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

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Yael Shenkers negative study of primary palliative care for cancer , Randy Curtiss negative study of a Vital Talk-ish intervention , Lieve Van den Blocks negative study of primary PC in nursing homes. Why is that important in the emergency room? Corita 18:01 Into nursing homes, you know. Why do so many (most, all??)

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

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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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What Lessons Have We Learned from the First COVID Surges? Jim Wright & Darrell Owens

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You’re short on nurses and nurse aids so now you have to help deliver meals.”. This was the opening paragraph that I wrote in March of 2020 when introducing a podcast we did with Dr. Jim Wright , the medical director at Canterbury Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in suburban Richmond. Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

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2020 Hospital at Home-Plus: A Platform of Facility-Based Care. JAGS Hospital-at-Home Interventions vs In-Hospital Stay for Patients With Chronic Disease Who Present to the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. And then, the patient can bypass the emergency room entirely. Annals of Int Med.

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