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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

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Anne: Well, speaking of your kids, a very special, sometimes listener, chimed in named Ren Smith. 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. I’m sure we all have the same issue.

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

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What I think so special about palliative care is that there’s some really radical and important ideas that sort of undergird our work and that provided a foundation for our work. Are we losing that thing that makes palliative care special, that Dame Cicely Saunders talks about those. Well, I guess just over 20 years ago.

IT 104
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Psilocybin in Serious Illness: James Downar, Ali John Zarrabi and Margaret Ross

GeriPal

So in our trial, because of security reasons, we are required by Health Canada to store the substance in a special secure area in my office. 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. Almost all.

Illness 107
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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

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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

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We got some really special guests with us. And so that lends it properties of being a pretty strong analgesic and it lends its special properties for safety, from a safety profile. So this is 2008 when they were running this study, I’m like why did the heck did they choose buprenorphine? Transcript. This is Eric Widera.

Illness 102
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Prognosis Superspecial: A Podcast with Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley

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Eric 00:13 And Alex, we have a super special today, three different articles. Alex 00:18 Prognosis, super special today. This is a particularly interesting topic because we know that individuals with dementia have a high rate of entering nursing home. Alex 00:05 To claim credit, p lease go to the C ME tab on GeriPal.org.

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

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He created fee for service, special fee for depression. Eric: … you’re getting paid for individual encounters, not going to people’s homes, not being paid for all of the additional support that’s needed for comprehensive cancer care. And when we made that with David and other, we talk with Jürgen Unützer.