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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

GeriPal

The article we discuss today, also published in JAMA , addresses these two gaps. So, there was this study called, Acute Care for Elders, where they developed these specialized units and they had specialized attention to multidisciplinary geriatric domains for inpatient hospitalized older adults, and they showed great outcomes.

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The Nature of Suffering: BJ Miller and Naomi Saks

GeriPal

Alex: I wonder when we talk about it, because we’ll have links to both Eric Cassell’s argument, and we mentioned another article from Tate. Eric Cassell’s article, The Nature of Suffering, that you might think suffering would appear in the definition of palliative care. Alex: That’s a big spectrum right there.

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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

GeriPal

So I make the point, they often say, “Oh, you have this special population,” like pediatrics, where it’s 10% or something. So falls, mobility concerns, polypharmacy, comorbidities, nutrition, social support, and mental health. Do you worry about that? We actually have the majority. So this podcast is GeriPal.

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Palliative Care Pioneer: Susan Block

GeriPal

There was a Stanford article talking about you as a pioneer in this field. And then I immediately realized that I was fighting going into a mental health discipline because of my parents’ background in mental health as psychologists. My question is, what article are you most proud of? Susan: Thank you.

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Buprenorphine Use in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Zachary Sager and Janet Ho

GeriPal

And if you want to learn more about buprenorphine from these amazing palliative care clinicians and others, check out of some of these articles: Learn more about caring for those with substance use disorder: . Article on buprenorphine in the elderly. We got some really special guests with us. Transcript. This is Eric Widera.

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Normalcy, Introspection, & the Experience of Serious Illness: Bill Gardner, Juliet Jacobsen, and Brad Stuart

GeriPal

He studies the mental health system in the ways in which it has failed children and adolescents, and he writes about his experience with cancer in a blog, the Billgardner.substack.com, Billgardner, one word. I was asking about what was going to be special about the trip or if they were going to do things with their family.

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Trauma-Informed Care: A Podcast with Mariah Robertson, Kate Duchowny, and Ashwin Kotwal

GeriPal

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. Mariah 25:13 Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, saa.