GeriPal

MAY 25, 2023

I’m not sure if you read that article and whether or not it’s changed your mind or whether or not you want to do any more research in advance care planning. And as you know, it’s a great article. Advance care planning doesn’t work. Your thoughts? LJ: Definitely read it.

Community 96

Community IT Patient-Centered Primary Care 96

GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Additional links mentioned in the podcast: Recent JGIM article on POLST in California nursing homes, hospitalization, and nursing home care Karl’s GeriPal post on appropriate use of POLST Enjoy! Respectful disagreement is in short supply these days. OK, I’ll step off my soap box. AlexSmithMD Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Illness 127

GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

Harvey is probably best known for his work in developing dignity therapy, a psychological intervention designed specifically to address many of the psychological, existential, and spiritual challenges that patients and their families face as death approaches. And decided, interesting article, but it raised as many questions as it answered.

Patient-Centered 98

Patient-Centered Patients IT Illness 98

GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Social connections impact our health in profound ways, whether it is the support we receive from family and friends in navigating serious illness, the joy from shared social activities, or connecting with our community. They may have few family members, live alone. It’s tough.

IT 100

IT Community Patient-Centered Medical 100

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

And then the family tells me they can’t keep an appointment, they can’t manage their finances. Well, even for somebody like you, who’s pretty familiar with the instruments, it might cause distress for the patient, maybe their family. So it matters a lot to the person, to their family, to the community.

Primary Care 97

Primary Care Diagnosis Screening IT 97

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

We also explored several questions with them, including how to define trauma, its prevalence in older adults, the impact of past traumatic experiences, the potential triggers of trauma screening, and the application of trauma-informed principles in clinical practice. To learn more about CME for other GeriPal episodes, click here.

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IT Patient-Centered Individual Screening 67

GeriPal

MARCH 20, 2025

To delve into these questions, we spoke with Hope Wechkin, medical director of EvergreenHealth home hospice, who authored an article describing a process of Minimal Comfort Feeding (MCF) for patients who have expressed an interest in not wanting to live with advanced dementia. Joe, Josh, welcome back to Jerry Pal. So a ton to talk about.

IT 89

IT Patient-Centered Patients Medical 89

GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

Eric 01:13 So we got a lot to cover today on sexuality, sexual health and serious illness. So we got a lot to cover on sexuality, sexual health, and serious illness. Here are some articles that Kira and I have written about the topic, and that’s really how my interest in addressing sexual health concerns started.

Illness 131

Illness IT Physicals Patients 131

GeriPal

JULY 13, 2023

Today we discuss a new paper in JAMA that tests a stripped down version of the clinician only facing intervention in a pragmatic randomized trial for older adults with serious illness and those 80+. Eric and I also reflect on the podcast Randy generously did with us on his experience living with and studying serious illness.

Patient-Centered 84

Patient-Centered IT Patients Hospital 84

GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary A pragmatic trial evaluates the effectiveness of a treatment or intervention in real-world clinical practice. But before we dive into the study and the implications it has for the practice that we do, I believe someone has a song request. I’m hearing family and caregivers.

Primary Care 80

Primary Care IT Clinic Illness 80

GeriPal

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Heather: I’m requesting the song Don’t You Forget About Me, which is one of the things that I think matters most to patients and families living with Alzheimer’s disease. That’s in my view as analogous as to any other illness. You need the plaques to have that illness. Eric: Wonderful. Jason: Oh, well.

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IT Clinic Illness Hypertension 117