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#GeriPal Doctor, Fellow @RCPEdin & Asst. Prof. From #Taiwan, PhD from @MCPCRD @UCLPsychiatry. Passionate for #Dementia & Home Care Ecosystem.

London, England
Joined July 2007
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Ping-Jen Chen 陳炳仁, MD PhD retweeted
Hospital at Home means being IN the home to deliver acute care - our ⁦@UKHaHSoc⁩ consensus with ⁦@GeriSoc⁩ and ⁦@RCPhysicians⁩ statement highlighted at #WHAHC2025 - Hospital At Home and not ‘virtual wards’
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Ping-Jen Chen 陳炳仁, MD PhD retweeted
V good article from @SimonNoahEtkind and colleagues on why we need to consider frailty in the assisted dying / suicide debate academic.oup.com/ageing/arti…
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Ping-Jen Chen 陳炳仁, MD PhD retweeted
3 Mass General Brigham researchers have been awarded Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) contracts. Read how their projects will deliver hospital-level care to Americans in rural communities: spklr.io/60152MF7
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Ping-Jen Chen 陳炳仁, MD PhD retweeted
Sportsmanship is beautiful. After Team Japan received their silver medals, many of the players turned to Team Chinese Taipei and bowed. And now they’re staying for the gold medal ceremony. @WBSC @Premier12
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Ping-Jen Chen 陳炳仁, MD PhD retweeted
Neurological conditions now leading cause of ill health and disability globally, affecting 3.4 billion people worldwide, suggests GBD study in @TheLancetNeuro On #WorldBrainDay: ➡️ Read the paper: hubs.li/Q02GWZ5F0 ➡️ Explore the infographic: hubs.li/Q02GWMJ00
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Ping-Jen Chen 陳炳仁, MD PhD retweeted
Joint Position Statement between Indian Association of... : Indian Journal of Community Medicine journals.lww.com/ijcm/fullte… Expanding #palliative care and #primary care in Asia @pjchen @DanMundayNG #primarypalliativecare @JeniferJeba @taniaxpastrana
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Ping-Jen Chen 陳炳仁, MD PhD retweeted
Consensus definition of advance care planning in dementia: A 33-country Delphi study conducted by the EAPC Task Force on ACP and Dementia has just been published. It is open access and available at: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.w…
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Ping-Jen Chen 陳炳仁, MD PhD retweeted
Using illness trajectories to inform person centred, advance care planning bmj.com/content/384/bmj-2021… Knowing likely multidimensional trajectories in multimorbidity can help future care planning
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Ping-Jen Chen 陳炳仁, MD PhD retweeted
OFFICIAL Gaza Healthcare Workers Nobel Peace Prize Nomination 2024 - Sign the Petition! chng.it/qDB6rWfy via @UKChange
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Ping-Jen Chen 陳炳仁, MD PhD retweeted
Back in Taiwan! Honored to join @ChingteLai on the ticket as VP for 2024. Tough road ahead expected as I shoulder a heavier burden. Taiwan’s democracy deserves our best efforts.
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Ping-Jen Chen 陳炳仁, MD PhD retweeted
Delighted to welcome new members into the #PrimPallCareSIG at #aphc2023 including a new sector #Bhutan. Thanks to organisers for provider the opportunity @aphnofficial @ – at Yeonsu-gu, Republic of Korea
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Ping-Jen Chen 陳炳仁, MD PhD retweeted
“Primary care is like oxygen — everyone needs it, but you really don’t start to notice it until it’s nearly gone.” -@Asaf_Bitton
NEJM Catalyst Insights Council survey finds a host of interrelated challenges to #PrimaryCare delivery, led by payment structure, staffing shortages, and organizational structure and management: nej.md/3JLjTI3 with @Asaf_Bitton @AriadneLabs @RouleauK @UnityHealthTO
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Ping-Jen Chen 陳炳仁, MD PhD retweeted
We are delighted to introduce the new DACHA lunchtime webinar series that will take place over 4 sessions. Join us on 21 July at the 1st webinar; DACHA researchers will talk about "improving the effectiveness and efficiency of care home based research" arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/events/da…
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Ping-Jen Chen 陳炳仁, MD PhD retweeted
Call for papers for BMC Geriatric Collection on 'Living at home with dementia' open until 1st Dec 2023. See scope below or get in touch with any questions. biomedcentral.com/collection…
Are you a researcher with interests in supporting people with #dementia to live at home? I am Guest Editing a Special Collection in @BioMedCentral BMC Geriatrics on 'Living at Home with Dementia' that I'd like to encourage you to submit relevant papers to. See call below.
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Ping-Jen Chen 陳炳仁, MD PhD retweeted
Hospital-level care at home lets eligible patients heal in the comfort of their homes while avoiding risks associated with inpatient care. @davidlevinemd discussed at @WHAH_cong how new technologies can help identify patients who can benefit from home hospital care:
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Ping-Jen Chen 陳炳仁, MD PhD retweeted
"Older people are marginalised and perceived as a burden... Nowhere is this more conspicuous than in the context of long-term care." Two years into the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing, we announce a new Lancet Commission: hubs.li/Q01Q7Y-v0
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Ping-Jen Chen 陳炳仁, MD PhD retweeted
As part of #DementiaActionWeek, we will be publishing a new policy briefing to improve palliative and end-of-life care for people with dementia. In the meantime, you can read more from Yorganci et al. here: academic.oup.com/ageing/arti… #ARightToBeHeard #DAW2023 #EOLC
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Ping-Jen Chen 陳炳仁, MD PhD retweeted
There are so many names for providing hospital level care at home! A final international consensus is Hospital At Home!! Use in every publication to improve research and understanding. Virtual ward didn’t even make it to the shortlist! @Dochayter @janey513 #WHAHC23 @UKHaHSoc
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Ping-Jen Chen 陳炳仁, MD PhD retweeted
Fabulous talk by ⁦@karen_titchener⁩ How to stop building hospitals and build hospitals@home instead. Cheaper and patient centred. Key set up steps; engagement, build team, tech and operations. ⁦@WHAH_cong⁩ ⁦@UKHaHSoc⁩
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