GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

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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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

We also have a home-based primary care practice called Geriatric Solutions. Geriatric Solutions was about being able to be that patients primary care provider when they were too ill to go see one.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Aliviado Health’s program is part of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing (HIGN) at New York University’s (NYU) Rory Meyers College of Nursing. Hospice of the Chesapeake also collaborated with Aliviado Health, an organization that provides dementia education and training resources to home health and hospice providers.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

We adopt the philosophy of combining palliative care and geriatrics and primary care together so that we can deliver what the patient needs and try to break down the silos that exist, Walker said. This approach helps reduce fragmented care for seniors, Walker indicated.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Providers need stronger supportive programs that help caregivers more effectively navigate the challenges of dementia care, said principal investigator of the study Dr. David Reuben, director of geriatric medicine and gerontology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Health system.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Katz Professor and chair of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Mount Sinai. Sean Morrison, director at the National Palliative Care Research Center (NPCRC). Morrison is also the Ellen and Howard C. Live discharges occur in less than 10% of patients at nonprofit hospices, study author Lauren Hunt indicated.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Sachs is also chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine. That’s really a model that’s grown up over the last 20 years that still has been difficult to implement into practice. And so the CMS GUIDE model is actually providing a funding source.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Mayo has focused on geriatric care for 17 years, completing a residency in family practice at Bethesda St. Croix Hospice in 2014 as an associate medical director. The Minnesota-headquartered hospice provider is a portfolio company of the private equity firm H.I.G. Joe’s Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota and going on to practice in St.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

We’re really taking care of the primary care needs of a patient over the last three to five years of life, and that is a very palliative time when we have to be thinking about deprescribing, building care plans, about what matters most, taking a lot of geriatric principles into mind.

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 25, 2023

So Daily Nurse spoke with Bei Wu, PhD, FGSA, FAAN (Honorary), Vice Dean for Research, Dean’s Professor in Global Health, New York University, Rory Meyers College of Nursing , and Xiang Qi, BSN, RN, PhD candidate at New York University, Rory Meyers College of Nursing about ChatGPT’s potential use in geriatric nursing education.

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Elder Care Matters

MARCH 15, 2025

Learn about the important role of a geriatric care manager in Elder Care. The post Understanding the Role of a Geriatric Care Manager in Elder Care appeared first on Elder Care Directory - ElderCareMatters.com.

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Nurse.com

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

population ages, geriatric nurses and nurse practitioners (NPs) can make an impact. The need for geriatric nurses can be explained simply by looking at data highlighting an aging United States. Geriatric nurses are critical to our healthcare workforce.”. Attention for geriatrics. Necessities for geriatrics.

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Daily Nurse

JANUARY 27, 2023

Still, one avenue of care you may not consider is geriatric mental health. When we imagine the professionals caring for aging Veterans, we often immediately think of doctors, nurses, and pharmacists. As our Veteran population ages, those who […]

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Hospice News

JULY 25, 2023

Physicians in training need greater exposure to geriatric training in order to better grasp the needs of older patients, including during transitions to hospice, according to Dr. Julia Lowenthal, a geriatrician from Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

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Daily Nurse

JUNE 5, 2023

While some nurses feel pulled into treating children, others love to care for those in their later years by working in the geriatric field. She has more than 37 years of experience in geriatric nursing care, both as a senior care nurse and director of nursing care, and she took the time to answer our questions. What drew you to it?

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GeriPal

JANUARY 14, 2025

The post #HPMParty is Back in Denver for the 2025 AAHPM-HPNA Annual Assembly appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. Also, if you have trainees coming to the meeting, encourage them to come. The best networking happens when the convention center closes!

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

So just by the nature of prognosis there, and I think, you know, this, this is really where I think the, the value of an interdisciplinary team, which we do so well in geriatrics and palliative care, is important in thinking about approach to these patients because perspective. Ashwin 23:46 Yeah. Mariah 28:32 It’s definitely not.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

Alex 01:27 We’re delighted to welcome back Tim F a rrell, who’s a geriatrician, associate chief for Age Friendly care at the University of Utah and chair of the American Geriatric Society Ethics Committee. All right, and finally we have Yael Zweig, who is a geriatric nurse practitioner at NYU. Tim, welcome back to GeriPal.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 26, 2024

Many elderly Americans follow one of three place of care trajectories during the last three years of life, researchers from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, found in a study recently published in BMC Geriatrics. These include the home, skilled home care and institutional care.

