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Psychological Trauma Can Worsen Symptom Burden at End-of-Life

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Ashwin Kotwal, assistant professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco’s (UCSF) Division of Geriatrics.

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Agape Care Names New Palliative Medical Director; Silverado Taps New Sales VP

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“With her leadership and passion for palliative care, we’ll be able to offer even more comprehensive support for palliative patients, their families, and our team members.” Patel is fellowship trained in geriatric medicine with an emphasis on palliative and end-of-life care. She is based in Charleston, South Carolina.

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Palliative Care, Health Equity Growing in Medicare Advantage

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Grant is also a nurse practitioner and palliative care consult service provider at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Freeland specializes in geriatrics, advance care planning and home-based primary care.

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GeriPal #HPMParty at the 2023 AAHPM / HPNA Meeting in Montreal

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The post GeriPal #HPMParty at the 2023 AAHPM / HPNA Meeting in Montreal appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. Also, if you have trainees coming to the meeting, make sure you send them the invite. The more, the merrier.

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Advance Care Planning Billing Rules Impede Equitable Access

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Facing potential out-of-pocket expenses has led to racial divides in advance care planning utilization among lower income and ethnically diverse groups, according to Dr. Deborah Freeland, assistant professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern Medical School, Division of Geriatric Medicine, in Texas.

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

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Brody is also a registered nurse in end-of-life care. 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

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Providers Work to Solve Palliative Care’s Biggest Growing Pains

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The varied mix of available palliative payment streams means that providers must take a collaborative approach to care delivery in order to thrive and grow these services, Spragens said, speaking at the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) Annual Assembly. “A

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