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Study Finds Geriatric Physician & NP Workforce Kept Pace with Aging Population, But Significant Rural Disparities Persist

Daily Nurse

A new study published in JAMA Network Open finds that geriatric nurse practitioners (NPs) helped expand the geriatric workforce and kept the combined geriatric physician and NP workforce on pace with the growth of the older population. counties lack specialized geriatric healthcare professionals. Jeremy A.

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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary What does the future hold for geriatrics? Historically, answers generally lamented the ever increasing need for geriatrics without a corresponding growth in the number of specialists in the field. On today’s podcast, we are going to do a deep dive on the future of geriatrics with three amazing guests.

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Several Large Hospice Providers See Leadership Transitions

Hospice News

Empath Health offers hospice, home health, palliative care, bereavement support, adult day services, Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) programs, and primary, elderly and geriatric care. from 2008 to 2020. The nonprofit organization has grown into one of the largest hospice providers in the nation.

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Geriatric Nursing: A Specialty in Need

Nurse.com

population ages, geriatric nurses and nurse practitioners (NPs) can make an impact. The need for geriatric nurses can be explained simply by looking at data highlighting an aging United States. Geriatric nurses are critical to our healthcare workforce.”. Attention for geriatrics. Necessities for geriatrics.

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Trauma-Informed Care: A Podcast with Mariah Robertson, Kate Duchowny, and Ashwin Kotwal

GeriPal

I’m just thinking we all went through a major traumatic event in 2020 and the subsequent years. And I think there’s ways that geriatrics and palliative care can kind of add an additional layer to that because we’re unique in that we can draw on the expertise of an interdisciplinary team. I guess that’s an event.

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Psychological Trauma Can Worsen Symptom Burden at End-of-Life

Hospice News

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.

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Empath Health, American Health Plans Launch ISNP Joint Venture

Hospice News

Empath Health Jonathan Fleece speaks at Hospice News’ 2023 Elevate Conference Empath Health, in its current form, emerged in 2020 from a merger with Stratum Health, where Fleece was previously CEO.