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Assisted Living Communities: Podcast with Sheryl Zimmerman, Kenny Lam, and Ken Covinsky

GeriPal

Some take care of people who’ve got more healthcare needs, more mental illness, more dementia. For those of you who do family meetings, doesn’t that take a lot of time? And they certainly agree that when you’re seriously ill, you should talk about this. The acuity level of the residents is very variable.

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Should Palliative Care be in the Survivorship Business? A Podcast with Laura Petrillo, Laura Shoemaker

GeriPal

09:04 And I think that’s where the irony came from as well, because of the not only confusion within our field, but the confusion of patients and families who are the consumers of palliative care and the referral sources. What is serious illness like? What does serious illness mean? What does it do? 23:35 Right.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

If you are interested in learning more and meeting a community of folks interested in hospital-at-home, check out the hospital-at-home user group at hahusersgroup.org or some of these publications: Hospital-Level Care at Home for Acutely Ill Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Annals of Int Med. We did our initial pilot study.

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