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Improving Hospital Care for Older Adults through Acute Care for Elders (ACE Units): Kellie Flood and Stephanie Rogers

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Which patients are eligible to go to an ACE unit? What are the benefits of an ACE unit? If ACE units are so great, why are they not so common? . What does the future look like for ACE units and how does it differ (if at all) from Age Friendly Health Systems? But before we do, do you have a song request? I think Kellie, do you have it? Alex: Yeah.

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

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We’ll discuss three recent clinical trials involving patients with serious illness, joined by our guests James Downar , Ali John Zarrabi , and Margaret Ross. We begin with a refresher on psilocybinwhat it is, how it might work, what conditions it may help treat (including demoralization), and how its typically administered. It’s there.

Illness 107
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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

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The hot sauces progressed from mild to extreme (and I mean extreme) heat. Can I just say…it works? Being asked a question with your mouth on fire, sweat streaming down your face, feeling the most awake and terrified you have ever been in your life, forces you to give an unadorned answer, straight from the heart. Lynn: Okay. Anne: GeriPal edition.

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

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Justin Sanders wants to be sure the newer generations of palliative care clinicians understand the early principles and problems that animated the founders of hospice and palliative care, including: Origins of the word palliative – its not what I thought! If you read just one, read Palliative Medicine – Just Another Specialty ?

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Prognosis Superspecial: A Podcast with Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley

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So how physically active the patient is, how much time they spend awake, how much they’re eating, how much care they need, that type of thing. MOC Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.75 You got it. Kara 04:09 Sure. Eric 05:50 Yeah.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

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Too many people do because it’s really hard to keep their loved ones at home for the cost, the enormous financial, mental and physical strain for the family. We’ll cover why the GUIDE model is important (hint – it all comes down to funding), how it was developed, what components will it include, and how it will be evaluated.

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Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

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And the Ryan Haight Act I think was passed in 2008, which was in response to a young person who died of an opioid overdose. Before we do, I think, Joe, you have a song request for Alex. Joe: I do. And the other reason is that you remind me of David Bowie. Eric: Wait, which version? The Labyrinth version or? Eric: David Bowie was in Labyrinth.