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

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Though CON regulations are not necessarily an indicator of quality, size or ownership status, they can give lawmakers a window into the relationship between quality and oversight, as well as other variables that impact end-of-life experiences, according to John Cagle, associate professor at the University of Maryland’s School of Social Work. “We

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Intentionally Interprofessional Care: DorAnne Donesky, Michelle Milic, Naomi Saks, & Cara Wallace

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Of note: these lessons apply to geriatrics, primary care, hospital medicine, critical care, cancer care, etc, etc. I think geriatrics very proud of interprofessional care. DorAnne 30:25 I also wanna make a shout out for pain and symptom management with social work and chaplains. I don’t know.

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Involving the inner circle: Emily Largent, Anne Rohlfing, Lynn Flint & Anne Kelly

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I’d hazard that maybe half the patients I care for at the intersection of geriatrics and palliative care fall in the gray zone. Invoking this principle, Emily argues for an expanded role for patients in the gray area and their inner circle working together along a spectrum of cooperative decision-making. Anne Kelly: Hi there.

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

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So, you actually just got a first author publication, JAMA, looking at a nursing and social work intervention in heart failure, ILD, and… What was the third again? Alex: Yeah, two psychologists talking about psychological issues in palliative care and geriatrics. So, yeah, I was hoping to make some changes around that.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

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We’re also delight to welcome Carla Perissinotto, who is a geriatrician palliative care doc at UCSF in the division of geriatrics. I moved to Baltimore in 2015 and did clinical fellowship in geriatrics. Or any social determinant of health just means that means the clinician refers to social work.

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

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There is a lot of literature suggesting that standard transplant care doesn’t really meet the needs of these patients and their caregivers. Then we looked also a little bit long-term at three and six months, and we also looked at caregiver outcomes. Eric: Well, let’s talk about caregivers. Eric: Okay. Tom: Yeah.

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Group ACP and Equity: Sarah Nouri, Hillary Lum, LJ Van Scoy

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We additionally have a debate/discussion about which outcomes of ACP matter most, including Terri Fried’s commentary in JAGS that caregiver outcomes matter more than goal concordant care (the “holy grail”), completion of advance directives, or changes in health care services use. Did the caregiver feel heard and understood? Depression?

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