GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

Was there any mention about the impact that hearing loss has in communication or what we should do about it in clinical practice? 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. I’m guessing not.

IT 102

IT Screening Hospital Clinic 102

GeriPal

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Today we talk with DorAnne Donesky, Michelle Milic, Naomi Saks, & Cara Wallace about the notion that we should revolutionize our education programs, training programs, teams, incentive structures, and practice to be intentionally interprofessional in all phases. It actually can be applied to research and education, too.

Screening 119

Screening IT Families Family 119

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

After discussing screening options for substance use disorder, we go on to talk about both the treatments for it and the issues that arise. So, we are not screening for substance use in cancer care, so we don’t get good estimates among people with cancer, which is really how we would prefer to ask the question. Katie: Yeah.

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening IT 136

GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

Ashwin Kotwal: Yeah, and Thomas, I know this is something we’ve talked about as a group too, which is how do you translate some of these scales that we use in large studies to our clinical practice? Thomas: But the person did screen and used a little bit of the and Social Network Scale and the UCLA Loneliness Scale.

IT 99

IT Community Patient-Centered Medical 99

GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

Ruth: Very strong odor, devoid of furniture, broken screens … Eric: So it was the physical environment and … Ruth: Physical environment. Joan: A lot of my work comes out of my clinical practice. But we did see a trend where the three highest nursing homes were the most unpleasant.

Nurse Practitioner 60

Nurse Practitioner Hospital Families Family 60