Skilled Nursing News October 8, 2025
Family and patient mistrust of nursing home providers can create a barrier to care. A multidisciplinary team is needed to craft care plans and rebuild trust after something goes wrong.
That’s according to a case study presented by Cleveland Clinic geriatrician Luke Dogyun Kim, M.D., at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society.
Kim’s case study involved an 80-year-old man residing in a nursing home. He had a history of GOLD Group E COPD, chronic respiratory failure requiring supplemental oxygen, obstructive sleep apnea, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), vascular dementia and anxiety. He and his family hesitated to pursue palliative care. The patient’s symptoms were attributed to nonadherence to his BiPAP machine, sleep...
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