GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

All of them are going to be over 65 by 2030, so if you figure a quarter of those have diabetes, I call it the silver tsunami that’s coming into the palliative care geriatrics world, so these are topics that are going to be really important to all of us. And just with the aging population, baby boomers are going to be hitting 65.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

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. I think, again, it’s the person’s individual, their preference. Alex: Yeah, I like that approach too.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

We were never going to have all the geriatricians that folks had forecast, whether it was 25,000 in 2025 or 30,000 in 2030, we were never going to get there. There are truly so many incredible learners and professionals out there that are passionate about geriatrics.

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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. So it’s hard to know about individual practice when I think of geriatrics or geriatric nursing because a lot of the solutions are really broad scale public health initiatives are needed, don’t you think?

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GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

This is a particularly interesting topic because we know that individuals with dementia have a high rate of entering nursing home. That just leads to issues that can make home care very difficult for these individuals. So you’re kind of the guest host today. Why did you do that paper, James? James 17:03 Yeah, I think so.

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GeriPal

APRIL 20, 2023

What are the structural factors and individual factors that contribute to homelessness? They found that between 2017 and 2030, they think the percentage of the population that’s 65 and up is going to triple in that 15-year period. The worse the structural factors are, the fewer individual factors you need to become homeless.

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