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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

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If you want to take a deeper dive into this subject and read some of the articles we discussed in the podcast, check out the following: Hearing Loss: Effect on Hospice and Palliative Care Through the Eyes of Practitioners. COVID-19, masks, and hearing difficulty: Perspectives of healthcare providers. Transcript. This is Eric Widera.

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Nudges for Prognosis and Comfort Care in the ICU: Kate Courtright, Scott Halpern, & Jaspal Singh

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Prior podcasts on the ethics of nudging , and a different trial conducted by Kate and Scott in which the default for hospitalized seriously ill patients was to receive a palliative care consult. Many were community hospitals. The intervention was a negative study for the primary outcome, hospital length of stay. What is sludge?

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Improving Nursing Home Quality: Jasmine Travers, Alice Bonner, Isaac Longobardi, and Mike Wasserman

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Summary Transcript Summary In April 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) issued a report on how the United States delivers, regulates, finances, and measures the quality of nursing home care. Eric: And we will have links to the articles. We’ll add the Jags articles when they come out.

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Artificial Intelligence: Charlotta Lindvall, Matt DeCamp, Sei Lee

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” And Bing responded, I should ask about how AI can help identify patients who need palliative care and reduce hospitalizations, what are the benefits and challenges of using AI in decision-making, communication, palliative care, and how could AI support the quality of life and dignity of patients for those who are receiving palliative care?

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

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In today’s podcast we talk with surgeon Samir Shah and Health Services Researcher Joel Weissman about a pair of JAGS articles they published on the outcomes of high risk surgery and advance care planning among persons with dementia. Joel: The Brigham and Women’s Hospital likes me to say that too. Did I get that right?

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Coping with Serious Illness: Danielle Chammas and Amanda Moment

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Here are some more resources we’ve discussed in the podcast Dani’s NEJM article on coping: “ Should I Laugh at That? Alex 00:26 And we’re delayed to welcome Amanda Moment, who is a palliative care social worker at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Dani, welcome back to GeriPal. Dani 00:25 Excited to be back.

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