Hospice News

MAY 1, 2024

CMMI extended the program through 2030, but recently announced that the hospice portion will end on December 31, 2024. This included the addition of the hospice component in 2021, which was designed to test coverage of those services through Medicare Advantage.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 1, 2024

We have an existing group of primary care providers, but we’re very aggressively pursuing acquiring as many primary care providers who are already in the geriatric care space, because when you look at most of the risk-based models — the GUIDE model that’s coming out and ACO REACH,” Ponder Stansel said. “[The

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JULY 15, 2024

Dale Lupu, MPH PhD George Washington University AAHPM reached out to the 2024 Visionaries to gain insight into what motivated them to pursue leadership positions and what they find more fulfilling in their experiences. I hope our field retains this as a core animating conviction.

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GeriPal

JUNE 20, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Alex 00:16 Today we’re delighted to welcome George K u c hel, who is a geriatrician and chief of geriatrics and director of the UConn center on Aging at the University of Connecticut. Is this just a bladder problem, or is this a bigger geriatric syndrome problem?

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NHPCO

AUGUST 26, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 26, 2024 (Alexandria, VA and Washington, DC) — Steven Landers, MD, MPH , has been named the inaugural Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the newly merged NAHC-NHPCO Alliance (The Alliance). Dr. Landers has dedicated his career to seeking home- and community-based health care solutions for people of all ages.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JUNE 6, 2024

Elizabeth Hart, MD Androscoggin Home Healthcare + Hospice AAHPM reached out to the 2024 Visionaries to gain insight into what motivated them to pursue leadership positions and what they find more fulfilling in their experiences. This honor also recognizes the shared vision and values of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Geriatrics.

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Daily Nurse

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

As of February 2024, 88% of nurse practitioners are certified in primary care, and 70.3% Role Family Nurse Practitioner A family nurse practitioner (FNP) cares for patients of all ages, from newborn to geriatric. deliver primary care every day. A substantial number of nurse and family nurse practitioners fall within this category.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JULY 1, 2024

Rex Alvin Paulino, MD University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston AAHPM reached out to the 2024 Emerging Leaders to gain insight into what motivated them to pursue leadership positions and what they find more fulfilling in their experiences. Who has most influenced your work and how have they shaped your contributions?

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. David: People with these illnesses suffer from persistent symptoms, poor quality of life, depression, anxiety, despite all the great things we do and all our colleagues in those specialties and in primary care and geriatrics. Lyndsay: I think a couple of reasons.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

A planned expansion of MAID to include people with mental illness was placed on hold until March 2024. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. And so now for March, 2024, the government still has said they’re planning to expand it for mental illness conditions.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

I was automatically drawn to the geriatric population. Seeing that not only could I make a difference, but I could also educate and be an advocate for that geriatric population was key. What do you foresee as being different about hospice care looking ahead to 2024? The largest hospital was an hour away.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Though far more resources are needed, more opportunities for clinical palliative care training have been emerging in recent years, according to Dr. Nathan Goldstein, currently professor of geriatrics and palliative medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Though his narrow definition of suffering as injured or threatened personhood has been critiqued , the central concept was a motivating force for many of us to enter the fields of geriatrics and palliative care, Eric and I included. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Naomi: It’s been wonderful.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Additionally, every year, NPTM has a specific focus, with 2024 aimed at an area crucial in the long-term care environment: fall prevention. National Physical Therapy Month serves as a reminder of these efforts, spotlighting stories of recovery, resilience, and transformation.

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GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

Bernie Lo discloses being an Honorarium Recipient and consultant for Takeda starting on 01/23/2024. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. They didn’t come up in geriatrics very much. And we see that too in geriatrics. Alex and Eric, both of you attend in geriatrics.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Suzette Porter is an important nursing leader , and we’re proud to profile her as part of the Champions of Nursing Diversity Series 2024. Geriatric is my love. Like I said, my great-grandparents raised me, so geriatric is my first love. I like working with people, working. I love working with patients.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Alex: We are delighted to welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Katie Fitzgerald Jones, who’s a nurse scientist at the New England Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, and a palliative and addiction nurse practitioner at the VA in Boston.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Alex Practice-PC Program Information: UCSF’s Practice-PC program is now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 year. And I told her I quote LaVera every year when I teach the geriatrics fellows, the palliative care fellows, I would love for you to tell the story that I quote because you experienced it. Good night, everybody.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Alex 00:15 We are delighted to welcome back Louise Aronson, who’s a geriatrician and author in the UCSF division of Geriatrics. Louise 05:02 Yes, well, I don’t know about 2024, but in 2023, yes, it could happen. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Her most recent book is Elderhood.

