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

GeriPal

Eric: And swallowing is complicated, right? But again, most of my clinical practice, until recent years, has been in the acute care setting. Eric: I also wonder, is it just the utilization review standpoint? Eric: Because you need saliva to swallow, right? Nicole: Yes. Raele: Very helpful if you do, yeah. Nicole: Exactly.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

But the thing that really motivates me is seeing, you know, and trying to manage later stage, you know, we can call them complications of people who haven’t had a diagnosis are now really in, you know, a world of complexity around other conditions, around managing life and managing practical things.

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POLST Evidence and Update: Kelly Vranas, Abby Dotson, Karl Steinberg, and Scott Halpern

GeriPal

It’s like how liberating it is to eliminate resentments, regrets and envy from our lives and how great it is in our clinical practice when we’re able to help families reconcile after an estrangement, how much relief that brings. Eric: That’s a complicated form then. You write who the surrogate is. Eric: Kelly?

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

GeriPal

I treat patients with acute leukemias and related diseases, so I kind of know some of this from my own clinical practice. But I think it’s clear that paying for an RN is cheaper than having a doctor and having a brick-and-mortar clinic, even if telehealth is a part of that. I’m just stunned even writing that!

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Dignity at the End of Life: A Podcast with Harvey Chochinov

GeriPal

Had multiple physical, psychological complications as a result of that. How do you do that in clinical practice, in a way that doesn’t take five hours of sitting down with somebody? The specifics of how it does that depend on the population in which it’s implemented, and the outcome measure that is utilized.