Hospice News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Roughly 5 to 8 million older adults nationwide have one or more mental health conditions, according to research from the supplement Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS). Palliative care providers have opportunities to bridge gaps of unmet needs among patients who have serious mental illnesses (SMIs) and their families.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Though social determinants can take time and resources to build into palliative care programs, they come with a strong return on investment, according to Dr. Yaquta Patni, wound care and geriatric care physician at Innovative Geriatrics. Yaquta Patni, wound care and geriatric care physician at Innovative Geriatrics.

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Hospice News

JULY 30, 2024

This is according to Dr. Anand Iyer, a pulmonary critical care physician scientist and associate professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine; the Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care; and the School of Nursing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). There are so many things.”

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Breast cancer patients often lack access to palliative care services, but the needle may be moving as researchers dig into common barriers and clinical and financial outcomes. A recent study of nearly 30,000 hospitalized metastatic breast cancer patients found that only 19% received palliative care from 2010 to 2014. the researchers indicated.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 8, 2024

An increasingly diverse base of health care providers have taken an interest in the palliative care space, a trend that could be indicative of how strategic growth is taking shape in the field. As they build out their palliative care programs, many of these organizations are pursuing partnerships to foster coordination and growth.

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Hospice News

APRIL 9, 2024

The CHRONIC Act allowed Medicare Advantage payers to expand coverage of supplemental benefits such as home-based palliative care, meal delivery services, transportation assistance, adult day services, caregiving support. Freeland specializes in geriatrics, advance care planning and home-based primary care.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The four-person board includes experts in palliative care, geriatric oncology, health policy , care delivery, predictive analytics and health care innovation from health systems, cancer centers, and research institutions. “We’re The company offers palliative care in addition to other services.

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Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2024

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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Hospice News

AUGUST 9, 2023

The population that is over 55 — considered geriatric inside prisons because people’s life spans are much shorter there — is nearly one-third of the prison population,” Gorlock told local news. There are insufficient data to characterize the patients’ and inmate caregivers’ perceptions of the care staff and the quality of care they provided.

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GeriPal

APRIL 27, 2023

Furthermore, direction to external websites is not an endorsement from AAHPM or HPNA, or the Annual Assembly. Palliative Care the Next Generation: How the Service May Grow and Evolve AccentCare , a portfolio company of private equity firm Advent International, is another example. We’ve got a very large palliative care practice,” Rodgers told PCN.

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Hospice News

JULY 25, 2023

Our mission is to build expert teams who can then provide expert care and an extra layer of support to persons living with dementia and their care partners,” researcher Ab Brody, associate director and founder of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at Aliviado Health. “Our A projected 12.7

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Hospice News

JULY 10, 2023

The gradual move of reimbursement systems to value-based care models is partly fueling a resurgence in home-based primary care, according to a 2018 study in the journal Geriatrics. In the second year of the program, the organization is specifically seeking to engage more hospices. About 12% of the 2.1 million primary care visits in 2016. “For

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GeriPal

JUNE 20, 2024

Alex 00:16 Today we’re delighted to welcome George K u c hel, who is a geriatrician and chief of geriatrics and director of the UConn center on Aging at the University of Connecticut. Is this just a bladder problem, or is this a bigger geriatric syndrome problem? But the geriatric syndrome is really a condition of late life.

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Joseph Gaugler is the Director of the Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation at the University of Minnesota, director of the BOLD Public Health Center of Excellence on Dementia Caregiving, and Editor-in-Chief of the Gerontologist. Alex 00:09 We are delighted to welcome S oo Borson, who is a primary care oriented geriatric psychiatrist.

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GeriPal

JULY 27, 2023

We have Brienne Miner who is a geriatrician and sleep specialist and assistant professor at Yale in geriatrics. Alex: And we have Cathy Alessi, who is a geriatrician, Director of the Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Care Center at the VA, greater Los Angeles and Professor of Medicine at UCLA. Brienne: Thank you for having me.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Abhilash Desai, MD , geriatric psychiatrist, adjunct associate professor in the department of psychiatry at University of Washington School of Medicine, and poet! Judy Long, MDiv, BCC , palliative care chaplain and educator at UCSF and caregiver. Judy Long, MDiv, BCC , palliative care chaplain and educator at UCSF and caregiver.

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GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

How do caregivers fit into this? Alex Smith: And we’re delighted to welcome Tamryn Gray, who is an oncology and blood marrow transplant nurse by training and is a palliative care and caregiving researcher at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School. Goldilocks zone). How high is too high?

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NHPCO

AUGUST 26, 2024

During his most recent tenure as the president and CEO of Hebrew SeniorLife, he led an organization known for superior senior living, geriatric health care, research and teaching. Working alongside community health workers and within our patients’ homes, he understands what we need as frontline caregivers and advocates.”

