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EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

GeriPal

They weren’t hurt, they didn’t need transport, and we were seeing the same people over and over again. But what was really interesting is the transport to the hospital was actually going down in their system. I think once someone becomes kind of a high-utilizer, it’s a slippery slope. What do you think of that?”

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Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Podcast wtih Connie Cole, Kathleen Unroe, and Cari Levy

GeriPal

Eric 17:06 Think like almost 50% of nursing home decedents utilize hospice, and that number has grown over the last two decades. Like, yeah, utilization of hospice has increased pretty well. So they were a lot of preoccupied with other tasks, but clinical gestalt. Some will have stronger relationships with hospice.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

This includes transportation, driver’s license, parks, volunteerism, housing, and of course health and human services. Eric: Which is, so let’s say I am a provider, a healthcare provider taking, let’s say a nurse practitioner working in an older, a clinic that’s mainly caring for older adults.

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

GeriPal

And that’s where, based on this, I made a decision to leave University of North Carolina to come to Indiana University because my mentor, Chris Callahan, just received the grant from AHRQ to build the first randomized clinical control trial that evaluated the comprehensive dementia care model. ” Diane: Fantastic. Eric: Okay.