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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

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Summary Transcript Summary The comprehensive geriatric assessment is one of the cornerstones of geriatrics. But does the geriatric assessment do anything? Evidence has been mounting about the importance of the geriatric assessment for older adults with cancer, the subject of today’s podcast. Precision medicine?

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Geriatric Nursing: A Specialty in Need

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population ages, geriatric nurses and nurse practitioners (NPs) can make an impact. The need for geriatric nurses can be explained simply by looking at data highlighting an aging United States. Geriatric nurses are critical to our healthcare workforce.”. Attention for geriatrics. As the U.S.

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The Promise and Peril of ChatGPT in Geriatric Nursing Education 

Daily Nurse

ChatGPT has many questioning its role in healthcare, specifically its use in nursing education. For example, in geriatric nursing care, AI is used for monitoring patients with dementia, detecting falls, facilitating communication, and managing medications, enhancing the overall quality and efficiency of care for older adults.

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A Day in the Life: Geriatric Nurse

Daily Nurse

While some nurses feel pulled into treating children, others love to care for those in their later years by working in the geriatric field. If you’ve ever wondered what these nurses do, why they like it, or if it’s the facet of the field that fits you, we’ve got you covered. How did you get interested in being a geriatric nurse?

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Help Aging Veterans Cope with a Geriatric Mental Health Career

Daily Nurse

When we imagine the professionals caring for aging Veterans, we often immediately think of doctors, nurses, and pharmacists. Still, one avenue of care you may not consider is geriatric mental health. As our Veteran population ages, those who […]

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Brigham Young Geriatrician: Physician Residents Need to Learn Hospice Principles, Senior’s Specific Needs

Hospice News

Physicians in training need greater exposure to geriatric training in order to better grasp the needs of older patients, including during transitions to hospice, according to Dr. Julia Lowenthal, a geriatrician from Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

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Research Finds Home-Based Care Among Top End-of-Life Trajectories for Americans

Hospice News

Many elderly Americans follow one of three place of care trajectories during the last three years of life, researchers from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, found in a study recently published in BMC Geriatrics. About 27% were in skilled nursing home care with “heavy use” of home health and hospice.