Displaying items by tag: division of gerontology geriatrics and palliative care

UAB’s Center for Palliative and Supportive Care will present a virtual summit on palliative care in Nov.
The unit is designed to provide nursing home residents with the skilled care they need while recovering from COVID-19 in a safe environment.
The special unit for COVID-19-positive nursing home residents will help slow disease spread and provide care to this vulnerable population.
In partnership with community members, researchers at UAB created the first culturally based protocol for patients living with a serious illness or facing end-of-life care.
A program inspired by a doctor who lost her father during the coronavirus pandemic is now being used to help patients who cannot be with loved ones in the hospital.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the palliative care program at UAB, the team and volunteers created a book consisting of essays from health care providers and the loved ones of former patients.

Community members from Beaufort, South Carolina, trained palliative care physicians on how to have culturally appropriate conversations with their patients based on their backgrounds and ethnicities.
UAB Medicine joins more than 100 health systems acknowledged as working to make high-quality care for older adults even more tailored to patients’ goals and preferences.
Anna’s Fund, which was established by Rodney Tucker, M.D., and Billy Connelley, provides financial assistance to Hand in Paw volunteer teams to help defray costs associated with training and supplies to become a pet therapy team.
Kellie Flood, M.D., is a geriatrician and the associate chief medical and quality officer for Geriatrics Care Transitions at UAB.
SPRINT trial: Intensive lowering of blood pressure did not significantly reduce dementia risk but did have a measurable impact on mild cognitive impairment.
Dawne Mouzon, Ph.D., will present her lecture on gender differences in marriage, romantic involvement, and desire for romantic involvement among older African-Americans at UAB on Jan. 4.
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