GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

Screening for addressing hearing loss should be an integral part of what we do in geriatrics and palliative care, but it often is either a passing thought or completely ignored. Meg is a researcher and professor of Gerontological Nursing and a Geriatric Nurse Practitioner in the School of Nursing at UCSF.

IT 102

IT Screening Hospital Clinic 102

GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

These individuals may become unrepresented, meaning they lack the capacity to make a specific medical decision, do not have an advance directive for that decision, and do not have a surrogate to help. How should we care for unrepresented individuals in inpatient and outpatient settings? Why not use the older term unbefriended?

Patient-Centered 109

Patient-Centered IT Patients Healthcare 109

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

There’s a book called The 36-hour day for dementia caregivers. So I thought… And I was doing this for the United States Preventive Services Task Force because we were looking at the evidence to what’s the benefit and harm of screening, and I had to look all over. They can be nurse if you want to.

Patient-Centered 125

Patient-Centered IT Family Families 125