GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

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. So transmission of other drug resistant organisms and C difficile to other patients in the hospital reduces if you control. Diff rates, for example at a unit level.

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PEMBlog

MAY 24, 2023

2009 Nov;27(4):655-67, ix. 2009 Jun;21(3):196-202. We have developed a series of pain focused episodes. Coburn VA, Mycyk MB. Physical and chemical restraints. Emerg Med Clin North Am. doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2009.07.003. 2009.07.003. PMID: 19932399. Downes MA, Healy P, Page CB, Bryant JL, Isbister GK. Emerg Med Australas. PMID: 19527279.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

We also briefly mention Susan Wong’s terrific studies that found a disconnect between older adults with renal failure’s expressed values, focused on comfort, and their advance care planning and end-of-life care received, which focused on life extension; and another study that found quality of life was sustained until late in the illness course.

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GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

I asked emergency medicine clinicians what they thought when a patient who is seriously ill and DNR comes to the ED, and some responded, (paraphrasing), what are they doing here? Most emergency providers wanted to do the right thing for seriously ill patients, but they didnt have the knowledge, skills, or experience to do it.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

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. So transmission of other drug resistant organisms and C difficile to other patients in the hospital reduces if you control. Diff rates, for example at a unit level.

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Complication Patient-Centered IT Patients 52

GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

So if you think about 100 patients per year, that you need to have some benchmark after going into business to care for so many terminally ill patients. I came to work for VITAS because I needed to move to Florida because my dad had a serious illness, metastatic colon cancer. What I love about VITAS is I report to the CEO.

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