GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

My great-grandmother in particular had a very profound hearing loss and I don’t know, as a kid, I was obsessed with taking them apart and wanted to do more of the engineering side. And honestly in undergrad I was like, “Engineering is really hard. I wonder if you could engage their family in the goals of care discussion.”

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IT Screening Hospital Clinic 102

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Often the work of the certified driving rehab specialist is to assess the older drivers goals, assess prognosis for driving, and help the family navigate discussions around driving cessation (hmmm…sounds like an approach to family meetings). Were those people self referring, or family members calling you asking? Eric: Yeah.

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Families IT Family Diagnosis 102

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Somebody shouts at my front Desk staff because they’re pissed off about their appointment time. But if we’re going to have a family meeting, that’s a different circumstance. I said, you know, I don’t usually start my appointments in laughter. Because like Amanda said, everything we see is coping.

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Illness IT Patient-Centered Patients 126

GeriPal

JUNE 15, 2023

Five minute appointments. Charlotta: But that’s where generative AI, what I’m like, one thing I’m really excited about is this new field called prompt engineering. And patients and family members tell us that they worry that their clinician is going to be overly focused on that mortality number now.

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IT Patient-Centered Patients Healthcare 100