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APRIL 4, 2024

In 1988, Cruzan’s parents requested that her feeding tube be removed, arguing that she would not want to continue in this state. On the one hand, this was unfortunate, as it meant Nancy Cruzan could not be disconnected from the feeding tube immediately. In 1990 the Supreme Court ruled…for the state of Missouri. Alex: Bernie.

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GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

We talk with them about the epidemiology, assessment, and management of dysphagia, including the role of modifying the consistency of food and liquids, feeding tubes, and the role of dysphagia rehabilitation like tongue and cough strengthening. We revisit it, and make things better for our patients. Eric: Lovely. Alex: Yeah.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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MAY 9, 2024

Matt Tyler (aka Pallidad for those on Twitter ): Matt is the Hospice and Palliative care doctor who created How To Train Your Doctor , which helps patients living with serious illness find tips on “owning” their healthcare plan on his Instagram and YouTube pages. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. laughter] Eric: Well.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

And I’m worried about all of us as healthcare workers, but particularly… And when I say particularly those in the hospital, because they are just tired. If they had a healthcare agent, then this would be better, right? We want to do meaningful work and so we want to know that the conversations we have impact patient care.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Alex: We are delighted to welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Katie Fitzgerald Jones, who’s a nurse scientist at the New England Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, and a palliative and addiction nurse practitioner at the VA in Boston. I mean, there is so much substance use stigma in healthcare. Katie: Sure.

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

And whether tube feeding should be on there, that’s never an emergency decision. It would have a CPR section and then it would have a healthcare proxy section. Because POLST doesn’t, I believe, correct me if I’m wrong, you can’t assign a durable power of attorney for healthcare or healthcare proxy.

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