GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

You said something about your research in this area this morning pertaining to views of that term, end of life or end-of-life care. Alex: Well, let me just ask one more, sticking with this, Karen. I wonder if you could say a little bit more about that. Karen: Sure.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

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. I think Bob also noted documenting it. So for seven years, that person had been treated in accordance with that plan of care. Welcome back, Rebecca.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The experts settled on a range of key services, from more palliative care focused (e.g. end of life care and advance care planning) to more geriatrics focused (e.g. staff training in person centered care). It’s what happens in lots of different fields, including geriatrics. Welcome back.

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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.

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GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

In the US, geriatrics “grew up” as an academic profession with a heavy research base. Clinical growth of geriatrics programs has lagged academic research, despite the rapid aging of the population. . Palliative care, in contrast, saw explosive growth in US hospitals. There’s end of life care needs.

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GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

What we did was ask clinicians earlier in the ICU stay for very sick patients to document prognosis, and for those who they thought would survive, to document six-month functional prognosis. That’s a pretty big palliative care study. And also leveraging that idea that we all have these biases. Eric: 3,500 people.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

How did you get interested in end-of-life care, palliative care, and some of the work around dignity that you are really well known for? So it can create a generativity or legacy document, that will be given to that individual so they can bequeath it to loved ones. Here’s a little bit.

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GeriPal

JULY 13, 2023

They found a difference of 4% in documented goals of care discussions. At its heart, it’s always been a brief, hopefully one page document that can be delivered to clinicians and or patients to get them thinking about topics related to goals of care discussions. This was just really in your usual documentation.

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GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

You might be able to extend your life a little bit, but at what cost? So, that was maybe 20 years ago at this point and it really got me down the road thinking about advance care planning, end-of-life care, and similar consequences. Yep, for geriatrics? We’re available, palliative care.

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