AMDA On-The-Go | Rehabbed to Death

Dr. Lynn Flint is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of Geriatrics and an attending physician on the Hospice and Palliative Care Service at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC). She provides inpatient palliative care consultation and nursing home care for older adults with complex chronic illness and functional and cognitive impairment.

 

Published Date: 05/04/2020

References:

• Shekinah A. Fashaw, MSPH, et. al; “"Thirty-year Trends in Nursing Home Composition and Quality Since the Passage of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act”, JAMDA, 2020.
• James Fries; "The Compression of Morbidity", NCBI, 1980.
• L. Flint, MD; “Rehabbed to Death: Breaking the Cycle”, JAGS, 2019.
• J. Ouslander, MD, and D. Grabowski, PhD; "Rehabbed to Death Reframed: In Response to “Rehabbed to Death: Breaking the Cycle”"; JAGS, 2019.

Available Credit

• 0.25 CMD-Clinical
• https://apex.paltc.org/course/view.php?id=415