Ageism + COVID19 = Elder Genocide: Podcast on nursing homes with Mike Wasserman
April 8, 2021
One of our earliest COVID podcasts with Jim Wright and David Grabowski a year ago addressed the early devastating impact…
Importance of Function in COVID Prognosis: Podcast with Orestis Panagiotou, Elizabeth White, and Marlon Aliberti
February 11, 2021
Nursing home residents have been devastated by COVID. Somewhere around 40% of deaths from COVID have been among nursing home residents,…
The Outsized Impact of COVID in Nursing Homes & in Dementia: Guests Kathleen Unroe & Ellen Kaehr
April 28, 2020
Many of you listened to our prior podcast with Jim Wright and David Grabowski about COVID in long term and…
Palliative care in nursing homes: Podcast with Caroline Stephens
February 13, 2018
Advance Care Planning · Geriatrics · Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) · Nursing Homes · Palliative Care · Portable Medical Orders (POLST)
Many in palliative care (including us) have argued that the default care model in nursing homes should be a palliative…
Rejecting Neutrality – Reducing Burdensome Hospitalizations For Nursing Home Residents
December 19, 2016
Nursing home residents are often sent to the hospital for care that often offers little hope of improving quality of…
Families caring for families
December 28, 2015
by: Amy Getter, who blogs regularly at hospicediary.com “A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.”…
Transfers from the Hospital to Nursing Home: An F- Grade For Quality
August 26, 2013
Huge numbers of older persons transition from hospitals to the nursing home. Often, an older hospitalized patient needs skilled nursing…
Length of Stay in Nursing Homes at the End of Life
August 26, 2010
One out of every four of us will die while residing in a nursing home. For most of us, that…
Jennie Chin Hansen: New CEO of the American Geriatrics Society
March 22, 2010
All Posts · American Geriatrics Society · Geriatrics · Health Policy · Long Term Care · Nursing Homes · Seniors
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) gave us good reason to be optimistic about the future of our organization when it…
Feeding Tubes in Advanced Dementia: It’s all About Location
February 10, 2010
Feeding tubes are often placed in the hospital setting for patients with advanced dementia, even though there is pretty much a lack…