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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.

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Diversity Nursing

JANUARY 2, 2025

Geriatric Nurse Practitioner As the global population ages, Geriatric Nurse Practitioners (GNPs) are essential in addressing the unique healthcare needs of older adults. Why Its Growing: Increased access to healthcare for rural populations and the convenience of virtual visits. Average Salary: $95,503 per year.

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Aging Life Care Association

JANUARY 23, 2023

Alisa Kaufman, a dentist specializing in geriatric care, shares her expertise to help caregivers become more confident in providing daily oral care to seniors — whether by brushing, flossing and using picks, or removing and cleaning full or partial dentures. Below is first in a two-part series of a caregivers guide to oral care.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Post-affiliation, the combined hospice will offer hospice, geriatric and palliative care, as well as pediatric services, grief care, dementia support, music therapy, veterans’ program and culturally specific initiatives. About 25,271 Medicare decedents in 2021 elected the hospice benefit, according to the U.S.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 24, 2024

Honing palliative skills can be a constantly moving target when considering patient populations needs, according to Dr. Shellie Williams, geriatric and palliative medicine physician and associate professor of medicine at the University of Chicago. Williams is also a fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM).

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Hospice News

JANUARY 13, 2025

Empath Health offers hospice, home health, palliative care, bereavement support, adult day services, Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) programs, and primary, elderly and geriatric care. The nonprofit organization has grown into one of the largest hospice providers in the nation.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Patel is fellowship trained in geriatric medicine with an emphasis on palliative and end-of-life care. Stacy Kreger, a nurse practitioner has an extensive background in geriatric and hospice care, the company indicated in a press release. The new hires follow the retirement of hospice physician Dr. Mark Silver.

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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.

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Hospice News

MAY 15, 2024

The findings suggest that traumatized terminally ill patients may have a multitude of greater physical, psychosocial and emotional needs compared to others, according to researcher Dr. Ashwin Kotwal, assistant professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco’s (UCSF) Division of Geriatrics.

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GeriPal

MARCH 4, 2024

The post #HPMParty is returning to Phoenix during the 2024 AAHPM/HPNA meeting appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. Also, if you have trainees coming to the meeting, encourage them to come. The best networking happens when the convention center closes!

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Daily Nurse

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Role Family Nurse Practitioner A family nurse practitioner (FNP) cares for patients of all ages, from newborn to geriatric. They positively impact their patients and patient outcomes and also meet the needs of those living in rural communities.

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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). That really plays into pain, symptom and medication management in these patients’ experiences.” This number is projected to triple over the next three decades.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 12, 2023

Alex: We are delighted to welcome to the GeriPal Podcast, Kellie Flood, who is a geriatrician at the University of Alabama Birmingham and associate Chief Quality Officer for Geriatrics and Care Transitions. And also to have those folks proactively assessing and addressing geriatric syndromes. Kellie, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 26, 2024

Landers is a board-certified physician in hospice and palliative care, as well as family and geriatric medicine. He most recently served as president of the consulting and advisory company Landers StratAGEy. He also holds a masters degree in public health policy and management.

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Hospice News

MAY 20, 2024

Katz Professor and chair of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Mount Sinai. Sean Morrison, director at the National Palliative Care Research Center (NPCRC). Morrison is also the Ellen and Howard C. More research has been long overdue to improve clinical palliative care training models, Morrison said.

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Hospice News

JULY 30, 2024

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).

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Hospice News

APRIL 30, 2024

We implemented the caregiver self assessment questionnaire, which is a validated brief metric developed by the American Geriatric Society. About 50% of respondents indicated that they did not feel confident identifying caregiver burnout and that a screening tool would be helpful, according to Certo. ‘We

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AUGUST 6, 2024

In addition, they offer very complementary service lines with their PACE programming, their home health and hospice programming and their geriatric practice.”

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