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GeriPal Special: Hopes and Worries for Hospice and Palliative Care

GeriPal

Attendee 11: I am hopeful that the model of care that we deliver is what our patients and their caregivers want, need and deserve. Attendee 16: Not being able to be involved as early as we all would like to be in the course of any patient’s trajectory of their illness. Attendee 18: The science. Eric: Tell me more.

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Improving Hospital Care for Older Adults through Acute Care for Elders (ACE Units): Kellie Flood and Stephanie Rogers

GeriPal

Which patients are eligible to go to an ACE unit? So I picked the Ed Sheeran song, The A Team, because it reminds me of our ACE team that goes around the hospital and cares for our older patients. And a light bulb just went off in my head, like, yes, this makes sense as a model for how we should care for more complex older patients.

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Digital Skin Care: Top 8 Dermatology Apps

The Medical Futurist

In 2013, only 56 percent of Americans owned a smartphone, which climbed to around 90% by now. Self-care and telemedicine for patients The options of teledermatology services, as well as self-care platforms, are soaring. Dermatology apps to keep patients in the loop Are you going on holiday and worried about the harmful UV radiation?

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

GeriPal

This is like, back in 2013, and I joined the faculty at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. So when I joined Sinai In 2013, I was in a different form at that time. And then the other thing is really partnering with your patient or your clients in terms of. Eric 04:53 How is it public? Can you tell me about that?

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What is Death? Winston Chiong and Sean Aas

GeriPal

Patients families want to know whether their loved one has died. Doctors want to know whether the patient has died. And one of the principal driving factors behind doctors wanting to know whether the patient has died, I think we need to acknowledge, is harvesting organs for transplant. This patient died.

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