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Rethinking Opioid Conversions: Mary Lynn McPherson and Drew Rosielle

GeriPal

As I’ve been blogging about this for a couple months now, I’m really trying to find anyone who loves these things. So, Dr. McPherson, as far as I can tell, she’s really the only person in our professional community who in any sort of serious public way said, folks we need to do something about this.

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Dysphagia Revisited: A Podcast with Raele Donetha Robison and Nicole Rogus-Pulia

GeriPal

We talk with them about the epidemiology, assessment, and management of dysphagia, including the role of modifying the consistency of food and liquids, feeding tubes, and the role of dysphagia rehabilitation like tongue and cough strengthening. But estimates in community dwelling older adults are around 15%. This is Eric Widera.

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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

GeriPal

I actually wrote a blog post about this when we were a blog. We were a blog? Alex: And, it means pain management. I’m most proud that when we started the blog, there was some tension between Geriatrics and Palliative care. So, I’m super proud of being able to reach out to people in rural communities.

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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. ” Somebody in the comments on their blog response said, “Did you check the date? We just had Harvey Chochinov on.

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Storytelling in Medicine: A Podcast with Liz Salmi, Anne Kelly, and Preeti Malani

GeriPal

Today we’re going to be talking about narrative writing specifically for healthcare professionals. My entree into healthcare is not in the academic space at all. I started blogging as a patient, just talking about my own story online like patients did back in the day. So unlike academic journals and elsewhere.

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Storycatching: Podcast with Heather Coats and Thor Ringler

GeriPal

Eric’s blog post on Dignity Therapy from 2011. So we have community volunteers who often they have a background in writing or background in healthcare, certainly an interest in interviewing and an interest in writing. You did write a blog post about him though, Eric. A few Dignity Therapy- Harvey Max Chochinov links.

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Hospice in Prison Part 2: An interview with the Pastoral Care Workers

GeriPal

And I actually shared that story with Bonnie’s manager and she just thought it was pretty cool that the whole thing had come full circle, the song that she was inspired by them and then they were so moved by the song that she wrote. Eric: What do you think got you involved? What about this place kept you here? What do I want to do?”

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