GeriPal

JUNE 26, 2025

We focus on function and mortality because these are outcomes that really are important to patients and families. And so spouses are typically the ones for patients who provide most of the caregiving support. And that’s in addition to the financial, emotional companionship, and psychosocial support that spouses typically provide.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The insight started when Carmen, an orthopedic surgeon-researcher, and Katie, a physical therapist- researcher participated in ride-alongs with EMS providers to patient’s homes. And yet, after assisting the older adult to their feet, the EMS providers would leave. laughter] Alex: We love the family theme. Their job was done.

Community 115

Community Transportation IT PCP 115

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

I must admit, though, sometimes it just feels off… inauthentic, as if it’s not a genuine desire to improve our lives as health care providers, but rather a metric to check off or a desire to improve productivity and billing by making the plight of workers a little less miserable. And that’s how the names have really changed.

IT 111

IT Healthcare Healthcare Professional Patient-Centered 111

GeriPal

AUGUST 11, 2022

Myself personally, I was in PCEP at Harvard, I think like 2007 or something with Rachelle Bernacki and a bunch of other great people. There was no conversation with the patient or the family about this. And the families were part of it, which is not what it was like in the hospital. Susan: Beautiful. They’ve had none.

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Illness IT Family Families 109

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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IT Patient-Centered Illness Education 126

GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

And then, the family, her kids got together, my wife and her brother and sister got together and said, wait a minute, mom did not want this, right? So, you really have to leave this up to the patients and their families to understand what the context is and what is meaningful to them. She has advance dementia. They would be horrified.

Patient-Centered 101

Patient-Centered Complication Patients IT 101

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

So I went in Mike’s place for a couple times, and I think the first one was in 2007, and I just remember year after year, ADGAP always talked about, “Oh, the numbers are so bad. I started going AAP meetings because geriatric fellowship programs directors used to go there. Oh, woe is us. Everything is so bad.”

Board-Certified 91

Board-Certified IT Community Medical Student 91