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Improving Hospital Care for Older Adults through Acute Care for Elders (ACE Units): Kellie Flood and Stephanie Rogers

GeriPal

And that’s to include making sure we’re using safe prescribing practices. Number three, this specialized prepared environment that promotes safe mobility and cognitive stimulation and delirium prevention, so sort of environmental changes. So I think it again, allows for a way to scale the model to have more reach.

Hospital 101
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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

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It did not change the frequency of palliative care consultation, the timing of such, ICU mortality, or six-month mortality. Kate: I think the main one for me being asked on the fly is that one of the nudged specialist palliative care consultation, which we know has limitations. Eric: So how do you put that all together?

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Intentionally Interprofessional Care: DorAnne Donesky, Michelle Milic, Naomi Saks, & Cara Wallace

GeriPal

So this is a practical, really basic idea that can be applied to clinical practice. And so we often have one person go in to do the initial contact, the initial consult, and it can be anybody from any of the professions. Sometimes we all listen to the initial consult. What do they do? We go in together.

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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

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Arguing for the state of Missouri against the Cruzan’s was Ken Starr, who would later be assigned the role of special prosecutor in the investigation of the Clintons (Whitewater, Lewensky, etc). Bernie Lo discloses being an Honorarium Recipient and consultant for Takeda starting on 01/23/2024. Bernie: So let me flip it around.

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

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She’s a geriatric nurse practitioner specializing in palliative care, and assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. Joan: A lot of my work comes out of my clinical practice. That’s a problem in our healthcare financing system. Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast, Joan. Joan: Thanks.