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Dialysis vs Conservative Management for Older Adults: Manju Kurella Tamura, Susan Wong, & Maria Montez-Rath

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This is my favorite article, Susan, that I talk about of M a nju is a New England Journal article that came out 2009. 2009, yeah, 2009. As the caregiver or as a family member of the patient? I’m going to go back to that new paper from 2009 which we’ll have linked to. One of my favorite articles.

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

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I mean, I don’t even want to discharge, well, people who have shortness of breath, let alone people who have uncontrolled pain or other things or things that are bringing them into an emergency department and could have fragile caregivers and all sorts of things. And so then you need caregivers to. Let me ask you this.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

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2021 Association of Hospice Profit Status With Family Caregivers’ Reported Care Experiences. Eric: Lack of a caregiver. Joseph: Lack of the caregiver. For example, one case that we had not too long ago, one of the hardest cases, nobody was willing to touch him, no caregiver. JAMA Health Forum. And yet they’re dying.

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Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

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On today’s podcast we dive into drivers of invasive procedures and hospitalizations in advanced dementia by talking to some pretty brilliant nursing and nurse practitioner researchers focused on dementia, geriatrics, and palliative care in nursing homes: Ruth Palan Lopez, Caroline Stephens, Joan Carpenter, and Lauren Hunt. Ruth: Thank you.

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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

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In fact, I worked for senior care options payer-provider in Massachusetts, where I am coupled end-of-life care from hospice back in 2009. it looks a little bit like VBID back in 2009, because I realized that populations are traditionally underserved and have mistrust of the healthcare system.

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How Hospice Supports Families

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Family members describe this caregiver role as fulfilling, rewarding, and an important part of the process. It does not help that caregivers often feel guilty for needing or wanting help and resultantly avoid the help they need. Caregiver Education in Hospice. Every patient and every family caregiver is different.

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