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

GeriPal

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. Eric: Alex, we have a super special today. We’ve got a hospice super special. Alex: We have a hospice super special day.

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Sweet! A Metabolic Disorders focused podcast episode

PEMBlog

Consider it a supplement to what you remember from Biochemistry and the instructions on the family’s laminated care plan sheet. My special guest podcaster, Emily Groopman, is an actual Pediatric Geneticist in training and we hope that you will find this episode useful. So, importantly, you may not have a positive family history.

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Hospice in Prison Part 2: An interview with the Pastoral Care Workers

GeriPal

This week we’re going on to episode two, which is for me one of the most special episodes we’ve done in GeriPal for a very, very long time. Eric: And in the end, we have a very special part where we actually get a tour of their gardens outside of the hospice unit. Alex: This is Alex Smith. Allan: 35 years. Eric: 35 years.

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RCT of Chaplaincy: Lexy Torke, Karen Steinhauser, LaVera Crawley

GeriPal

Lexy: Yeah, so I can say that I became about, in 2014, I had the opportunity to lead a center at our health system called the Evans Center that focuses on religion, spirituality, and health. LaVera: I trained at UCSF in family medicine. I don’t see a lot of those out there. You started off as a physician, right? LaVera: Yes.

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

GeriPal

primary palliative care interventions seem to fail, whereas specialized palliative care interventions have a relatively robust track record of success. And it’s very traumatic obviously for the family and all of that and the team really. Eric 19:30 Should we add that to special effects as our producer? No difference.

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Aging and Climate Change: Karl Pillemer, Leslie Wharton, & Ruth McDermott-Levy

GeriPal

I actually wonder though, since we’re on a GeriPal broadcast, I think that people are under emphasizing the special risk of older people. Elders Climate Action, and let me just tell you a little bit about who we are, was created in 2014 as the project of a 501(c)(3), Elders Action Network. Leslie: Well, yes, thank you, Ruth.

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Podcast Episode: Febrile Seizures

PEMBlog

Nat Genet 2014; 46:1274. Family history of febrile seizures. And let’s be honest, the term simple sort of undersells how scary this is for families. This is an important thing that we talk to families about. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. A recent immunization. Prenatal exposure to nicotine.

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