GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

This topic came up with Bernie published an article in New England Journal called Deciding for Patients Who Have Lost Decision-Making Capacity Finding Common Ground in Medical Ethics. You write about this, you’ve written this New England Journal article, you’ve written past articles.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 26, 2023

Our guests Tim Farrell, Ramona Rhodes, and Nancy Lunderbjerg wrote an article in JAGS on this issue, and Sharon Brangman wrote a separate JAGS article on the need to achieve diversity in study populations. The article was titled, “ Change is coming ” – which also gives you a hint as to today’s song request.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 12, 2023

I love this series of articles because each presents a component of a practical, patient-centered approach to patient-surgeon communication and decision making, and language surgeons (and surgical trainees) can start using in their next patient visit. Alexis, welcome to GeriPal. Alexis: Thanks for having me. Alexis: Yeah.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 5, 2023

We’ve invited Jacqueline Kruser and Bob Arnold on this week’s podcast to talk about their recently published JAMA Viewpoint article titled “ Reconsidering the Language of Serious Illness. ” You recently published an article in the New Yorker titled, I can’t even read my own, what was the title again? Of course not.

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GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

On today’s podcast we dive into drivers of invasive procedures and hospitalizations in advanced dementia by talking to some pretty brilliant nursing and nurse practitioner researchers focused on dementia, geriatrics, and palliative care in nursing homes: Ruth Palan Lopez, Caroline Stephens, Joan Carpenter, and Lauren Hunt. Rehabbed to Death.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 31, 2023

You’re a senior author on this article in JPSM, where you interviewed some geriatricians and other people caring for older adults, nurse practitioners, social workers, et cetera. I think this is actually bread and butter geriatrics. We could have talked for hours! Brad: I completely forgot about that. That’s great.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In an article in the NEJM (a published article this time, wonder of wonders!) We’ve talked at length on prior podcasts about the failures of aducnumab, Biogen, and the FDA’s decision to approve it. . But wait, there’s a shiny new anti-amyloid drug, lecanemab! (No No it’s not just the French version of Aducanumab). . Heather: Sure.

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GeriPal

APRIL 11, 2024

This podcast was initially sparked by Josh’s “Note From a Family Meeting” Substack post titled “ Ambivalence in Clinical Decision-Making ,” which discussed Bryanna’s and Jenny’s 2022 article titled “ Two Minds, One Patient: Clearing up Confusion About Ambivalence.” From you reading the 2022 article that was authored? Josh: Yeah.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Sonali Advani and Lona Mody talk about their recent JAGS article highlighting three recent articles that every clinician caring for older adults should be aware of in the treatment of infectious diseases (hint: I’ve never finished a course of antibiotics, and maybe your patients don’t need that full course either).

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

That’s why we do this podcast- to address real world issues in palliative care, geriatrics, and bioethics. Summary Transcript Summary Often podcasts meet clinical reality. But rarely does the podcast and clinical reality meet in the same day. Lynn Flint, author of the NEJM perspective titled, “Rehabbed to Death,” joins Eric and I as co-host.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Many links: VA Presents: My Life, My Story: George: A Voice To Be Heard on Apple Podcasts. Summary Transcript Summary. Eric and I weren’t sure what to call this podcast – storytelling and medicine? Narrative medicine? We discussed it with today’s guests Heather Coats, palliative care NP-scientist, and Thor Ringler, poet. SPONSOR:

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Today we have a star-studded lineup, including Lexy Torke of Indiana University, who discusses her RCT of a chaplaincy intervention for surrogates of patients in the ICU , published in JPSM and plenary presentation at AAHPM/HPNA. It meets in-person, once a month, over nine sessions. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Lexy.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Today we talk with Anne Rohlfing, Lynn Flint, and Anne Kelly, authors of a JGIM article on the reasons we shouldn’t stop at “no.” I’d hazard that maybe half the patients I care for at the intersection of geriatrics and palliative care fall in the gray zone. Should you stop at “no?” Welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Emily.

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GeriPal

MAY 25, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Our guests today present an important rejoinder to the argument that we should refocus away from advance care planning (ACP). Alex: And we have Hillary Lum, who is a geriatrics and palliative care researcher at the University of Colorado. And as you know, it’s a great article. Sarah: Thank you.

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The Nurse Break

MAY 24, 2022

Similar articles here. You still need all the speciality skills of dealing with different illnesses that might present in one person, plus additional skills in recognising medication interactions, side effects and aspects of polypharmacy that might need attention. Geriatric complications and preventable complications.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Abhilash Desai, MD , geriatric psychiatrist, adjunct associate professor in the department of psychiatry at University of Washington School of Medicine, and poet! Alex: And we have Ab Desai, who’s a geriatric psychiatrist in Idaho. Judy Long, MDiv, BCC , palliative care chaplain and educator at UCSF and caregiver. Transcript.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Though his narrow definition of suffering as injured or threatened personhood has been critiqued , the central concept was a motivating force for many of us to enter the fields of geriatrics and palliative care, Eric and I included. Today we talk about suffering in the many forms we encounter in palliative care. Wallace, C.L., In Donesky, D.,

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

So in preparation for this, I read a couple articles about social work leadership in palliative care. And the title of his article is, does culture of modern day palliative care social work leave room for leadership, where he interviewed six leaders in palliative care, five or six for social workers. Summary Transcript Summary.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

end of life care and advance care planning) to more geriatrics focused (e.g. AlexSmithMD (still on Twitter at present). Alex: And we’re also delighted to welcome back to the GeriPal podcast Kenny Lam, who’s assistant professor of medicine at UCSF in the Division of Geriatrics. staff training in person centered care).

