November 21, 2018
More Family Engagement, Support Needed for Family Caregivers
https://patientengagementhit.com/news/more-family-engagement-support-needed-for-family-caregiversAbout 70 percent of family caregivers feel ill-prepared for the job, underscoring a need for family engagement and support.
November 21, 2018
Priming Patients and Clinicians for Goals of Care Conversations: Podcast with Randy Curtis
https://www.geripal.org/2018/11/priming-patients-and-clinicians-for.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+Geripal+(GeriPal)In this week’s GeriPal podcast we interview Randy Curtis, Professor of Medicine and Pulmonary Critical Care and Director of the Palliative Care Center of Excellence at the University […]
November 21, 2018
Elderly patients 72% more likely to get inappropriate prescription following hospitalisation
https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/elderly-patients-72-more-likely-to-get-inappropriate-prescription-following-hospitalisation-885366.htmlOlder patients who were hospitalised were 72% more likely to be given a potentially inappropriate prescription after hospital admission, according to new research.
November 21, 2018
Deciding not to resuscitate: Nurses’ and physicians’ perspectives
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-11-resuscitate-nurses-physicians-perspectives.htmlWhen deciding not to resuscitate patients in cardiac arrest, ethical issues arise. Nurses and physicians conflicting perspectives often cause frustration. In a new doctoral thesis from […]