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When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

Doctor On Demand

When to go to the ER for a sore throat Go to the emergency room (ER) if your sore throat causes any difficulty swallowing or breathing. This is a medical emergency where you should call 911. Urgent care clinics provide quick diagnoses and treatments, including antibiotics if needed.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

Too many people do because it’s really hard to keep their loved ones at home for the cost, the enormous financial, mental and physical strain for the family. We’ll cover why the GUIDE model is important (hint – it all comes down to funding), how it was developed, what components will it include, and how it will be evaluated.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

We would find these people in the hospital, and we said, “What would you have thought if someone had come up to you in the emergency room yesterday, and said, ‘Hey, instead of going upstairs, you could go home.’ In addition to discussing these outcomes, we also discuss: The history of the hospital-at-home movement.

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