GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Well-being committees are popping up at every level of an organization. And C-suites now have chief wellness officers sitting at the table. Eric 01:54 Why’d you pick this song, Naomi? Naomi 01:57 Because it really talks about this beautiful experience of our beloved, which is ourselves, the part that we often cut out of the equation.

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GeriPal

MAY 26, 2022

They argue that the current guidelines, which prioritize immunocompromised people and unvaccinated older people on the same level, should be re-done to prioritize the immunocompromised first, and additionally move up older vaccinated individuals or vaccinated persons with comorbidities. Evusheld is the latest case in point. . Emily: It is.

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BMJ

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Besides the risks to an individual, there are also population-level harms from normalizing certain harmful behaviors (e.g., It is imperative for policy makers, school administrators, healthcare professionals, and parents to become aware of these emerging dangers and take appropriate steps, like what has been done for the opioid epidemic.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Hospital Chaplains, Spirituality, and Pain Management: A Qualitative Study. Pain Manag Nurs. 2023 Dec 20:S1524-9042(23)00202-3. doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2023.11.004. 2023.11.004. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38129210. Kleinman, A. The illness narratives suffering, healing, and the human condition. Accepting This Poem by Mark Nepo [link] Saks, N.,

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

I’ve seen this question come up a lot since finishing fellowship nearly two decades ago. Historically, answers generally lamented the ever increasing need for geriatrics without a corresponding growth in the number of specialists in the field. Mike, welcome to GeriPal. Mike: Great to be here. Alex: We’ll take any Warriors we can get.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 8, 2022

My Life, My Story: VA’s healthcare improvements through deliberate storytelling – YouTube. Summary Transcript Summary. Eric and I weren’t sure what to call this podcast – storytelling and medicine? Narrative medicine? We discussed it with today’s guests Heather Coats, palliative care NP-scientist, and Thor Ringler, poet.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Eric: And somebody told me you’re a professional tambourine player. I started going to the literature and I noticed that communities of color, those with the Hispanic background, Black individuals were disproportionately impacted by dementia, and I couldn’t believe it. African American? Black/African American? Karen: I do.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary What level of evidence do we need for POLST to use it ourselves, to advocate for wider usage, and for establishing POLST completion as a quality metric? The answers to these questions will vary. Reasonable people will disagree. And today, on our podcast, our guests disagree. But is it a tiny, meaningless, fraction?

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GeriPal

MARCH 30, 2023

Today we’re going to be talking about narrative writing specifically for healthcare professionals. What motivated you to reach out to the healthcare audience in this way? My entree into healthcare is not in the academic space at all. So unlike academic journals and elsewhere. Liz: That’s right. Lovely song.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

You were on a National Academy of Sciences committee started in 2020? He’s a geriatrician and Chair of Public Policy for the California Association of Long-Term Care Medicine. Welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Mike. I hope I got that right. Mike: You got it right. Great to be back. Jasmine: Yes. Eric: Can I ask why? Jasmine: Yes.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Ann: Well, I think teamwork is key in this space and I am a big baseball fan, big Red Sox fan, which is not a good thing to be right now, but I really think it’s indicative of how we should all be working together on this team to help our seriously ill patients. Ann: No, he was very excited. And this time everybody’s joining in.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The SAMHSA defines trauma as an event, series events or set of circumstances experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or life threatening, with lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and mental, physical, social, emotional or spiritual. Mariah, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Here we go.

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GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

I cant do the primary thing Ive been trained to do: ABC, ABC, ABCs. Most emergency providers wanted to do the right thing for seriously ill patients, but they didnt have the knowledge, skills, or experience to do it. They got training in Vital Talk and ELNEC. They got feedback. So did it matter? Fernanda 01:16 I do have a song request.

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BMJ

MAY 10, 2022

Family physicians and family health workers, considered reliable sources of vaccine information, have a unique position where individuals in rural and urban areas can access frequently, uninterruptedly, cheaply, and easily [2]. Two hundred seventy-six of the healthcare professionals were reached (response rate: 85.4%).

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FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

The passage of the OTC monograph provisions of the 2020 CARES Act was intended to address the lack of resources, and user fees are being collected, but, as expected, implementing all the other aspects of the new law is a long process. Koblitz & Deborah L. More than a few have taken far longer—literally decades.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

And so we worked closely with a community advisory group who, through focus groups, told us how it was that black and white individuals with serious illness had wanted to be treated. Another interpretation is that clinicians avoided telling the parents prognosis in order to bolster their ratings of trust and communication quality.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 7, 2023

was supported by the fossil fuel industry , because it shifted responsibility for change from industry to individuals. Summary Transcript Summary To my teenagers, climate change is an existential crisis. It’s the end of the world as we know it. They decry the lack of serious attention and prioritization this issue has in the US.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary You may have heard of Area Agencies on Aging, but do you really know what they do or how they do it? What about State Departments of Aging or state master plans for aging? Do you know how these agencies fit in with programs like Meals-on-Wheels or other nutritional support programs? Susan: It is my anthem.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 29, 2022

December 2020. Training Hospitalists in Negotiations to Address Conflicts with Older Adults around Their Social Needs. Geriatrics. Conflicts Experienced by Caregivers of Older Adults With the Health-Care System. Journal of Patient Experience. Transcript. Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. So… Alex: That’s good. Eric: Yeah.

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BMJ

AUGUST 20, 2021

We sought to analyse how prescribing trends have changed over time, utilising a dataset containing all prescriptions signed and dispensed in the UK by primary care facilities from January 2014 to November 2020. Despite the spike in prescribing of insulins, oral antidiabetic medications were not similarly affected.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Malaz: I love it.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary In March 2020, we launched our first podcast on COVID-19. Over the past four years, we’ve seen many changes—some positive, some negative. While many of us are eager to move past COVID (myself included), it’s clear that COVID is here to stay. Lona, welcome back to GeriPal. Lona 00:21 It’s great to be here.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

2020 Hospital at Home-Plus: A Platform of Facility-Based Care. In addition to discussing these outcomes, we also discuss: The history of the hospital-at-home movement. The practicalities of how it works including who are good candidates, where does it start (the ED?), How is it financed and what comes next? Annals of Int Med. Thanks, Bruce.

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GeriPal

JUNE 2, 2022

So take a listen and if you want a deeper dive into some of the references we discuss on the podcast, here is a list: Medscape article on how “ COVID-19 Vaccines Work Better and for Longer Than Expected Across Populations, Including Immunocompromised Individuals”. Stat news article about variants/COVID becoming more predictable. Alex: Great.

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GeriPal

JULY 16, 2024

On the one hand, they have concerns about cognitive fitness of candidates for office. On the other hand, they worry about ageism. There’s something happening here, and what it is ain’t exactly clear. We need clear eyed thinking about this issue. We do not endorse or disclose our personal attitudes toward any particular candidate. Ken 02:33 Bravo.

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GeriPal

APRIL 17, 2025

What a Wonderful World could be sung in irony at this moment. I hope we all take it literally, with the hope this podcast ends with. Alex Smith ** This podcast is not CME eligible. To learn more about CME for other GeriPal episodes, click here. Transcript Eric 00:00 Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. It is a terrific book. Alex 02:07 Yeah, I love it.

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