Hospice News
DECEMBER 15, 2023
Roughly 5 to 8 million older adults nationwide have one or more mental health conditions, according to research from the supplement Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS). Collaborations with mental health organizations that touch these patients’ lives will be pivotal for those who could potentially reach palliative care.
GeriPal
APRIL 4, 2024
Eric: Initially it started with living wills back in the early-1970s development of durable-powered attorneys for healthcare. They didn’t come up in geriatrics very much. And we see that too in geriatrics. Alex and Eric, both of you attend in geriatrics. I didn’t see very many AIDS patients.
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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. So what we’re talking about here are living wills, right? Susan: Thanks so much, Alex. Welcome back, Bob. Bob: Thank you. Welcome back, Rebecca. Welcome back, Sean.
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.
GeriPal
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Earlier this year palliative care was the correct response to the following clue on the game show Jeopardy: From a Latin word for “to cloak”, it’s the type of care given to seriously ill patients to provide comfort without curing. So what do we do about it? What’s wrong with the “pictures of hands clasping each other” as our palliative care meme?
GeriPal
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
There is a lively debate going on in academic circles about the value of Advance Care Planning (ACP). Summary Transcript Summary. 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.” Juliet: Thank you.
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. That happened to me when reading “Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World.” Also hat tip to Matthew Growdon for recommending the book. It’s extremely well-written, nuanced, and eye-opening.
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