Remove Consulting Remove Emergency Room Remove Referral Remove Screening
article thumbnail

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

GeriPal

So we looked at hospital referral regions, and we looked at high- and low- intensity regions. Ruth: Very strong odor, devoid of furniture, broken screens … Eric: So it was the physical environment and … Ruth: Physical environment. But what we wanted to do was to control for regional … what’s that called?

article thumbnail

Should We Shift from Advance Care Planning to Serious Illness Communication?

GeriPal

And then three weeks later, you’re in the emergency room and somebody else talks with you for a little while. And I think a lot of times when we get consulted, we’re asked for the outcome, right? Get the hospice referral. So I’m just going to share on my screen. So you need to do them in order.

Illness 98