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Palliative Care in Liver Disease: A Podcast with Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson

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Eric 07:08 Which of the patients that you think you’re helpful for, you want referrals? Eric 11:05 So is there a trigger or what’s your referral criteria for the outpatient clinic? Eric 07:02 And real quick, Sarah, who do you see? Sarah 07:04 So in terms of, like, the type of patients?

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

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So we looked at hospital referral regions, and we looked at high- and low- intensity regions. ” And I too was just drawn to … from a clinical perspective, from a research perspective, just this revolving door through the emergency room. Market factors that may influence hospital transfers and feeding tube use.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

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The idea was to create a robust community-based infrastructure that could help older adults succeed in their homes and communities, whether they were healthy, how to keep them healthy or they were at imminent risk of emergency room visits, hospitalizations, or nursing home placements. I think most states have them.

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

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And then three weeks later, you’re in the emergency room and somebody else talks with you for a little while. Get the hospice referral. appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. So you need to do them in order. We want to get the DNR, right?

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