GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

The obstacles hindering referrals to palliative care services. Practical strategies to overcome these barriers and enhance care. We also take a dive into these 2 articles that Connie first authored: Palliative care in nursing homes: A qualitative study on referral criteria and implications for research and practice.

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GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

So we looked at hospital referral regions, and we looked at high- and low- intensity regions. And to keep it short work for an article. It can help improve quality of life, reduce symptom burden and transfers, and help support families in goals of care conversations. Ruth: We wanted to control for those regional factors.

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GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

This DEA is taking 6-months to consider how to move forward vis a vis restrictions and requirements for telehealth in a post-pandemic world. So we’re going to be talking about telemedicine, telehealth for people with serious illness. You wrote the SF Chronicle article on an op-ed. Now is the time to act, dear listeners!

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