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Summary Transcript Summary In April 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) issued a report on how the United States delivers, regulates, finances, and measures the quality of nursinghome care. We have Alice Bonner, who’s Chair of the Moving Forward NursingHome Quality Coalition.
If you develop dementia, odds are you will spend the last months to years of your life in a nursinghome or assistedliving facility. This study explored nursinghome organizational factors and staff perceptions that are associated with the variation in care for residents with advanced dementia.
Alex: And we are delight to welcome Lindsey Yourman, who is a geriatrician, she’s a longtime friend and mentee, and is now a peer and is a key component of the ePrognosis working group and helped originate the ideas that led to ePrognosis and she’s now San Diego County’s Chief Geriatrics Officer. Welcome to GeriPal, Lindsey.
I don’t know if that’s true, but I just wanted to say that if there is this concern, this builds on what Eric was saying, this trend of equity buying hospices, buying assistedliving facilities. Alex: Nursinghomes. Eric: Buying GeriPal podcasts. Eric: Here’s our contact information. Eric: BlackRock.
And at some point, she was living in assistedliving and fell and broke her hip. And I learned, so you have this wonderful paper that just came out in JAGS, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, titled Patients Living with Dementia Have Worse Outcomes When Undergoing High-Risk Procedures. Yep, for geriatrics?
She’s Professor and Vice Chair for Research at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine. Alex: We’re delighted to welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Krista Harrison, who is a Health Policy Researcher, an Associate Professor of Medicine, UCSF Division of Geriatrics.
She’s an epidemiologist and assistant professor of medicine in the UCSF Division of Geriatrics. Alex Smith: And we’re delighted to welcome back James Deardorff, who is a geriatrician and research fellow in the UCSF Division of Geriatrics. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Alex. Alex Lee: Thank you. Happy to be here.
These types of patients might request home infusions of vitamins and minerals, immunoglobulins, or perhaps IV fluids for hydration or even getting over a hangover. Idea #5: Gerontology Consultant As the society continues to see the rapid population growth of Americans over 65, the need for NPs specializing in geriatrics will expand.
Limited availability of dentists specializing in geriatric care or trained to address the unique oral health needs of older adults can further exacerbate access issues for seniors. Geriatric Dentistry Programs Increasing the number of dentists trained in geriatric dentistry can help meet the unique oral health needs of older adults.
AssistedLiving Communities (no longer preferable to call them AssistedLiving Facilities, as we learned on the podcast) are…what, exactly? If you’ve seen one AssistedLiving Community you’ve seen one AssistedLiving Community. . Summary Transcript Summary. Transcript. This is Eric Widera.
You may also identify reports published by governing bodies and potential third parties (such as nursinghome abuse lawyers ) if a facility has been investigated. Pay careful attention to reviews left by residents or family members of residents that discuss their experiences.
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. Eric: One out of six hospices, so there is financial concern, not just again with hospices, nursinghomes, and now physician groups. Anne: Right. Why are they doing this?
Malaz: One day I was in internal medicine residency and I had to take care of a patient who was admitted from a nursinghome with dementia. For me, right now, the worst thing, my nightmare is dying from dementia alone in a nursinghome. People start thinking about putting them in a nursinghome. Diane: Huge.
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