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Brigham Young Geriatrician: Physician Residents Need to Learn Hospice Principles, Senior’s Specific Needs

Hospice News

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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How Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Built an Award-Winning Palliative Program

Hospice News

Wu added that with only 10 members, the palliative care team is “small but mighty” and includes physicians, a nurse practitioner, a nurse social worker, a pharmacist, a chaplain and an administrator.

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HSPN Palliative Care: Fireside Chat with Contessa and Netsmart

Hospice News

Nikki Davis: I’m a nurse practitioner and have been working in geriatrics and palliative care for about 21 years now. Anthony Spano: We are very lucky to have Nikki Davis on stage, so I wanted to just open up and give her the chance to tell us a little bit about herself.

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How your home care agency can get started with a referral marketing program

AlayaCare

You could also sort referral sources into categories, such as: Government agencies Other healthcare professionals Senior and geriatric advisors Miscellaneous other sources Are there places outside of the home that you can think of as potential partnership opportunities? One example could be a local house cleaning business or a pharmacy.

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How your home care agency can get started with a referral marketing program

AlayaCare

Senior and geriatric advisors. The social workers and nurses you interact with may get busy, and they may also interact with your competitors. This could lead to community panel discussions, joint presentations, and cross-company in-services. One example could be a local house cleaning business or a pharmacy.

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Voices: ??Dr. Khai Nguyen, National Medical Director, Geriatrician, CHAP

Hospice News

Why does CHAP have a national medical director, registered nurse and social worker on staff who all specialize in hospice? These organizations got together to bring national experts together and to say, “Why during this unprecedented time of human longevity have evidence-based geriatric health care models not taken root?

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Prevention of Dementia: Kristine Yaffe

GeriPal

Ann Kelly, who’s been on the podcast many times, social worker on palliative care, she’s always under a minute. Kristine: I like to tease my geriatric friends about age. I presented this at the big clinical trials meeting in November in San Francisco. Alex: Just for our listeners, so they have benchmark here.