GeriPal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

We also briefly mention Susan Wong’s terrific studies that found a disconnect between older adults with renal failure’s expressed values, focused on comfort, and their advance care planning and end-of-life care received, which focused on life extension; and another study that found quality of life was sustained until late in the illness course.

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GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

I asked emergency medicine clinicians what they thought when a patient who is seriously ill and DNR comes to the ED, and some responded, (paraphrasing), what are they doing here? Most emergency providers wanted to do the right thing for seriously ill patients, but they didnt have the knowledge, skills, or experience to do it.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

Full disclosure, I talked with Ava Kofman a bunch while she was preparing that article, and I thought based on my professional experience working in hospice, things that I had seen, that she raised a lot of issues that I had personally encountered in my clinical experience. And it’s an easy way to try to ensure quality hospice programs.

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