Remove Clinical Practice Remove Community Remove Healthcare Professional Remove Telehealth
article thumbnail

PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

GeriPal

None of the changes that we saw in end-of-life care processes relied on specialist palliative care increases or resources, which is really important because seven of the 10 hospitals that participated were rural or community-based, which is where most Americans receive their care, and also where specialist palliative care is often most limited.

article thumbnail

PC for Patients with Substance Use Disorder: Janet Ho, Sach Kale, Julie Childers

GeriPal

Substance use disorder is one of those complex issues in which clinical practice is changing rapidly. We’ve all been taught through fellowship or through clinical practice about how to assess pain. You can listen to our prior podcasts on substance use disorder here , here , here , and here. Pearls tips?

article thumbnail

Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

GeriPal

Joan: A lot of my work comes out of my clinical practice. I was like, how do you disseminate this knowledge out to these community nursing homes in rural Georgia so that people know about this? Caroline: Certainly, the pandemic has certainly catalyzed the use of telehealth. Lauren: Yeah, that was my question.