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Community Integration: Pushing the Boundaries for a Better World

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Sometimes, they push us to cross physical, emotional, or ethical boundaries—to reach those in need or to avoid being complicit through inaction. Relevant educational resources should be disseminated, such as “A Guide for Families Affected by Crisis and Displacement” by Sesame Workshop , available in multiple languages.

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

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Not every hospital or every health system is the same physically or financial incentives or which clinical programs exist and patient demographics. Eric: And particularly, the one that seems the hardest is changing the physical environment. And so how can we adopt these five elements for the unique environment that we’re in?

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Urinary Incontinence Revisited: George Kuchel & Alison Huang

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Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Transforming the Culture of Dementia Care: Podcast with Anne Basting, Ab Desai, Susan McFadden, and Judy Long

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Judy Long, MDiv, BCC , palliative care chaplain and educator at UCSF and caregiver. I’m going, well, is there any way to start educating people how to make these things more inclusive? Anne: It’s psychological and physical, and there’s a lot of work to take that apart. I think Ab sees that a lot.

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Surgical Communication: A Podcast with Gretchen Schwarze, Justin Clapp and Alexis Colley

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Well, there’s this descriptive phase where there’s a verbal and physical examination and the conditions discussed, and then, procedures are discussed. Alex: Alexis workshopped a couple questions with us yesterday, and we helped her make them even more challenging for you. Is that what you were alluding to, Justin?

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Stepped Palliative Care: A Podcast with Jennifer Temel, Chris Jones, and Pallavi Kumar

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We did not just rely on a physical symptom measure, which many of our colleagues are doing. It’s not just about physical symptom management. I’m workshopping what I’m going to say at the “Congress du caretive” [speaking in French]. And the reason for that is the nature of our palliative care intervention.

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Health and Wealth Shocks: Lauren Hunt, Rebecca Rodin, Tsai-Chin Cho

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Wait, so one key message is that social health is linked to physical and cognitive health?!? So there may be a reason that the the social safety net plays a role in preventing the negative effect of a negative workshop. And the government can do something about that?!? Yes indeed, we like to hammer that home regularly, dear listeners.

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