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Chicago Caregiving

APRIL 4, 2024

Now, as spring 2024 fast approaches, the CDC reminds Americans that even though the public health emergency is over, the risks associated with Covid-19 are not. In early 2024, the short answer is yes. In January 2024, the average death rate from Covid-19 for all ages was just under 3 in 100,000 people. But the No.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. He’s a geriatrician and palliative care doc/researcher in the UCSF Division of Geriatrics. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. Good to see you.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. But before we end, as Alex sets up, Des, Elissa, if you had a magic wand, one thing that you can change around this issue around behavioral health integration and cancer care, palliative care, geriatrics, what would that be? Elissa: You want to go first?

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. The post Dialysis vs Conservative Management for Older Adults: Manju Kurella Tamura, Susan Wong, & Maria Montez-Rath appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. The post Well-being and Resilience: a Podcast with Jane Thomas, Naomi Saks, Ishwaria Subbiah appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu.

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Chicago Caregiving

JANUARY 3, 2024

Back home, he reached out to DuPage County, found local nonprofit Metropolitan Family Services , and also researched geriatric care management services in his sister’s city. He says he has met people in the support group who have had to quit their jobs, put their life on hold for years, and have diminishing health and finances.

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GeriPal

JUNE 27, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Alex Smith 10:59 As Alex was talking, it reminded me of a concept that may be familiar to our geriatrics listeners about disability and ableism. Subscribers will claim MOC credit by completing an evaluation with self-reflection questions. Eric 10:57 Yeah.

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Minority Nurse

JANUARY 17, 2024

She’s also an Affiliate Faculty member of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing (HIGN), where she serves as Co-Director of the HIGN Scholars Program, an Affiliate Associate Professor at Howard University College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, and a Volunteer Associate Professor for the State University of Haiti.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. The post Palliative Care in Liver Disease: A Podcast with Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Our most recent transport nursing RDS took place in 2019, and I fully expect the new knowledge, advances, and experiences that came about during the coronavirus pandemic will be apparent as we go through the 2024 transport nursing RDS. The increase in critical care transport certifications over the last three years is impressive.

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Chicago Caregiving

JANUARY 25, 2023

Existing buildings for older adults can use portable cooling and dehumidification until 2024, when they’ll need permanent systems. The ordinance mandates that new senior buildings and large residential facilities have permanent air conditioning. Buildings must operate cooling systems when the heat index reaches 80 degrees.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. The post Coping with Serious Illness: Danielle Chammas and Amanda Moment appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. Subscribers will claim MOC credit by completing an evaluation with self-reflection questions.

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GeriPal

MAY 9, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. For GeriPal, it’s really to bring geriatrics and palliative care together. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. laughter] Eric: Well. Alex: Matt?

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GeriPal

APRIL 18, 2024

And I wonder, now, was this 2024 version sort of a redo? I think it was, and they asked three questions about geriatrics, including about anti-psychotics, and it read perfectly. Alex: Yeah, we talk a lot about de-skilling in geriatrics and palliative care, because so much of what we do is a consultant role. Thank you so much.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. And then I did a geriatric orthopedic fellowship and that was really an exciting opportunity to help hip fracture patients, but then someone knocked on our door. Eric: What’s a geriatric orthopedic fellowship? Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Our task is simple, we are going to be sampling each of these hot chicken wings while we ask Eric and Alex questions related to Palliative care and Geriatrics. Subscribers will claim MOC credit by completing an evaluation with self-reflection questions. Anne: Right.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Every member of the team, even for me, for whatever reason, that switched me from focusing on trying to be in pulmonary critical care to become actually a geriatrician, choose the geriatric fellowship. So if you are established program, the starting point is July 30th, 2024. This is Eric Widera. Alex: This is Alex Smith. Diane: Yeah.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 1, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. And I think that’s something that we can really focus on, especially with geriatric patients. Not just about like we think in geriatrics training, it was about like, you had one category about, like, obesity, in one category about inadvertent weight loss.

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