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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

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Often the work of the certified driving rehab specialist is to assess the older drivers goals, assess prognosis for driving, and help the family navigate discussions around driving cessation (hmmm…sounds like an approach to family meetings). Were those people self referring, or family members calling you asking? Eric: Yeah.

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Private Equity Gobbling Up Hospices plus Hospice and Dementia: Melissa Aldridge, Krista Harrison, & Lauren Hunt

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And yet, disenrollment from hospice, either due to patient/family revoking the benefit or stabilization of illness (extended prognosis) is remarkably high for people with dementia among some hospices. It’s really a pretty traumatic experience for a lot of patients and families. And I had a blast playing Take the Money and Run!

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RCT of Default Inpatient PC Consults: Kate Courtright & Scott Halpern

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And, of course, this is what families of patients undergoing palliative care go through. Kate: No, it’s a tough answer in part because, as Scott mentioned, this was being implemented somewhere in the 2014/15 range after funding and building and that pilot year. Kate: This is where maybe that bottle of alcohol’s needed.