Experts from GeriPal gave their testimonials on why palliative care research is so important for improving health care and patients’ quality of life.
Geriatrics
Online Exclusives
-
Medicare has instructed inspectors to look for staffing inadequacies in nursing homes that report suspiciously low numbers of registered nurses and weekend workers and is encouraging more “surprise inspections” on weekends.
-
Researchers of a recent study say that the benefits of annual mammogram screenings for older women over age 75 outweigh any minimal risk that could arise from diagnostic testing.
-
A new study examined the efficacy of a multimodal therapy approach to treat Alzheimer disease (AD) based on patient-specific risk factors, aiming to slow or reverse the biologic drivers of AD.
-
Private Medicare Advantage plans next year will offer a host of new benefits, such as transportation to medical appointments, home-delivered meals, and wheelchair ramps, but the new benefits may not be widely available or easy to find, according to some experts.
Commentary
-
Dr. Wendy Anderson, a palliative care physician at UCSF, discusses strategies for teaching providers how to communicate better with patients and families experiencing serious illness.
-
All long-term care (LTC) institutional caregivers should seek to work closely with family caregivers/ advocates to further what should be a common dual mission: to provide the best possible care for each resident while making life easier for their caregivers/advocates.
Articles
-
Consistent with appropriate clinical practice and professional regulations, Jewish medical ethics espouses beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice, and autonomy.
-
Anupam Chandra, MD, and colleagues investigated trends in 30-day hospital readmissions among patients discharged to SNFs before and after implementation of the ACA, using interrupted time trend analysis at a community practice of an academic tertiary care center.