GeriPal

MAY 1, 2025

And so the patients who had been admitted there to die, essentially most, if not all, got better and HIV became much more of a chronic condition. It is kind of weird that my first publication was in jama, part of the Care of the Aging Patient series. And then in the years soon after, everything changed completely.

Primary Care 96

Primary Care IT Clinic Provider 96

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

Started as a direct case manager, worked in a variety of different places including the state legislature and I’ve been with the state office now since 2006. And just going back to that patient, I’ll tell you, before I started this role, I would have probably looked at the handout box in our clinic and been like, oh, okay.

Community 89

Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Care Ecosystem.

Patient-Centered 126

Patient-Centered IT Family Families 126