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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. Eric: So you both published a paper in JAGS, what, 2018, ’19 looking at what happens to people? AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) â„¢. Carmen: Thank you.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

Eric: For those of you don’t know, Emmy was on our podcast back in 2018 … man, pre-COVID times. Or somebody who has other physical cognitive problems at any age. This is something we’ve heard from people: that if you just bring it up every year as part of your routine physical, like, “Any concerns about driving?”

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

GeriPal

William: So ASCO decided to make a high priority this year to redo the guidelines, which were originally released in 2018. And then the duo, physical and cognitive function, those are the seven that… Alex: Oh, that’s a good way of remembering it. Drugs has to do with polypharmacy. I like it, John. William: Yeah. Mazie: Yes.

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

GeriPal

We start off part one by interviewing Michele DiTomas, who has been the longstanding Medical Director of the Hospice unit and currently is also the Chief Medical Executive for the Palliative care Initiative with the California Correctional Healthcare Services. Michele: The article was 2018, but I think Bonnie read the article more recently.

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

GeriPal

So I get all the referrals from my great colleagues in primary care. I mean, I don’t want to speak to your healthcare system and what’s happened, but that to me seems inappropriate. We save healthcare. So we’re talking about primary care and so I’m a little bit biased here. Nate 19:49 Yeah. So now, again.

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Pragmatic Trial of ACP: Jennifer Wolff, Sydney Dy, Danny Scerpella, and Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson

GeriPal

At a high level to sort of step in and start, you know, tinkering with workflows that, you know, are kind of as healthcare is a giant machine in primary care. Ideally the conversation would happen before, but also clinicians were able to make referrals to facilitators. So ultimately, you know, we had to get buy in at. Is that right?

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Should We Shift from Advance Care Planning to Serious Illness Communication?

GeriPal

And I’m worried about all of us as healthcare workers, but particularly… And when I say particularly those in the hospital, because they are just tired. And it was really good for my mental and physicalPhysical health, obviously, but mental health really. Get the hospice referral. What are your values?

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