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Hospice of the Chesapeake Launches New Dementia Program Amid ‘Urgent, Significant’ Need

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Hospice of the Chesapeake has unfurled a new dementia care program aimed at providing improved emotional, educational and practical support for patients and their caregivers as their conditions progress. The new program provides patients and their caregivers with direct support from Hospice of the Chesapeake’s interdisciplinary care team.

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

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Screening for addressing hearing loss should be an integral part of what we do in geriatrics and palliative care, but it often is either a passing thought or completely ignored. On today’s podcast, we talk to Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen about hearing loss in geriatrics and palliative care. How to screen for hearing loss.

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The Role of Medical Scribes in Enhancing Elder Care

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Lets explore the role of medical scribes in enhancing elder care and how partnering with a scribe agency can benefit geriatric practices. The Role of Medical Scribes in Elder Care Medical scribes are professionals who assist healthcare providers by handling real-time documentation during patient visits.

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How Palliative Psychiatry Can Support Quality of Life, Symptom Management

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The impact of limited access to palliative psychiatry can include poor quality outcomes for those with mental health conditions, according to Dr. Priya Krishnasamy, associate professor in the departments of geriatrics, palliative medicine and psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Health System.

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Breast Cancer Patients Often Lack Access to Palliative Care

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Palliative care services can help reduce family caregiver burnout and burden and also assist with mental health support to address the different emotional stages of shock, denial, anger, sadness and acceptance of a breast cancer diagnosis, TR indicated in a OnManorama article. It’s a challenging time that requires sensitivity and compassion.

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Palliative Care, Health Equity Growing in Medicare Advantage

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She recently joined the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) as its innovation lab clinical officer. Freeland specializes in geriatrics, advance care planning and home-based primary care. Since then, community-based palliative care growth has been slow but steady in the MA landscape, according to Grant.

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Key Research Trends: State CON Laws, Dementia Patient Trajectories Reshaping Hospice

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On the other hand, these regulations can have direct impacts on how providers grow and sustain their services, Melinda Gaboury, co-founder and CEO of Healthcare Provider Services Inc., A rise of fraudulent allegations has given way to increasing concerns on how CON laws impact quality end-of-life care outcomes.

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