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

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Despite these substantial needs, specialized palliative care beyond hospice is rare in nursing homes. How to think about primary and specialized palliative care in this setting. The obstacles hindering referrals to palliative care services. Nursing home, length of stay, I think it was like back in 2010, at the end of life.

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

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And we got this as a hospice referral, and could we, you know, take her on and support her in hospice? I know that food and drink gets its own sort of special category in a lot of are thinking, but I think of it as very. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. And honestly, this was not a well planned out thing.

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