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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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Palliative Care Integration on the Rise

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The trend points to ways that patients might receive palliative services through new avenues, such as geriatrics, primary care or home health care. A range of medical specialties are incorporating palliative care principles into their care models. You ask them questions. It was appropriate medicine for that patient population.”

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Palliative Care, Health Equity Growing in Medicare Advantage

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Freeland specializes in geriatrics, advance care planning and home-based primary care. Reimbursement for community-based palliative care is gaining ground in the Medicare Advantage realm. Palliative care is among the wide range of supplemental benefits that exist within the Medicare Advantage payment landscape.

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How Palliative Psychiatry Can Support Quality of Life, Symptom Management

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The impact of limited access to palliative psychiatry can include poor quality outcomes for those with mental health conditions, according to Dr. Priya Krishnasamy, associate professor in the departments of geriatrics, palliative medicine and psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Health System.

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Keys to Effective Palliative Care Training Models

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Palliative care clinical education avenues have expanded in recent years, but providers say the well may not be filling up quickly enough to meet demand. Communication and peer support elements are among the key training elements for palliative workforce sustainability and growth. Nonetheless, we have a long way to go.

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‘Untapped’ Social Determinants to Build Into Palliative Care Programs

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Though social determinants can take time and resources to build into palliative care programs, they come with a strong return on investment, according to Dr. Yaquta Patni, wound care and geriatric care physician at Innovative Geriatrics. Yaquta Patni, wound care and geriatric care physician at Innovative Geriatrics.

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Palliative-Behavioral Health Collaborations Benefit Patients with Serious Mental Illnesses

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Roughly 5 to 8 million older adults nationwide have one or more mental health conditions, according to research from the supplement Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS). Palliative care providers have opportunities to bridge gaps of unmet needs among patients who have serious mental illnesses (SMIs) and their families.

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