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Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Podcast wtih Connie Cole, Kathleen Unroe, and Cari Levy

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The obstacles hindering referrals to palliative care services. We also take a dive into these 2 articles that Connie first authored: Palliative care in nursing homes: A qualitative study on referral criteria and implications for research and practice. Practical strategies to overcome these barriers and enhance care. No problem.

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

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Summary Transcript Summary In the early 1990’s, California Medical Facility (CMF) created one of the nation’s first licensed hospice units inside a prison. Alex: We are in the California Medical Facility and we will ask our guest about that. I’ve known Michele a long time, since the Joint Medical Program. Michele: Yep.

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Hastening Death by Stopping Eating and Drinking: Hope Wechkin, Thaddeus Pope, & Josh Briscoe

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Summary Transcript CME Summary Eric and Alex have featured discussions about complex bioethical concepts around caring for people at the end of life, including voluntarily stopping eating and drinking ( VSED ), and multiple episodes about the ethical issues surrounding medical aid in dying ( MAID ). Alex 00:14 We have a very full house today.

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Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

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Archives of Internal Medicine 2010. For a deeper dive, check out some of these other studies and resources we talked about in the podcast: The Influence of Nursing Home Culture on the Use of Feeding Tubes. The Lived Experience of Providing Feeding Assistance to a Family Member with Dementia. Rehabbed to Death. Caroline: Thanks, Alex.

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Stepped Palliative Care: A Podcast with Jennifer Temel, Chris Jones, and Pallavi Kumar

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Summary Transcript CME Summary If palliative care was a drug, one question we would want to know before prescribing it is what dose we should give. Give too little – it may not work. But before we jump into that topic, Jennifer, do you have a song request for Alex? Jennifer 01:20 I do have a song request for Alex. Saw them play a couple times.

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Podcast Episode: Febrile Seizures

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Obviously, you should ask about immunization status and whether or not the child has any underlying medical or neurologic problems or developmental delay. This episode is all about febrile seizures, one of the most common neurological problems that you will see in the emergency department in children. And you know what?

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