GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

Are there meaningful ways of assessing loneliness and social isolation in clinical settings and connecting patients with interventions? The Listening “EAR” approach that simplifies assessment of loneliness and social isolation in clinical settings, and other practical pointers.

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IT Community Patient-Centered Medical 99

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

And when I was getting my PhD, I wanted to find something that spoke to me, and I had been doing clinical work in nursing homes. So, how do we establish standards so that you even get the basic care you need for your cognitive or physical functional issues? Or do you want to go to the hospital if something happens?

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Community IT Mental Health Medical 97

GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

So it’s a five component scale and it includes slow gate speed, weak and grip strength, exhaustion, unintentional weight loss, and low physical activity, which I really like thinking about those components. And I really want to encourage people to … Wes Ely writes beautifully about that in his book. Julien: Absolutely.

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Patient-Centered Patients IT Hospital 96

GeriPal

JULY 7, 2022

Well, Haider has an intimate relationship with pain, having experienced chronic pain himself and now having dove deep into the latest research on pain for his new book The Song of Our Scars: The Untold Story of Pain. . We’re going to be talking about pain and your book. It was actually in the first draft of the book.

Patient-Centered 105

Patient-Centered Physicals IT Patients 105

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Too many people do because it’s really hard to keep their loved ones at home for the cost, the enormous financial, mental and physical strain for the family. There’s a book called The 36-hour day for dementia caregivers. So what that means is I take care of you just in my clinic, just in my hospital. And guess what?

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Patient-Centered IT Families Family 125