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Beyond Training: How Context Matters for Early Detection of Alzheimers Disease in Primary Care [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objectives Describe perspectives of clinicians and implementation leads on the role of primary care in ADRD early detection. Setting Primary care settings in the DAC-SP early detection program. Population Studied HCPs administering the DCA and BBM tools and team leads responsible for planning and implementation.

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Updates in ID and Nephrology: Lona Mody, Rasheeda Hall, Devika Nair, Sonali Advani

GeriPal

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. And number two, maybe we should allow gentle occasional use of NSAIDs for chronic pain management if it means keeping somebody off of opioids.

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Demystifying the Role of HHS and ASPE in Guiding Federal Aging Policy and Priorities with Dr. Tisamarie Sherry

GeriPal

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. And number two, maybe we should allow gentle occasional use of NSAIDs for chronic pain management if it means keeping somebody off of opioids.

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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

GeriPal

Whenever I take care of a patient, I see myself as a family practice doctor, but I’ve been a hospitalist, I’ve been a primary care doctor, and I’ve done palliative. At what point were you engaged with the patients either as a geriatrician, primary care, or a palliative care or hospice?

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

GeriPal

It was like this patient is on hospice and call the case manager to figure out how the patient ended up here. So we did have a clinical decision support pop up that said, hey, this patient has serious illness, why don’t you go have a goals of care discussion? No difference in their primary outcome. No, no, no.

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Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

GeriPal

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. It improves symptom management. My question is, why this study, and why now? Ruth: Sure.

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Podcast Episode: The Unvaccinated Child with Fever

PEMBlog

Immunization status and the management of febrile children in the pediatric emergency department: what are we doing? Pediatr Emerg Care. In fact, is there a consensus guideline for the management of the UN or under vaccinated child with fever? How we evaluate and manage these children because unfortunately.