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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

So for example, you know, the director of the assisted living facility could be the person who knows the patient the best. And importantly, our social worker, Aunt Kelly, actually does a search and I would say 75% of the time she finds somebody maybe even higher than that, finds somebody who’s actually a surrogate.

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CareConnectMD Building Hospice Network as Footprint Grows

Hospice News

Presently, 80% of CareConnectMD’s patient population is in the long term care setting, according to Phan. About 20% of their patients receive care in their private residence or assisted living facilities. The company’s interdisciplinary care model is “high-touch,” according to Phan.

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Incoming Samaritan CEO Phillip Heath: Reduce Dependence on Medicare

Hospice News

A veteran of the senior services sector, Health has spent his 30-year career as a leader of hospice, senior housing, long term care, and PACE programs, in addition to a stint as a health care lobbyist. I also think that we have to look at the potential new relationships out there with long term care.

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Valley Health System, Family of Caring Launch Palliative Care Partnership

Hospice News

New Jersey-based Valley Health System is partnering with Family of Caring Healthcare to offer palliative services to their patients. Family of Caring Healthcare System includes 10 health and rehabilitation centers that provide subacute care and rehabilitative services, assisted living, and long-term care.

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Improving Nursing Home Quality: Jasmine Travers, Alice Bonner, Isaac Longobardi, and Mike Wasserman

GeriPal

He’s a geriatrician and Chair of Public Policy for the California Association of Long-Term Care Medicine. Eric: So before we talk about improving… So first of all, we just had a podcast not too long ago on assisted living facilities, so it seems very timely. I hope I got that right.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

I’m a geriatrically trained social worker and it was my grandmother. The long-term care is being actually provided in the community at a much higher rate than what the formal system provides. Susan: “…I want to live independently. I want to stay in my home as long as possible.”

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

And these care navigator, they can be community health worker with just 12 years of education. They can be a- Diane: Social worker. Malaz: Social worker, anybody. So a dozen state, they have to be trained obviously, and they have to be able to provide the comprehensive dementia care model.

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