Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MAY 6, 2025

is now 60 or older, leading to a greater need for healthcare professionals. To meet this need, local initiatives like CT Health Horizons are working to train professionals and improve care in the region. Connecticut’s older population is growing; 24.5%

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Professional Education 52

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

I’m concerned about how can I get my dad diagnosed or get this proper care.” That’s at every conversation I share, “These are the statistics, this is what’s going to happen by 2030, 2050. This is what they’re projecting.” ” Alex: Projecting in terms of what?

Community 129

Community Families Family IT 129

GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

We have an epidemic of BMI and therefore never use the way the patient looks like to diagnose cachexia. It’s just that they look like a big bmI, but they lost 15, 2030 pounds. So cachexia, I would put it involuntary weight loss is the number one way to diagnose it. That patient past cache.

Illness 134

Illness Patient-Centered Patients IT 134

GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

So we really wondered, you know, in modern palliative care practice, where we’re seeing patients a lot farther upstream than we used to, and we’re seeing patients with a wider range of diagnoses, we wanted to update, sort of. What are the prognoses associated with various PPS scores? Eric 07:31 Yeah, and I can imagine, I.

Families 108

Families Family Patient-Centered Patients 108