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Avoiding the Pitfalls of Involuntary Nursing Home Discharges/Transfers in Missouri

Healthcare Law Insights blog

Many long-term care residents live in Missouri nursing homes for years. In certain cases, nursing homes may discharge or transfer a resident even if the resident does not consent to the discharge or transfer – this is known as an “involuntary discharge” or an “involuntary transfer.”

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Transforming the Culture of Dementia Care: Podcast with Anne Basting, Ab Desai, Susan McFadden, and Judy Long

GeriPal

He wrote a book titled “ Psychiatric consultation in long term care ” that has a strengths based approach to staging dementia (how cool is that). Judy Long, MDiv, BCC , palliative care chaplain and educator at UCSF and caregiver. Eric: We’ve talked about transforming care in the community. We have to.

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Change Is Now the “Constant” for Nurses in Infection Control

Nurse.com

Healthcare workers believed that they had a good understanding of hospital infection prevention policies.” The pandemic erased that complacency and enhanced education for nurses and infection control in unique ways. Perhaps one of the most impacted was nursing homes and long-term care facilities.

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What Lessons Have We Learned from the First COVID Surges? Jim Wright & Darrell Owens

GeriPal

This was the opening paragraph that I wrote in March of 2020 when introducing a podcast we did with Dr. Jim Wright , the medical director at Canterbury Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in suburban Richmond. Jim: Well, I took good care of myself during that time. Welcome back to GeriPal, Darrell. Darrell: Thank you very much.