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GeriPal
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Private equity is probably one of the top things that I’m worried about with the future of our field in Palliative care and that because private equity is buying up… And Geriatrics, buying up assisted livings, nursing homes, hospices at an extraordinary rate. And what is their motivation, Eric? What do you think?
Hospice Nurse Hero
MAY 11, 2022
If completing a hospice admission gives you cold sweats, you’ll want to check out these expert hospice admission tips. One of the most common frustrations hospice nurses have is related to how long it takes to complete hospice documentation. And at the top of the list is the hospice admission.
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GeriPal
MAY 29, 2025
Hospice nurses know that terminal lucidity is a thing and have pretty much all seen it Family and caregiver stories of lucid episodes and what they meant to them, including early glimpses into a study Andrea is doing using video to capture episodes and show them to family. So that would be how I would describe what lucidity looks like.
Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog
JANUARY 1, 2023
The following is a true nursing home experience that my hospice patient shared with me about an unusual trip she said she had taken the day before I visited her: (Excerpt from my book Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes ) “What did you do today?” I asked Rose after feeding her. “Me?
Death and Dying Chronicles
OCTOBER 17, 2017
Hospice staff gave the person medication. Hospice staff had the person or family sign a DNR. Hospice staff told the person they were dying. Hospice staff refused to feed the person who was no longer able to safely swallow. And more than likely this daughter told everyone she knew that hospice killed her mother.
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