GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

So my family is from Maui and were impacted by the wildfires, so I really appreciate this. Alex: How is your family doing? My family’s also from Maui. And her dad’s family, the Makekaus family, which is based in Lahaina, and we actually visited their grave sites there, when we were there a few years ago.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 11, 2022

There was a Stanford article talking about you as a pioneer in this field. There was no conversation with the patient or the family about this. And the families were part of it, which is not what it was like in the hospital. Susan: Thank you. Eric: I wonder if, as a pioneer in the field… And I was just reading about that.

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GeriPal

MARCH 13, 2025

Yes, it means to cloak, but theres more Whole-person-care Total pain Healing as a process distinct from the deterioration of the body Sympomatologists The patient and family as the unit of care Our guests referenced many articles on this podcast, linked above and below. I loved the relationship that we developed and the fun we had.

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GeriPal

JUNE 29, 2023

This week we’re going on to episode two, which is for me one of the most special episodes we’ve done in GeriPal for a very, very long time. Eric: And in the end, we have a very special part where we actually get a tour of their gardens outside of the hospice unit. Alex: This is Alex Smith. Allan: 35 years. Eric: 35 years.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

That’s why we use the terms assessment and intervention and we think of assessment as a skill of a very advanced skill that chaplains have of doing an in-depth evaluation of a patient or family member, and then the interventions should certainly follow naturally from that. LaVera: I trained at UCSF in family medicine.

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GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

Despite these substantial needs, specialized palliative care beyond hospice is rare in nursing homes. How to think about primary and specialized palliative care in this setting. So we see a lot of problems with symptom management, a lot of family conflict. Many also suffer from distressing symptoms like pain. Kathleen 07:49 Yes.

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GeriPal

APRIL 28, 2022

Because just like in the bedside space, if you are using humor in a way that builds bonds and relationships with the patient can be really beautiful, and normalizing. Here’s another clinician saying, “I ignored a patient’s tears and gave a speech about cardiac physiology during a family meeting.” Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

I’d also like to give a shout out to a recent ACP article on HFpEF with an outstanding contribution from Ariela Orkaby, geriatrician extraordinaire (we also just did a podcast with her on frailty ). ** This podcast is not CME eligible. Because I think we have someone special, a guest host. A pill organizer, having family.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guest hosts Lynn Flint and Anne Kelly have no relationships to disclose. The ones who are publishing interesting articles are easy as we knew MAID is always going to be a controversial topic. Eric: I do not want my family to listen to my podcasts. laughter] Alex: Yeah.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 5, 2024

– @AlexSmithMD Here’s a link to an article about the Palliative Story Exchange. ** This podcast is not CME eligible. So has a special resonance for, I think, a lot of people who are Tragically H ip fans. One of the questions was, “Can you name a song by the Tragically Hip?” Transcript Eric 00:01 Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

And for this podcast in particular, both Bill and Louise wrote articles that we’re going to be discussing particular patient cases. So while you don’t have to, we’re gonna summarize these articles. If you have a chance to read those articles before you listen to this podcast, I highly recommend that you do.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 31, 2023

You’re a senior author on this article in JPSM, where you interviewed some geriatricians and other people caring for older adults, nurse practitioners, social workers, et cetera. I was asking about what was going to be special about the trip or if they were going to do things with their family. Now it’s what?

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GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

primary palliative care interventions seem to fail, whereas specialized palliative care interventions have a relatively robust track record of success. And it’s very traumatic obviously for the family and all of that and the team really. Eric 19:30 Should we add that to special effects as our producer? We looked at reach.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

And also it’s a little bit of an insult to one’s identity to feel like if this special person in your life can be forgotten, then you can be forgotten. But our living memory home is a way to both maintain that connection, because that’s the fear is that you’re going to lose this connection to this very special person.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

A great Curbsiders podcast episode on Trauma-informed care with Megan Gerber CAPCs Trauma-informed care toolkit Mariahs article on Home-Based Care for LGBTQ or another diverse gender identity Older Adults ** This podcast is not CME eligible. Eric 27:08 I’m going to also call out Mariah’s article in jags. Kate 01:09 Yeah.

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GeriPal

MARCH 30, 2023

Eric: Yeah, I can also imagine … So writing a traditional academic journal article is, one, you said it’s formulaic in a way. It feels special to me. ” I think that’s what I’m talking about with action, or it might be family leave policies. So I’ll stop there. You have the same sections.

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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. Is that right, Hope?

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GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary We are dusting off our crystal balls today with three amazing guests who have all recently published an article on prognosis over the last couple months: Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Alex 00:18 Prognosis, super special today.

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GeriPal

APRIL 26, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guest Betty Ferrell has no relationships to disclose. He is a palliative care physician at the Durham VA Medical Center in Duke and blogs on Substack at Notes from a Family Meeting. From you reading the 2022 article that was authored? Josh, welcome back to GeriPal.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 7, 2023

I actually wonder though, since we’re on a GeriPal broadcast, I think that people are under emphasizing the special risk of older people. And so if we think of that relationship though, as these kinds of disasters increasing, so flooding, hurricanes, extreme heat and extreme cold, there are system level things to do.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

That happened to me when reading “Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World.” I had heard of course heard of imposter syndrome in the past but I didn’t make the connection to myself until I read this article and saw my thoughts printed on the page. moment – about yourself and the ways you interact with others.

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GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

Eric 01:07 So we have an amazing lineup of guests and we’re going to be talking about a pragmatic study on advanced care planning, which we’ll have links to in our show, notes for the actual article. And so this is our way of supporting non English speaking families in advanced care planning. Jasmine, is it you?

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GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

On today’s podcast Areej El-Jawahri, oncologist specializing in blood cancers at MGH, says that sexual health is one of the top if not the top issue among cancer survivors. Alex 00:06 We are delighted to welcome back Areej El-Jawahri, who’s an oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital who specializes in blood cancers.

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GeriPal

APRIL 21, 2022

Look also for a forthcoming article by Mike and Redwing in Journal of Pain and Symptom Management on poetry as a healing modality, to be published mid May (will add link when out). This is a poem that gets into this issue of, what is the clinician relationship to all that stuff that’s going on around us? Eric: Yeah? Mike: Yeah.

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GeriPal

MAY 1, 2025

Alex 00:07 We are delighted to welcome Peter Selwyn, who is a family medicine and palliative medicine doctor and chairman of the Department of Family and Social Medicine and director of the Palliative Care Program at Montefiore E instein and author of Surviving the the Personal Journey of an AIDS Doctor. Who are our guests?

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GeriPal

JANUARY 5, 2023

Yvonne Lindgren article mentioned on podcast. This is a key issue, and I want to cite… Here’s this nice article from Rights to Dignity: Drawing Lessons From Aid in Dying and Reproductive Rights by Yvonne Lindgren, who I don’t know. There’s nothing special about it. Robert: Professional relationship.

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