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Diabetes in Late Life: Nadine Carter, Tamryn Gray, Alex Lee

GeriPal

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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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

GeriPal

Jerry: Probably for the reason a lot of people go into geriatrics, close relationship with grandparents, volunteered to work in a nursing home as a high school student, just felt really good about being around old people and not having a problem with it. I finished my fellowship in ’88. Why did you go into it?

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Cachexia and Anorexia in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Eduardo Bruera

GeriPal

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guest Eduardo Bruera has no relationships to disclose. It’s just that they look like a big bmI, but they lost 15, 2030 pounds. And occasionally I get people calling me and saying, you know, I see a patient who is very chubby. But their albumin is too.

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Aging and Climate Change: Karl Pillemer, Leslie Wharton, & Ruth McDermott-Levy

GeriPal

Nursing’s had a problem getting it there, and we may get there at some point, but medicine is working on that, and there’s an organization called Global Consortium for Climate and Health Education that is really leading the way for all healthcare providers for information on how to do that. What does that actually look like?

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Prognosis Superspecial: A Podcast with Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley

GeriPal

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley have no relationships to disclose. You include things like comorbidities, age, functional status falls, some other variables. It still performs pretty well and is just a lot easier for use, for clinicians to.

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