Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design: Repeated yearly cohort study from 2007 to 2022. Population Studied: Community-dwelling decedents aged 65 years and 90 days and older at the date of death, with and without dementia. Objective: To describe the prevalence of polypharmacy and frequently used medications in the 90 days before death in PWD and PWOD.

Medical 130

Medical Community Management 130

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

So Carmen and Katie developed an EMS Community Partnership program. They created a seamless link between this Community Partnership program and 911 calls for falls. Eric and I enjoyed talking with Carmen and Katie about this innovative and common sense approach to addressing falls in the community. What can we do as a community?

Community 115

Community Transportation IT PCP 115

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Alex: And, it means pain management. laugher] Alex: And, so we put them together and I feel like there’s been a real coming together of the Geriatrics and Palliative care communities and sort of cross-fertilization between the two and efforts between the two. Eric: That was the SAT answer. Lynn: I would question that today.

IT 126

IT Patient-Centered Illness Education 126

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

So Tammie developed something called EPIC for Emergency medicine, which is a curriculum that was one of the first ways that I think palliative care got spread in our community. We adapted a small group of us, Vital Talk for emergency medicine, which is communication skills training using simulation. And so we use that. No, no, no.

Patient-Centered 77

Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 77

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

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.

Clinic 68

Clinic IT Patients Medical 68

GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

Should she be treated non-operatively, with aggressive symptom management? And we found out in our work that something like 70 or 80% of patients with dementia who have surgery come from the community, who are coming from home. What does it mean for functional status, symptom management, location of care?

Patient-Centered 101

Patient-Centered Complication Patients IT 101

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

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.

IT 111

IT Healthcare Healthcare Professional Patient-Centered 111