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Your Guide to Healthcare Careers in New Haven County, CT

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

The state’s Department of Labor projects that healthcare practitioners and healthcare support occupations will see greater employment through 2030, particularly in chronic care and family medicine. Nurses: Nurses work as part of a team to provide care and support, and educate patients about health conditions.

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Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink

Physician's Weekly

The Health Resources and Services Administration projects a 50% increase in demand for geriatricians from 2018 to 2030, when the entire baby boom generation will be older than 65. “We step into places where other providers may not, and geriatrics is a prime example of that.” ” In 27 states and Washington, D.C.,

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Cachexia and Anorexia in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Eduardo Bruera

GeriPal

I feel like I recognize it when I see it, but I struggle to give a clear definition or provide effective ways to address it. Midnight special shine a light on me or let the midnight special shine a light on me let the midnight special shine another loving light on me.” AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™.

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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. What do we do to very concretely provide heat shelters and cool shelters? The Inflation Reduction Act provides enormous tax benefits to people who get heat pumps or put solar on their roofs.

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Prognosis Superspecial: A Podcast with Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley

GeriPal

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

GeriPal

They found that between 2017 and 2030, they think the percentage of the population that’s 65 and up is going to triple in that 15-year period. Alex: But the longer title’s Ethno-Geriatrics and Special Populations. Eric: Oh, wow. Margot: Yes.