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Updates in ID and Nephrology: Lona Mody, Rasheeda Hall, Devika Nair, Sonali Advani

GeriPal

And so there was a report in 2009 by the Institute of Medicine saying that we need to equip all of these individuals in caring for older person in an evidence based manner. Slightly a shift in more patients diagnosed with kidney disease or now their GFR looks lower so now there’s different concerns regarding prescribing medications.

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Demystifying the Role of HHS and ASPE in Guiding Federal Aging Policy and Priorities with Dr. Tisamarie Sherry

GeriPal

And so there was a report in 2009 by the Institute of Medicine saying that we need to equip all of these individuals in caring for older person in an evidence based manner. Slightly a shift in more patients diagnosed with kidney disease or now their GFR looks lower so now there’s different concerns regarding prescribing medications.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

They’re really excellent, and if I have any complaint about them at all, it’s that they could have been issued in 2008, 2009. And even up to a year out across diagnoses, every diagnoses including neurodegenerative diseases, costs less for those enrolled in hospice compared to not. Overall it was 3.1%

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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

GeriPal

Our folks all die of congestive heart failure and dementia, even oncology diagnoses with new immunotherapies like the old days. In fact, I worked for senior care options payer-provider in Massachusetts, where I am coupled end-of-life care from hospice back in 2009. How do you know someone’s going to die in six months anymore?

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