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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?

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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. Get the hospice referral. So I’m just going to share on my screen. appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional.

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