Hospice News
MAY 15, 2024
The findings suggest that traumatized terminally ill patients may have a multitude of greater physical, psychosocial and emotional needs compared to others, according to researcher Dr. Ashwin Kotwal, assistant professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco’s (UCSF) Division of Geriatrics.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Early childhood and cumulative lifetime trauma experiences can have negative impacts on an individual’s end-of-life experience, according to findings from a recent study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS).
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Hospice News
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Additionally, among beneficiaries who died between 2006 and 2011, one in eight toggled between a hospital and an SNF during their final year of life, the study found. According to statistics cited in the study, 23% of hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries were discharged to a post-acute care facility in 2013.
GeriPal
JUNE 22, 2023
Through a series of events, I started working as a consultant to the Department of Corrections in around 2006, and I was assigned to the California Medical Facility. They’re going to get older, they’re going to struggle with geriatric conditions, and they’re going to need palliative services and eventually end-of-life care.
GeriPal
MARCH 2, 2023
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006 Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Donovan Maust is a geriatric psychiatrist and health services researcher at the University of Michigan. 2022 Perioperative Gabapentin Use in Older AdultsRevisiting Multimodal Pain Management JAMA IM. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Review.
Minority Nurse
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Ground transport nurses began taking the Certified Transport Registered Nurse (CTRN) certification when it was introduced in 2006. This July will mark the 30th anniversary of the Certified Flight Registered Nurse (CFRN). Today, there are more than 5,500 CFRNs and more than 450 CTRNs in the United States.
GeriPal
JULY 6, 2023
Alex: And we are delight to welcome Lindsey Yourman, who is a geriatrician, she’s a longtime friend and mentee, and is now a peer and is a key component of the ePrognosis working group and helped originate the ideas that led to ePrognosis and she’s now San Diego County’s Chief Geriatrics Officer. Welcome to GeriPal, Lindsey.
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