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Summary Transcript Summary Often podcasts meet clinical reality. That’s why we do this podcast- to address real world issues in palliative care, geriatrics, and bioethics. But rarely does the podcast and clinical reality meet in the same day. Lynn Flint, author of the NEJM perspective titled, “Rehabbed to Death,” joins Eric and I as co-host.
It can also be more difficult to address social determinants of health needs and provide assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs) with caregiver support lagging among rural populations, providers noted. A lack of trained hospice and palliative care professionals in rural regions also presents a barrier to access.
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This was presented back in Tampa at a post-acute long-term care conference earlier this year, where we looked at the ability of speech recognition to drive down Medicare denials of claims. PPS score, the prognostic statement, the disease progression, the ADLs, whatever it was, it was missing one or a multiple of those.
Over half of all home care agencies currently offer their caregivers training in the following 8 topics: personal care (ADLs), client safety, infection control basics, employee safety, Coronavirus, client rights, communications and other soft skills, diseases and chronic conditions. So which topics should your training program include?
However, these activities of daily living ( known as ADLs ) may become more challenging even if the patient is able to move around on their own. As mentioned, a lack of mobility caused by ALS can lead to a struggle with activities of daily living such as moving around, cooking, cleaning, bathing, and eating.
Requires assistance with ADLs. Disease-Specific Declines: Each condition presents unique markers of decline. This can include worsening symptoms, decreased functional status, or increased dependence on ADLs. However, the second example has more details demonstrating how the patient is declining. Patient alert and responsive.
And of course those high rates of burnout and exhaustion are present across medical specialties. Eric: What excites me about the med students is when I was a med student, I never heard of ADLs or IDLs and we just gave a talk to first or second year of med students. And so I think it’s not all sunny. I was like, holy smokes.
And to make matters worse, you might not always be present when they occur. They also paint the picture about the patient’s activity, mental status, and decline. CommonHospice Scales & Measures. These scales are just one way to document hospice eligibility and changes. This is often referred to as negative charting.
Since 2020, half of all agencies have introduced online courses into their training program to evolve with the challenges presented during the pandemic. It can be hard for caregivers to find time to complete training and soak in all the information presented to them. 7 popular topics are hitting the charts.
Summary Transcript Summary We are dusting off our crystal balls today with three amazing guests who have all recently published an article on prognosis over the last couple months: Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley. Why do this? James, welcome back to GeriPal. James 00:42 Thanks for having me. Welcome back to GeriPal.
Joe 18:38 Yeah, you know, it’s interesting, Soo, I’m doing a county by county visit here in Minnesota where I actually give a presentation on the basics of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Mostly people use like a quick ADL IDL checklist and for function and a mini cog. And we give a variety of validated tools.
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