GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

And I think a big part of that journey was just having that right time, that right moment, with the right network and support groups of individuals, including my family, to really lift me up and allow me to celebrate my authentic self. If we think of discrimination, how people are treated by their biological family. Caregivers too.

Individual 85

Individual Community IT Chronic Condition 85

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

And if the doctors still come up with different diagnoses or perceptions of what’s happening with the patient and or treatment plans, that’s all on them. They were not touching the patient, and they were more likely to be looking at the nurse or the vital signs tracing than the patient or the family member.

Patient-Centered 111

Patient-Centered Patients IT Healthcare 111

GeriPal

JUNE 26, 2025

We focus on function and mortality because these are outcomes that really are important to patients and families. May not even know that the patient has dementia, or they might think that, but it’s not been diagnosed. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2025. What is your function? And do you die?

Illness 93

Illness Hospital IT Patient-Centered 93

GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

And so this is our way of supporting non English speaking families in advanced care planning. But most people with dementia are initially diagnosed and medically managed in primary care, and they really desire clinicians to initiate these conversations but there are a number of really important barriers for these conversations taking place.

Primary Care 79

Primary Care IT Clinic Illness 79

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.

Patient-Centered 125

Patient-Centered IT Families Family 125