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Hospice News
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
In addition to the CAPABLE program, Hospice Savannah operates a hospice inpatient unit, as well as a Center for Education & Grief Support, The Steward Center for Palliative Care and The Edel Caregiver Institute. Hospice Savannah was recently awarded a grant in the funding category of Older Adults Home Modification Programs.
Hospice News
APRIL 4, 2024
Current reimbursement structures within the federally established Medicare Hospice Benefit do not sufficiently support the level of care needed in rural-based communities, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).
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GeriPal
OCTOBER 26, 2023
That’s why we do this podcast- to address real world issues in palliative care, geriatrics, and bioethics. At the end of the day, I lamented that physical, occupational, and speech therapists aren’t more tightly integrated with palliative care teams. Summary Transcript Summary Often podcasts meet clinical reality.
GeriPal
JUNE 16, 2022
First, we talk with Christine, a researcher and geriatrician from the University of North Carolina, who recently published a JAGS article titled Overdiagnosis of urinary tract infections by nursing home clinicians versus a clinical guideline. Transcript. Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. This is Eric Widera. Is that right?
GeriPal
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Jerry: Probably for the reason a lot of people go into geriatrics, close relationship with grandparents, volunteered to work in a nursing home as a high school student, just felt really good about being around old people and not having a problem with it. Eric: And can I ask you, why did you choose geriatrics? Why did you go into it?
GeriPal
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Alex Smith: And we’re delighted to welcome back Sei Lee, who is a geriatrician and palliative care doc and is professor of medicine in the UCSF Division of Geriatrics. Most of them are dealing with older adults with dementia who are living in the nursing home or have severe dementia. Welcome back to GeriPal, James.
Home Care Pulse
APRIL 28, 2022
Vicki Hoak, CEO of the Home Care Association of America (HCAOA) explained that the recognition of home care abounds post-pandemic: “This year, HCAOA released a new report, State of Home Care: Industry at a Crossroads, to illustrate how the pandemic spotlighted how older and vulnerable populations are too often left behind.
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