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

GeriPal

We have our social workers and our psychologists and we know how to manage these symptoms. I treat patients with acute leukemias and related diseases, so I kind of know some of this from my own clinical practice. We started pre-pandemic and very quickly it went to telehealth, so it was primarily telehealth.

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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. Sach 07:50 Yeah, it’s funny to even think about it now because our palliative program has changed so much culturally in terms of how we think about managing patients with cancer and substance use disorders.

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

GeriPal

It improves symptom management. Joan: A lot of my work comes out of my clinical practice. Caroline: Certainly, the pandemic has certainly catalyzed the use of telehealth. That’s what nursing and nursing homes should be really, really good at: is providing nursing care that creates comfort.