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Transforming the Culture of Dementia Care: Podcast with Anne Basting, Ab Desai, Susan McFadden, and Judy Long

GeriPal

Her most recent book is Dementia Friendly Communities: why we need them and how we can create them . Her most recent book is Creative Care: a revolutionary approach to dementia and elder care . A lot of times family members or staff in nursing homes say that, “I’m burnt out, so I don’t have the energy.”

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The Uncertain Future of Hospice Certificates of Need

Hospice News

Myriad factors play into states’ decisions to keep these laws on the books, according to Judi Lund Person, vice president of regulatory and compliance for the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). “It Montana removed CONs for all settings except nursing homes as of last October.

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Dialysis vs Conservative Management for Older Adults: Manju Kurella Tamura, Susan Wong, & Maria Montez-Rath

GeriPal

As background, we discuss Manju Kurella Tamura’s landmark NEJM paper that found, contrary to expectations, that function declines precipitously for nursing home residents who initiate dialysis. So, for example, you know, we see somebody coming in from the nursing. A nursing home. Let it be (hint hint).

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The Nurse as an Agent of Change

Daily Nurse

History-Making Change Agents Being a nurse who is an agent of change is closer to the norm than you might first think. Nurses have often been at the forefront of change, with some making history. Nurse change agents can work anywhere, be any nurse, and bring about change in countless ways.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

Her most recent book is Elderhood. There have been nursing homes that have been sued for patient chokes on some food is DNR DNI, and nobody goes to help the patient perform a simple Heimlich because they’re DNR DN I. The intention was to place it in the beds in nursing homes. Louise, welcome back to GeriPal.

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School-Nursing Home Partnerships (Service-Learning, Dementia)

Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

I have had many occasions as an educator to implement and consult on intergenerational partnerships between schools and nursing homes. For example, after students learn how to write letters at school, service-learning could include writing letters to nursing home residents who would benefit from receiving them.

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Nursing Home Mealtimes With Dementia

Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

At nursing home mealtimes, I served as a hospice volunteer at several Detroit, Michigan nursing homes for many years. Frances Shani Parker, Author "Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes" [link] Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog [link]. What food?"