Remove 2016 Remove End-of-life care Remove Feeding
article thumbnail

Population Health, Quality, and Palliative Care: The Role of Public and Private Payors

AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

Many have persistent unmet care needs leading to high costs with questionable quality outcomes (Salzberg, et al. Collaborative efforts between clinicians and payers can continue to advance the quality of palliative care and enhance the well-being of patients and their families. The Myth Regarding the High Cost of End-of-Life Care.

article thumbnail

GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

GeriPal

So, we asked my older son, Kai, who’s 18 years old, he’s an adult, “What is Palliative care?” ” And, he said, “End of life care.” ” I think we started the blog in 2007 or 2008, we were doing that up until 2016. Like us, subscribe to us on your podcast feed.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

GeriPal

You might be able to extend your life a little bit, but at what cost? So, that was maybe 20 years ago at this point and it really got me down the road thinking about advance care planning, end-of-life care, and similar consequences. You may end up there indefinitely. You’ll have a feeding tube.

Medicare 254
article thumbnail

Conscientous Provision of MAID and Abortion: Robert Brody, Lori Freedman, Mara Buchbinder

GeriPal

Robert was first asked by one of his own patients for assistance in dying in 1991, far before aid in dying was legalized in California in 2016. Ought we, in bioethics, create ethical rules for providing care that is illegal? Would such ethical guidelines foster or feed suspicion of the motivations of bioethics? . It’s bigger.

Books 49