GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

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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Healthcare proxy Social worker Ventilator Geriatrics 228

Hospice News

AUGUST 5, 2022

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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Hospice Social worker Long-term care Assisted living 242

Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2022

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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Medicare Social worker Long-term care Grief 246

Hospice News

JANUARY 10, 2024

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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Subacute care Palliative care Palliate Rehabilitation services 147

GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

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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Nursing home Nursing Long-term care Medical director 203

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

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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Geriatrics Medicare Caregiver Social worker 184

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

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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Medicare Caregiver Social worker 2024 269