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Delivery of healthcare provider’s lifestyle advice and lifestyle behavioural change in adults who were overweight or obese in pre-diabetes management in the USA NHANES (2013–2018)

BMJ

NHANES is designed and conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US. Our study sample included 1039 eligible adults who were overweight or obese and reported prediabetes from pooled NHANES (2013-2018). Of those, 76.8%

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Promoting Compassionate Emergency Care for Children with Autism

PEMBlog

While we pride ourselves on providing high-quality care for all children, we must acknowledge that the noisy, fast-paced, and unpredictable environment of the ED can be especially distressing for autistic patients. Encourage families to bring All About Me sheets or care cards that summarize critical accommodations. their car).

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Intentionally Interprofessional Care: DorAnne Donesky, Michelle Milic, Naomi Saks, & Cara Wallace

GeriPal

Alex 01:23 And we’re delighted to welcome DorAnne Donesky, who is a palliative care nurse practitioner at Queen of the Valley Medical center in Napa and professor emeritus at the UCSF School of Nursing. The collaboration is actually the center. For instance, a family meeting or an update or communication with families.

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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

GeriPal

Does it improve outcomes that patients, caregivers, and clinicians care about? hint: 80% can be done in advance by patients or caregivers) Why is it that some oncologists are resistant to conducting a geriatric assessment, yet have no problem ordering tests that cost thousands of dollars? Alex: How is your family doing?

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How to Make an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis in Primary Care: A Podcast with Nathaniel Chin

GeriPal

How should we screen for cognitive impairment? He is associate professor at the University of Wisconsin and medical director of their Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. Who do you think we should be screening and how should we be screening them for these symptoms? Who should we be screening as far as.

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EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

GeriPal

The insight started when Carmen, an orthopedic surgeon-researcher, and Katie, a physical therapist- researcher participated in ride-alongs with EMS providers to patient’s homes. Going into patient’s homes was eye opening. Eric: Well, what are the odds that two family members focus on a similar topic and do research together?

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Jumpstarting Goals of Care Convos: Erin Kross, Bob Lee, and Ruth Engelberg

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary Today’s podcast is a follow up to our 2018 podcast with Randy Curtis about the Jumpstart intervention. On that podcast he and collaborators tested a combined patient and clinician facing communication priming intervention to promote goals of care conversations. Randy died February 26, 2023. Welcome, Bob.