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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

GeriPal

We’re willing to spend $50,000 a year for individuals for their expensive pharmacy medication. ” I think we started the blog in 2007 or 2008, we were doing that up until 2016. We shouldn’t be mandating individuals, this should be an optional thing for individuals. What would you do with the money, Eric?

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Psilocybin in Serious Illness: James Downar, Ali John Zarrabi and Margaret Ross

GeriPal

So classically with preparation, in individual settings or even in group settings, you have one or two people supporting people through psychoeducation, what to expect, life review. Not Stacy’s, but everyone else is funded by individual billionaires, millionaires and billionaires. Almost all. Alex 44:55 And yeah, I think VA is.

Illness 107
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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

GeriPal

Eric: So we’re going to be talking about dementia and considerations around surgery for individuals with dementia. Eric: And what do we know about the outcomes of individuals getting these procedures, especially those with cognitive issues and dementia. That provision was taken out of Obamacare back in 2007, 2008.

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

GeriPal

But what might be helpful is, I think it was 2008, in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Balfour Mount, with Pat Boston and Robin Cohen, published a paper called Healing Connections. And sometimes one just senses that shift in an individual and the impact that that has coming back the other way to the family around them.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

I think some individuals thought there was cherry-picking of stories that made it seem like hospice is this bad thing, that it’s taking advantage of vulnerable individuals and it didn’t talk enough about the good things that hospice does. On the other side, there’s another group that thinks, you know what?

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Buprenorphine Use in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Zachary Sager and Janet Ho

GeriPal

Eric: Well, I also just want to say one more last thing about buprenorphine and I know we’re out of time, but one of my favorite dementia articles was a stepwise pain protocol for individuals with dementia. So this is 2008 when they were running this study, I’m like why did the heck did they choose buprenorphine?

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FDA-Approved Labeling: Is Enough Enough?

FDA Law Blog

It’s important to note here that the warnings and precautions listed in the acetaminophen labeling complied with FDA’s Pregnancy Rule (which applies to all OTC systemic products), stating “if pregnant or breast-feeding ask a health professional before use,” and with the acetaminophen OTC Monograph and the relevant NDAs.