Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

JANUARY 18, 2024

A phenomenon that skilled nursing teams have long appreciated was recently highlighted in a recent article published in JAMA Internal Medicine , researchers Ehrenzeller and Klompas shed light on a critical yet often overlooked aspect of healthcare — oral hygiene and daily toothbrushing.

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Ventilator Long-term care Article Nursing home 110

GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

For a trial to have value, it should not exclude patients over age 80, or those with dementia, or patients residing in nursing homes. Additional links mentioned in the podcast: Recent JGIM article on POLST in California nursing homes, hospitalization, and nursing home care Karl’s GeriPal post on appropriate use of POLST Enjoy!

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Document Nursing home Healthcare proxy Ventilator 268

GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

Susan: I’ll just say, I think that could happen outside of the healthcare setting pretty easily and frequently does. So it’s an example of something that can start outside of the healthcare system and move its way in. I have done a lot of work on POLST and nursing homes and I’ve seen POLST forms.

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Palliative care Geriatrics Palliate Document 145

GeriPal

JULY 14, 2022

Imagine that you are the medical director of a large (>150 bed) nursing home. Two-thirds of the patients in the home now have COVID-19. The other physicians who previously saw patients in the nursing home are no longer coming to your facility because you have COVID positive patients. Summary Transcript Summary.

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Long-term care Grief 2020 Medical director 279