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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

So it defines unrepresented as someone who lacks decisional capacity to provide informed consent to a particular medical treatment. I think it’s kind of multilayered and I think that one area in particular to intervene is patients going into long term care. This is Eric Widera.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

Eric: Just for the aging population, what about long-term care? And so, I kind of partner with my patients and say… First of all, I use agreements. I have to do them where I work, but I use them as an opportunity for informed consent. I know many won’t take folks who have mobility problems.

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Advance Care Planning Discussion: Susan Hickman, Sean Morrison, Rebecca Sudore, and Bob Arnold

GeriPal

So a lot of the skills that are used in advance care planning are the same kind of skills you would use in a context where you were communicating information or prognosis or doing an informed consent discussion. So I think that really questioning what we do is a good thing that routes to improved patient care.