GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

It did not change the frequency of palliative care consultation, the timing of such, ICU mortality, or six-month mortality. Kate: I think the main one for me being asked on the fly is that one of the nudged specialist palliative care consultation, which we know has limitations. Eric: So how do you put that all together? Eric: Okay.

Consulting 115

Consulting Patient-Centered IT Patients 115

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

I think that study was really important, especially I think the message that I give people is you can do something as simple as calling a consultation and improve quality of life months later. Why is that important in the emergency room? Actually, our training as emergency physicians is mostly to resuscitate to acute care.

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Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 77

GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Social connections impact our health in profound ways, whether it is the support we receive from family and friends in navigating serious illness, the joy from shared social activities, or connecting with our community. They didn’t feel connected to the people in their broader community.

IT 99

IT Community Patient-Centered Medical 99

GeriPal

OCTOBER 24, 2024

That put me in the emergency room. I actually do some consulting work with a company called the Farmstand that’s based in a community called the Villages in Florida. For instance, Friday night, Saturday night parties are of community wide. So we have a whole suite of education available.

Medical 99

Medical IT Patient-Centered Healthcare 99

GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

Caroline: I want to throw in a geropsych aspect, where this kind of Venn diagram between geriatrics, palliative care, nursing home care; as a geropsych consultant in over 100 nursing homes in three states, I found this issue all the time where the staff are just like, “This person with advanced dementia is pulling out their feeding tube.

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Nurse Practitioner Hospital Families Family 60

GeriPal

DECEMBER 12, 2024

We do consults all the time on these where different people will say, no, it makes sense to try. My guess is out in the community there’s more pressure to initiate dialysis for various reasons. But more and more patients end up in emergency rooms and ICUs and they’re unrepresented. The chances are too low.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Healthcare 108