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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

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Not the most common circumstances that people with serious illness face where attention and understanding of what my goals and values are. Alex: And, it means pain management. So, I’m super proud of being able to reach out to people in rural communities. ” Very specific, rare circumstance. Alex: Okay. Lynn: Great.

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

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I asked emergency medicine clinicians what they thought when a patient who is seriously ill and DNR comes to the ED, and some responded, (paraphrasing), what are they doing here? Most emergency providers wanted to do the right thing for seriously ill patients, but they didnt have the knowledge, skills, or experience to do it.

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

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Should she be treated non-operatively, with aggressive symptom management? We think there are some cases, certain kinds of illnesses or conditions or operations, where people have the surgery and never get out of bed again. What does it mean for functional status, symptom management, location of care? Eric: Yeah.

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Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis: Podcast with James Deardorff and Sei Lee

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I you use the Lee Schonberg prognostic index for community dwelling older adults you will be directed to the tool, and it will automatically place the life expectancy at the calculated prognostic estimate. . It’s like 2007 or something. See screenshot below. You can either access it directly here. James: Yeah. Eric: All right.

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Well-being and Resilience: a Podcast with Jane Thomas, Naomi Saks, Ishwaria Subbiah

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I’ve known you since we did PSAP together, I think, back in 2007 ish. I don’t manage anybody, but I get to sit in on some leadership meetings and make my voice heard. And I think everything that we’re talking about in this time and that we will talk about probably has to start with this idea of paying attention.

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