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JANUARY 25, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast and in our editorial. However, its main predictors are age, comorbidity, and healthcare utilization. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. David: Yeah. Eric: Okay.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

Improving nursing home quality. You were on a National Academy of Sciences committee started in 2020? Eric: On improving the quality of nursing home care. We might evaluate that in a small number of nursing homes and go from there. Eric: All right, let’s jump into this topic. Jasmine: Yes. Is that right?

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APRIL 10, 2025

It was really at the level of the ED across 33 EDs in random order, and then tried to see if we could make a difference in healthcare utilization, primarily the primary outcome was admission to the hospital, acute care admission. The one thing that we know is that education alone will not actually deliver behavior change.

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JULY 6, 2023

It could be in housing, it could be a standalone senior center, home delivered meals, nutrition counseling and nutrition education done by registered dieticians. It has to do with genetics, 30%, 10% your diagnosis, the other 60% is your built-in environment, educational status, income and your personal choices. Things like that.

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DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Diane: Fantastic.

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