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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? Eric: Okay.

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

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Caroline: I want to throw in a geropsych aspect, where this kind of Venn diagram between geriatrics, palliative care, nursing home care; as a geropsych consultant in over 100 nursing homes in three states, I found this issue all the time where the staff are just like, “This person with advanced dementia is pulling out their feeding tube.