GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

The obstacles hindering referrals to palliative care services. We also take a dive into these 2 articles that Connie first authored: Palliative care in nursing homes: A qualitative study on referral criteria and implications for research and practice. Nursing home, length of stay, I think it was like back in 2010, at the end of life.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary In the early 1990’s, California Medical Facility (CMF) created one of the nation’s first licensed hospice units inside a prison. Alex: We are in the California Medical Facility and we will ask our guest about that. I’ve known Michele a long time, since the Joint Medical Program. Michele: Yep.

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GeriPal

MARCH 20, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary Eric and Alex have featured discussions about complex bioethical concepts around caring for people at the end of life, including voluntarily stopping eating and drinking ( VSED ), and multiple episodes about the ethical issues surrounding medical aid in dying ( MAID ). Alex 00:14 We have a very full house today.

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GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

Now when I say variation, I’m not talking about small little clinically questionable variations. Archives of Internal Medicine 2010. Ruth: I do have to also say that it’s important to remember that feeding tube use and hospital transfers for people with advanced dementia has no demonstrated clinical benefit. Ruth: Sure.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Eric 07:31 A clinical perspective, why is it important to test this stepped care model versus implementing more? Chris 07:41 Yeah, it’s a really interesting thing, because the 2010 article was solving the problem of, hey, send us patients, we promise we won’t kill them. Eric 07:25 I guess, Chris, from your perspective.

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PEMBlog

MAY 9, 2024

Obviously, you should ask about immunization status and whether or not the child has any underlying medical or neurologic problems or developmental delay. Well, they say that LP should be performed when there are meningeal signs or symptoms or other clinical features that suggest possible meningitis or intracranial infection.

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