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

Start by reading this article by Sean Morrison, Diane Meier, and Bob Arnold in JAMA , and this response from Rebecca Sudore, Susan Hickman, and Anne Walling. Alex: Also returning Rebecca Sudore, who is professor of medicine at the UCSF in the division of geriatrics, and is a geriatric and palliative care doctor. Bob: Thank you.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

Alex: And we are delight to welcome Lindsey Yourman, who is a geriatrician, she’s a longtime friend and mentee, and is now a peer and is a key component of the ePrognosis working group and helped originate the ideas that led to ePrognosis and she’s now San Diego County’s Chief Geriatrics Officer. Welcome to GeriPal, Lindsey.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

And I had no idea what that would look like or what I would do until I happened upon an article by actually a fellow Winnipegger, a man named Jim Brown who was an expert in mood disorders. And decided, interesting article, but it raised as many questions as it answered. This is Eric Widera. Alex: This is Alex Smith. Is that…?

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Eric: If our listeners want to find out more about Alter, should they go to the article you sent us or is there some website for this? Eric: We are also going to… ’cause Karen, you actually wrote a brilliant article that I read last night about the role of nursing and dermatological nursing. Eric: Great. It was great.

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

This idea that for critically ill patients in the ICU, geriatric conditions like disability, frailty, multimorbidity, and dementia should be viewed through a wider lens of what patients are like before and after the ICU event was transformative for our two guests today. I’m going to turn to you Lauren. Don’t ask anybody.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 1, 2023

This is directly from their article draft, which we’ll have on our website: Beta-amyloidosis, having amyloid in your brain or in high levels in your plasma defines the initially detectable stage of Alzheimer’s disease. Heather: But is that people who have presented because of some cognitive or memory concern?

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

It’s not a new debate but has gathered steam at least in palliative care circles since Sean Morrisons published a JPM article titled “ Advance Directives/Care Planning: Clear, Simple, and Wrong.” And pointed out some of these inconsistencies with what was actually noted and concluded in some of the articles. Juliet: Thank you.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 4, 2022

Today we are coming back for more (or less given the content), talking about the following articles with their lead authors: First up, we talk with Ariel Green about her article in JAMA Network on preferred phrases a clinician may use to explain why they should reduce or stop the medication. ” Ariel: Exactly.

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GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

We’re also delight to welcome Carla Perissinotto, who is a geriatrician palliative care doc at UCSF in the division of geriatrics. I moved to Baltimore in 2015 and did clinical fellowship in geriatrics. Welcome back to the GeriPal podcast. Carla: Thanks so much. Nice to see you all. You just knew it? Thomas: Yeah, yeah.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

This all came out from JAGS just published their first Clin-STAR corner, which is, and we’ll talk about what that is, but it’s a series of articles bringing in specialists to talk about updates in the last couple years within their field. Mody for the mentorship and for the opportunity to bring together these articles.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Additional links mentioned in the podcast: Recent JGIM article on POLST in California nursing homes, hospitalization, and nursing home care Karl’s GeriPal post on appropriate use of POLST Enjoy! And it must be powered to detect a small but meaningful difference, not the same level of effect seen in observational studies. Welcome, Abby.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Every member of the team, even for me, for whatever reason, that switched me from focusing on trying to be in pulmonary critical care to become actually a geriatrician, choose the geriatric fellowship. We present it to CMMI, to CMS, whoever will listen to us, people on The Hill. And it became a terror for me. Why do we need a story?”

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

It helped me to understand and justify my interest in (this won’t surprise you) EVERYTHING related to geriatrics or palliative care. I had heard of course heard of imposter syndrome in the past but I didn’t make the connection to myself until I read this article and saw my thoughts printed on the page.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

And then to see her, it sort of set up this sense of there’s an expectation that we have for the future that what we’re doing in the present moment is somehow going to continue and that we’re going to have an opportunity to maybe deepen a relationship, to provide some healing, to learn more about each other, to form bonds.

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GeriPal

MAY 11, 2023

Kristine: I like to tease my geriatric friends about age. I presented this at the big clinical trials meeting in November in San Francisco. The post Prevention of Dementia: Kristine Yaffe appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. This is Eric Widera. Eric: A minute-and-a-half.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

A recent Human Rights podcast discussed the story of a Canadian seeking MAID because he could not afford to stay housed. We talk about how Canada got to this point, including the degree to which offering MAID to anyone who is eligible has become standard practice in many places. Bill, welcome back to GeriPal. Bill: Thank you.

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GeriPal

JULY 13, 2023

laughter] Bob: That’s what happens when junior faculty get invited on the podcast [laughter] Eric: So we’re going to be talking about the article that just came out in JAMA on a priming intervention for goals of care conversations in hospitalized patients with serious illness. We’ll have a link to the article on our notes.

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GeriPal

JULY 14, 2022

We invited Jim back with us along with Darrell Owens , DNP, MSN, who is the head of palliative care for the University of Washington’s Northwest campus. . What I loved about this March 2020 podcast was that Darrell pushed us to think differently: “Expect that it’s not business as usual. Welcome back to GeriPal, Darrell. Darrell: Pretty amazing.

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