PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

You just got to take a good history and do a physical examination, especially when the symptoms are typical, like regurgitation, heartburn, or epigastric pain in an older child or adolescent. Again, otherwise the diagnosis is based on history and physical examination. You want to take a good history on feeding or dietary habits.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

However, at Mesa Family Physicians , we believe that preventive healthcare is the cornerstone of long-term wellness for our Mesa, Arizona community. Regular visits to your primary care physician at Mesa Family Physicians provide opportunities for early detection of potential health issues before they become serious problems.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The insight started when Carmen, an orthopedic surgeon-researcher, and Katie, a physical therapist- researcher participated in ride-alongs with EMS providers to patient’s homes. So Carmen and Katie developed an EMS Community Partnership program. Word of mouth spread rapidly. And the number of calls for falls dropped.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 23, 2025

Residents of East Palestine, Ohio, where the derailment occurred, have pressed the government to do more to answer questions about the mental and physical health effects of the disaster — from post-traumatic stress to cancer. Allison also praised the decision to involve the community in shaping the research.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

And that made me think more about, they’ve been dealing with these illnesses for many years before we even met them in the ICU, and why aren’t we doing more of this care where they live? In their communities? David: We used the VA specific care assessment needs score, which- Eric: Oh, the CAN score. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

How HHS and ASPE solicit input from clinicians, community leaders, and older adults and how much it impacts policy decisions (spoiler alert: this involvement is CRUCIAL). We also touch briefly on topics discussed in prior podcasts such as loneliness and federal responses to the pandemic in relation to long-term care.

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

But then once it was open, started seeing a lot of other populations: not just our own hospital population, but a lot more just community members calling with concerns about driving. If they’re in a major car crash, they’re going to have more long-term complications probably than a 20-year-old would. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Physical therapy had walked with him that day and noted improvement compared to previous walks, suggesting that he should be discharged to a skilled nursing facility for rehabilitation on discharge. At the end of the day, I lamented that physical, occupational, and speech therapists aren’t more tightly integrated with palliative care teams.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

And following these guidelines is really important because geriatric and palliative care related problems are really common. To start with assessing all these syndromes and palliative care related problems and geriatric syndromes, so that we can create interventions that allow people to receive the cutting edge therapies.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

He’s the founder and leader of the Palliative Education and Care for the Homeless program in Toronto, Palliative care physician at St. Michael’s Hospital in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. The social determinants of health and what community well being was a big part of.

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GeriPal

MAY 26, 2022

There were community-minded motivations, there were motivations that were not having to do with health but having to do with, “So my kids won’t keep calling me and telling me I have to get vaccinated,” type motivations so. I think in other cases, if you look at surveys, the motivations can be more complex. Alex: Yeah.

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GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

None of the changes that we saw in end-of-life care processes relied on specialist palliative care increases or resources, which is really important because seven of the 10 hospitals that participated were rural or community-based, which is where most Americans receive their care, and also where specialist palliative care is often most limited.

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

I am wondering whether it’s the conversations and preparation that’s primary care providers and outpatient providers are having with a lot of these patients and families to either prevent an ICU admission or potentially address their goals, such that they don’t go into the ICU. That’s a great question.

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GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

Today we are delighted to welcome Jennifer Wolff, Sydney Dy, and Danny Scerpella, who conducted a pragmatic trial of advance care planning (ACP) in primary care practices; and Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson, who wrote an accompanying commentary in JAMA Internal Medicine. Jennifer, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Sydney 00:41 Thank you.

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GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

Don 13:50 Well, you know, I think one of the issues, though, when you ask about prevalence data, especially, say, in the oncology world, not only does it matter about how you ask the questions, but because it’s such a complicated topic, people may infer very different things as to what you’re talking about. Sharon 15:21 Right.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

If you are interested in learning more and meeting a community of folks interested in hospital-at-home, check out the hospital-at-home user group at hahusersgroup.org or some of these publications: Hospital-Level Care at Home for Acutely Ill Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. We have home-based primary care.

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