GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

We talk with them about the epidemiology, assessment, and management of dysphagia, including the role of modifying the consistency of food and liquids, feeding tubes, and the role of dysphagia rehabilitation like tongue and cough strengthening. This is Eric Widera. Alex: This is Alex Smith. Here at UW Health, we call it our Swallow Service.

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IT Hospital Patient-Centered Individual 125

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

So what we found is up to 30% of people would call 911 again for a fall, and of those calls, some people became very high-utilizers and so they would call 911 over and over again. I think once someone becomes kind of a high-utilizer, it’s a slippery slope. Same thing with kind of medication management. Carmen: Yeah.

Community 116

Community Transportation IT PCP 116

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

The obstacles hindering referrals to palliative care services. We also take a dive into these 2 articles that Connie first authored: Palliative care in nursing homes: A qualitative study on referral criteria and implications for research and practice. And so I tried to get her actually to pain management, and I couldn’t.

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Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

We welcome all professions, including but not limited to physicians, chaplains, social workers, nurses, nurse practitioners, case managers, administrators, and pharmacists. Did your intervention Lexy actually have any effect on utilization, which again, somewhat argue is the reason that services palliative care get funded?

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IT Patient-Centered Families Family 99

GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

We published a nice piece, I think it was in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. The specifics of how it does that depend on the population in which it’s implemented, and the outcome measure that is utilized. We began this here in Winnipeg. Or was able to do dignity therapy with somebody who was in a personal care home.

Patient-Centered 98

Patient-Centered Patients IT Illness 98

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

So, basically, with a stepped care model, the goal is to tailor care delivery to the patient’s needs while at the same time utilizing less clinician resources. Eric 23:45 Yeah, I love that, too, because I think that one for me really is, can our interventions need to target the patient population that we’re managing?

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Hospital 120

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

Started as a direct case manager, worked in a variety of different places including the state legislature and I’ve been with the state office now since 2006. And that referral can be done in real time, a soft handoff. Eric: And Susan? And then, we have nonprofits that are community-based organizations.

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Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89