Kenneth Lam

@drklam

Canadian trained geriatrician now Assistant Professor @CUAnschutz. I study aging, disability, and how to define the "right" time to move to a nursing home.

Denver, CO

Joined October 2008

643Following

879Followers

Pinned

Kenneth Lam@drklam · Nov 6, 2023

🚨 New paper in @JAMAInternalMed! As a geriatrician, I have a pretty good sense of "who goes where" -- when living situations are becoming unstable or unsafe because of medical and functional issues and moving to a facility might be better. But I never saw data on it. 🧵

drklam's tweet image. 🚨 New paper in @JAMAInternalMed!

As a geriatrician, I have a pretty good sense of "who goes where" -- when living situations are becoming unstable or unsafe because of medical and functional issues and moving to a facility might be better.

But I never saw data on it.

🧵

118

24.0K

Kenneth Lam Retweeted

David Grabowski@DavidCGrabowski · Oct 8

Expanding Medicare to cover the cost of long-term care at home would be a HUGE development. Great quote: “There isn’t a lot in the world of health policy that does this well with such a broad swath of the electorate.” @CitizenCohn huffpost.com/entry/kamala-h…

119

15.0K