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AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use: A Podcast with Todd Semla and Mike Steinman

GeriPal

Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome Todd Semla, who is a clinical pharmacist and associate professor at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. And then there was a version in 2003 which Mark participated in and he since passed. So in those clinical situations, you should consider avoiding that drug.

Medical 97
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The Roots of Palliative Care: Michael Kearney, Sue Britton, and Justin Sanders

GeriPal

I have felt as I’ve come through this field over the last, I guess 2003 is when I realized I wanted to be a palliative care doctor. Michael 45:57 Yeah, I think I would sort of just end by quoting Michael Balint from the Tavistock Clinic in London. Like why did you think it was important to do a GeriPal podcast on it?

IT 105
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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

GeriPal

I would talk about this, except I was a clinician, and I’m seeing these folks in the hospital and in clinic. So we realized that we had a series of cross-sectional studies in San Francisco from the early 1990s to 2003. We looked at it and realized that in the early 1990s, 11% of folks were 50 and over, and by 2003, 37% were.