2009 Healthcare Professional Medical Primary Care 
GeriPal
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Alex: And we are also delighted to welcome Devika Nair, who is a nephrologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee Valley VA Healthcare System. As you know, our population is aging at a rapid speed and older, adult older persons is no longer cared for only by a geriatrician or a primary care physician.
GeriPal
MARCH 7, 2024
An end-of-life doula is a non-medical support person that provides a longitudinal relationship with aspects of medical, I mean, aspects of companionship, presence, holding space, some logistics, some practical help, decision making perhaps. That’s probably too medical. I’m using my medical brain. Jane: Right.
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GeriPal
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Alex: And we are also delighted to welcome Devika Nair, who is a nephrologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee Valley VA Healthcare System. As you know, our population is aging at a rapid speed and older, adult older persons is no longer cared for only by a geriatrician or a primary care physician.
GeriPal
APRIL 10, 2025
Do they have documents in the record like medical orders for life sustaining treatment or a healthcare proxy? So I guess the bigger question I’m going to turn to you, Tammie, on this is that we actually had Yale Shanker and Bob Arnold on to talk about primary palliative care intervention and oncology in infusion clinics.
GeriPal
MARCH 10, 2022
Many years ago for the first study; I believe it was in 2009, 2010; I met with Susan Mitchell at the Institute for Aging Research, and told her that I wanted to study the use of feeding tubes for people with advanced dementia. We got rid of all these psychotropic medications and this person … one individual had had a vascular dementia.
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