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Hospice of the North Coast

MARCH 10, 2021

Force-feeding those who have lost their appetites and thirst may cause distress, even if it is well-intentioned by family or caregivers who feel compelled to get food into the patient. Board Certified Specialist in Geriatric Nutrition Consultant for Hospice of the North Coast. Harbord, MS, RDN.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 4, 2022

Ariel: As we all know, as geriatricians in geriatrics research, people accumulate conditions and accumulate medicines over the years. We wanted to give clinicians phrases that they could keep in their back pocket and use when discussing deprescribing with patients and caregivers. ” Ariel: Exactly. That was the target group.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Alex 01:56 And returning guest, Vicki Jackson, who’s a palliative care doc, chief of the Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine at MGH , professor at Harvard Medical School, and co director of the Harvard Medical School center for Palliative Care. But watch out! Who will emerge victorious? Alex 01:06 Yeah, go in person.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary The comprehensive geriatric assessment is one of the cornerstones of geriatrics. But does the geriatric assessment do anything? Does it improve outcomes that patients, caregivers, and clinicians care about? What can you do with the results of a geriatric assessment? Precision medicine?

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Caregiver Support Services

APRIL 10, 2024

Hiring an in-home nurse can be a game-changer for family caregivers. Evaluate Your Caregiving Abilities You’re dedicated to caring for your loved one in need. Additionally, consider how caregiving affects your life, including your work, personal health, and relationships.

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Comfort Home Care

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Skilled Nursing Services One component of medical home health care is skilled nursing services, which is different from home health caregivers. These services are provided by caregivers who have received specific training in managing the unique challenges associated with these conditions.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Individuals with Alzheimers and dementia-related conditions could benefit from stronger caregiver programs upstream of end-of-life care. Caregivers often lack the full scope of practical, financial, psychosocial and emotional support needed to care for dementia patients, Jennings indicated. They often have long periods of caregiving.

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GeriPal

APRIL 3, 2025

We’re representing the American Geriatric Society today and we are delighted to be here in the podcast. So first, I want to thank you and commend you for what you have contributed to the American Geriatric society and to all of our collective learning. And you know, and Ken, I love that you brought up the caregiver point.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast and in our editorial. He also found gaps, including very few studies of patients with lung disease, and little impact of trials on quality of life. This is Eric Widera.

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GeriPal

MAY 8, 2025

Eric 00:20 I’m doing microdosing. I’m fine. laughter] Alex 00:22 Our first guest today is James Down a r, who is a critical care and palliative care doctor and researcher and head of palliative care at the University of Ottawa. Dr. James, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. James 00:32 Good afternoon. Ali John 00:58 Thank you for having me.

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GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary Early in my research career, I was fascinated by the (then) frontier area of palliative care in the emergency department. I asked emergency medicine clinicians what they thought when a patient who is seriously ill and DNR comes to the ED, and some responded, (paraphrasing), what are they doing here? They got feedback.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

We serve about 60,000 folks a day, 26,000 caregivers, 17 states at a couple 100 offices. I’m an internist by training and practice for close to 25 years now in a spectrum of medicine from hospital-based care to more recently, geriatrics, hospice, and palliative care. We are an in-home care company. Longitudinal is managed by RNs.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Of note: these lessons apply to geriatrics, primary care, hospital medicine, critical care, cancer care, etc, etc. The many arguments, theories, & approaches across settings and conditions are explored in detail in the book they edited, “ Intentionally Interprofessional Palliative Care ” (discount code AMPROMD9). Naomi 01:09 Thank you.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary In May we did a podcast on KidneyPal (the integration of palliative care in renal disease) , which made us think, hmmm… one organ right next door is the liver. Maybe we should do a podcast on LiverPal? (or or should we call it HepatoPal?) Alex 00:12 This is Alex Smith. Eric 00:13 And, Alex, who do we have with us today?

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

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. They’ve all been laid out for you. Alex: Great Eric: These are the questions submitted by our audience? Anne: Right. So, we’re not totally winging it here. Alex: Oh no.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary In our podcast with palliative care pioneer Susan Block , she identified the psychological/psychiatric aspects of palliative care as the biggest are of need for improvement. As she said, when you think about the hardest patients you’ve cared for, in nearly all cases there was some aspect of psychological illness involved.

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GeriPal

JUNE 15, 2023

We talk on this podcast about potential uses of AI in geriatrics and palliative care with natural language processing guru Charlotta Lindvall from DFCI, bioethicists and internist Matt DeCamp from University of Colorado, and prognosis wizard Sei Lee from UCSF. Sei Lee is Professor of Medicine at UCSF in the division of geriatrics.

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GeriPal

APRIL 28, 2022

Heck, I’m not even sure to call it a podcast, as I think to get the most out of it you should watch it on YouTube. Why, because today we have Nathan Gray joining us. Nathan is a Palliative Care doctor and an assistant professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins. His work has been published in places like the L.A. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Nathan.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

I’d hazard that maybe half the patients I care for at the intersection of geriatrics and palliative care fall in the gray zone. Eric: So we are going to be talking about the importance of engaging family members and caregivers and into the, I don’t want to say care, I just said care too many times, into the care of our patients.

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