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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary Many older adults lose decision-making capacity during serious illnesses, and a significant percentage lack family or friends to assist with decisions. So those types of relationships, clergy, non family members, we talk about, I think cohabitating unmarried couples. Is that fair? Tim 11:59 Yeah.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

link] PEACH Good Wishes Program A program that provides meaningful gifts for unhoused individuals who are terminally ill. Michael’s Hospital in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. So we did a podcast on aging and homelessness with Margot Kushel in 2023. Naheed, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast.

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Negotiation and Dispute Resolution: A Podcast with Lee Lindquist and Alaine Murawski

GeriPal

Dealing with conflict in caring for the seriously ill: “it was just out of the question” JAMA 2005. So many times, family caregivers have to argue with their loved ones about getting more help in the home or moving them to a place that has safety, has close proximity to medical care. Journal of Patient Experience.

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Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

GeriPal

See the AAHPM Legislative Action Center [link] Write to the DEA, with guidance from AAHPM’s comments to the DEA March 2023. So we’re going to be talking about telemedicine, telehealth for people with serious illness. Now is the time to act, dear listeners! Start with a story as Carly did in her Op Ed. Stories trump data.

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‘I Am Going Through Hell’: Job Loss, Mental Health, and the Fate of Federal Workers

Physicians News Digest

At the urging of her therapist, she made an appointment with a psychiatrist in March after she felt she’d “hit the bottom,” she said. “I As families are forced to move, neighborhood stability gets upended. I go from anxiety to deep sadness when I think about my own family,” the employee said. Kids see fewer employed role models.