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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

Louise 05:02 Yes, well, I don’t know about 2024, but in 2023, yes, it could happen. So elderly people who aspirated, got pneumonia, had an mi, didn’t get hauled off to the emergency room on an ambulance crew so they could die in the ER. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

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

GeriPal

Too many people do because it’s really hard to keep their loved ones at home for the cost, the enormous financial, mental and physical strain for the family. The typical utilization of inappropriate hospitalization and emergency room and total cost of care. This is Eric Widera. Alex: This is Alex Smith. And guess what?

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In a First, Trump and GOP-Led Congress Prepare To Swell Ranks of U.S. Uninsured

Physician's Weekly

More than 26 million Americans lacked health insurance in the first six months of 2024, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Like Fry, more people would be forced to pay for health expenses out-of-pocket, leading to delays in care, lost access to needed doctors and medications, and poorer physical and financial health.