’s Chair of the Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition.

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