This is day 1 to day 90 of raising Goda.
Finally, here is my thoughts about 2025
2025 was about not traveling. Something that I kept stating multiple years and finally, I stopped except for two trips to London and Nova Scotia. Raising Goda has been wonderful - He is sweet puppy. Few thoughts about the 2025
1. There was too many dog pictures with best dog portraits were from the workshop in Nova Scotia.
2. Enjoying mentoring, but glad to not grinding out grants - living on soft money is a challenge.
3. Bean continues to amaze me in his volunteer work in Hospice Inpatient unit.
4. Did not see enough sunrises - reason, potty training! Will do better in 2026
For what it is worth, I believe in science, the germ theory and good nutrition. The latter two are not mutually exclusive. As a hospice volunteer and retired physician, I mask up and immunized with appropriate vaccines. Not doing so is simply wrong. Spreading your viruses to a sick patient is wrong. You can’t control everything - there is genetics and the body is the final teacher. I also believe that compassion and empathy are not sign of weakness. We need to return to civilly and respect.
So on the publication front - considering I am retired from grant writing. It was good year mainly secondary to wonderful mentees who are prolific.
1: Bowman JK, Ritchie CS, Ouchi K, Godwin KM, Tulsky JA, Teno JM. Predicting
Mortality and Costs After Emergency Department Visits by People With Dementia:
Timing and Location Matter. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Dec 23. doi:
10.1111/jgs.70260. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41432134.
2: Chen MD, Teno JM. Limited English Proficiency and Its Association With
Quality of Care and Bereavement at the End of Life. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2025
Dec 22:10499091251410927. doi: 10.1177/10499091251410927. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 41424238.
3: Belanger E, Rosendaal N, Rogers ML, Sequeira TA, Thomas KS, Teno JM, Hayes
SL, Wang XJ, Gozalo PL, Dosa DM, Clark MA. Opportunities to Improve End-of-Life
Care in Assisted Living: Results From a National Survey of Administrators. J Am
Med Dir Assoc. 2025 Nov 24;27(1):105981. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2025.105981. Epub
ahead of print. PMID: 41232924.
4: Gerlach LB, Zhang L, Kim HM, Teno J, Maust DT. Benzodiazepine or
Antipsychotic Use and Mortality Risk Among Patients With Dementia in Hospice
Care. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Oct 1;8(10):e2537551. doi:
10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.37551. PMID: 41085983; PMCID: PMC12522007.
5: Price RA, Bradley MA, Teno JM, Haas A, Tolpadi A, Elliott MN, DeYoreo M. CMS
Hospice Star Ratings. Health Aff (Millwood). 2025 Oct;44(10):1321. doi:
10.1377/hlthaff.2025.00805. PMID: 41052397.
6: Anhang Price R, Tolpadi A, Bradley MA, DeYoreo M, Elliott MN, Teno JM,
Brodnitzki W, Chen JX, Gosline A, Chan S. Identifying Gaps in Care Quality for
Seriously Ill Medicare Advantage Enrollees. J Palliat Med. 2025
Oct;28(10):1354-1366. doi: 10.1177/10966218251381011. Epub 2025 Sep 24. PMID:
40991428.
7: Singh S, Furman CD, Flint LA, Teno J. Rehab and Death: Improving End-Of-Life
Care for Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Beneficiaries. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025
Aug 29. doi: 10.1111/jgs.70067. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40880167.
8: Anhang Price R, Tolpadi A, Elliott MN, Wang SE, Gozansky WS, Nguyen HQ, Teno
JM, Ye F, Timmer MA, Bradley MA. Surveying Family Caregivers to Assess Quality
of End-of-Life Care in Medicare Advantage. J Palliat Med. 2025
Aug;28(8):1071-1078. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2025.0062. Epub 2025 May 8. PMID:
40336464.
9: Tolpadi A, Ye F, Teno JM, Bradley MA, Anhang Price R. Psychometric Properties
of Patient-Reported Quality Measures for Community-Based Serious Illness Care. J
Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Apr 15. doi: 10.1111/jgs.19472. Epub ahead of print. PMID:
40231403.
10: Wang XJ, Belanger E, Lake D, Santostefano C, Teno J, Mitchell SL, Gozalo P.
Do Medicare Accountable Care Organizations Impact Health Care Utilization among
Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents? J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2025 Apr;26(4):105518.
doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2025.105518. Epub 2025 Mar 5. PMID: 39999953; PMCID:
PMC11972887.
11: Khan G, Belanger E, Teno J. Quality of Nonprofit Hospice Affiliated With
Integrated Healthcare Systems. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2025 Apr;69(4):354-360.
doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.12.019. Epub 2024 Dec 31. PMID: 39746493.
12: Wang XJ, Teno JM, Rahman M, Bélanger E. Caregiver reported experiences of
not-for-profit hospice agencies with a religious affiliation. J Am Geriatr Soc.
2025 Apr;73(4):1310-1313. doi: 10.1111/jgs.19314. Epub 2024 Dec 23. PMID:
39716405.
13: Bowman JK, Teno JM, Ouchi K. Hospice patients in the emergency department:
Challenging high-risk encounters with unanswered questions and unquestioned
answers. Am J Emerg Med. 2025 Feb;88:225-227. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2024.12.017.
Epub 2024 Dec 9. PMID: 39674757; PMCID: PMC12492502.
14: Wladkowski SP, Hunt LJ, Luth EA, Teno J, Harrison KL, Wallace CL. Top Ten
Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Hospice Live Discharge. J
Palliat Med. 2025 Oct;28(10):1385-1392. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2024.0337. Epub 2024
Sep 18. PMID: 39291354; PMCID: PMC12677210.
