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Palliative Rehab?!?: Ann Henshaw, Tamra Keeney, and Sarguni Singh

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Ann: I definitely do. Sarguni: Yeah, definitely. And so I became more interested in what are the outcomes of patients with cancer when they do go to a nursing facility? Why do we not have more palliative care access in nursing homes? But before we go into that subject, Ann I think you have a song request for Alex.

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New Prognostic Models for Older Adults: Alex Lee, James Deardorff, Sei Lee

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James: Definitely not-. Eric: Yeah, this is definitely… If you grew up in the ’80s, this is the slow dancing song. Most of them are dealing with older adults with dementia who are living in the nursing home or have severe dementia. Eric: I love… I actually just went to New Order and Pet Shop Boys.

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Managing Urinary Symptoms and UTI’s in Older Adults

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First, we talk with Christine, a researcher and geriatrician from the University of North Carolina, who recently published a JAGS article titled Overdiagnosis of urinary tract infections by nursing home clinicians versus a clinical guideline. Transcript. Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. This is Eric Widera. Is that right?

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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

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Jerry: Probably for the reason a lot of people go into geriatrics, close relationship with grandparents, volunteered to work in a nursing home as a high school student, just felt really good about being around old people and not having a problem with it. I definitely do. Eric: And can I ask you, why did you choose geriatrics?