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Palliative Care Nursing: Podcast with Betty Ferrell about ELNEC

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He is a palliative care physician at the Durham VA Medical Center in Duke and blogs on Substack at Notes from a Family Meeting. I feel like there are similar features of how it presents for both patients and providers when they’re dealing with this issue and that they can’t even put a label on too. Josh: Thank you, you all.

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Normalcy, Introspection, & the Experience of Serious Illness: Bill Gardner, Juliet Jacobsen, and Brad Stuart

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He studies the mental health system in the ways in which it has failed children and adolescents, and he writes about his experience with cancer in a blog, the Billgardner.substack.com, Billgardner, one word. I think this is actually bread and butter geriatrics. Today we talk with deep thinkers about this issue. Bill: Thank you.

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Aging and the ICU: Podcast with Lauren Ferrante and Julien Cobert

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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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What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

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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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Rethinking Opioid Conversions: Mary Lynn McPherson and Drew Rosielle

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As I’ve been blogging about this for a couple months now, I’m really trying to find anyone who loves these things. Drew: I’ve published a draft version of it on the blog. Eric: And Alex, I have a feeling I’m going to love this podcast. Who do we have with us today? Alex: We’ve got an all-star lineup.

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Storycatching: Podcast with Heather Coats and Thor Ringler

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Many links: VA Presents: My Life, My Story: George: A Voice To Be Heard on Apple Podcasts. Eric’s blog post on Dignity Therapy from 2011. Summary Transcript Summary. Eric and I weren’t sure what to call this podcast – storytelling and medicine? Narrative medicine? Because that really is what this is about. Wonderful work.

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The Ask-Tell-Ask Approach in Four Steps

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Doctors Isaac and Curtis presented this approach as a remedy for challenges in patient care being revealed by current research: The majority of patients in advanced disease states want to know their life expectancy, but only a minority of patients recall having such conversations with their doctors. Journal of the American Geriatric Society.

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