Not Yet Sick Enough to Qualify for Care.

This drawing portrays 3 perspectives on deliberate emergent dialysis for undocumented immigrants with kidney disease and invites a viewer's reflection on health equity for this clinically and politically vulnerable group of patients.

Disparities in Video and Telephone Visits Among Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-Sectional Analysis.

Background: Telephone and video telemedicine appointments have been a crucial service delivery method during the COVID-19 pandemic for maintaining access to health care without increasing the risk of exposure. Although studies conducted prior to the pandemic have suggested that telemedicine is an acceptable format for older adults, there is a paucity of data on the practical implementation of telemedicine visits. Due to prior lack of reimbursement for telemedicine visits involving nonrural patients, no studies have compared telephone visits to video visits in geriatric primary care.

Missing the Mark: High Rates of Absent and Untimely Access to Specialty Palliative Care in Patients with Peri-Hospital Mortality.

Despite mounting evidence that specialty palliative care (PC) improves patients' symptoms, quality of life, and goal concordant care, these services are likely underutilized. To determine the rate of missed and delayed opportunities for specialty PC in patients with peri-hospital death. A retrospective, cross-sectional analysis, using electronic medical records of a state-wide healthcare system in Colorado, was performed.

New or Worsening Symptoms and Signs in Community-Dwelling Persons with Dementia: Incidence and Relation to Use of Acute Medical Services.

Objectives: To understand the range of symptoms that present to family caregivers of community-dwelling persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD).

Design: Six-month longitudinal prospective study to identify the incidence of new or worsening symptoms and their association with acute care medical service use.

Setting: Community-based sample of volunteers from multiple states.