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Improving Hospital Care for Older Adults through Acute Care for Elders (ACE Units): Kellie Flood and Stephanie Rogers

GeriPal

Alex: We are delighted to welcome to the GeriPal Podcast, Kellie Flood, who is a geriatrician at the University of Alabama Birmingham and associate Chief Quality Officer for Geriatrics and Care Transitions. And also to have those folks proactively assessing and addressing geriatric syndromes. Kellie, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

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Lastly, Soo Borson is a self-described primary care leaning geriatric psychiatrist, developer of the Mini-Cog, and co-leads the CDC-funded BOLD Center on Early Detection of Dementia. Alex 00:09 We are delighted to welcome S oo Borson, who is a primary care oriented geriatric psychiatrist. Who do we have with us today?

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Gerontology nursing: holistic care of the older person

The Nurse Break

I am passionate about providing excellent healthcare to older people while they are in acute care hospitals, and that is where my clinical and research focus align. The primary users of acute hospital services are older people, and yet hardly any hospital nurses would consider themselves geriatric specialists. dr kasia bail.

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Which Home Care Agency Is Right for You?

Comfort Home Care

No two patients are alike – and a one-size-fits-all healthcare solution doesn’t exist either. In most home-health care cases, clients require some type of assistance with the activities of daily living (ADLs). At a minimum, your home-health aide should be a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or a Geriatric Nursing Assistant (GNA).

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4 Ways Home Health Agencies Can Benefit Seniors

Comfort Home Care

Here are a few ways home healthcare services can improve the lives of older adults. At Comfort Home Care, our certified nursing assistants (CNAs) and geriatric nursing assistants (GNAs) provide highly skilled one-on-one home care and assistance. 1: Maintaining Connection & Activity. 4: Maintaining Independence.

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

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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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Managing Urinary Symptoms and UTI’s in Older Adults

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We also discuss Scott’s recently published paper in JAGS that showed that older men with lower urinary tract symptoms have increased risk of developing mobility and activities of daily living (ADL) limitations, perhaps due to greater frailty phenotype. . Transcript. Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. This is Eric Widera.

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