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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

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. But then recognizing that our relationships impact our health even outside the context of stress.

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

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Why is that important in the emergency room? Actually, our training as emergency physicians is mostly to resuscitate to acute care. So Tammie developed something called EPIC for Emergency medicine, which is a curriculum that was one of the first ways that I think palliative care got spread in our community.

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Storytelling in Medicine: A Podcast with Liz Salmi, Anne Kelly, and Preeti Malani

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Today we’re going to be talking about narrative writing specifically for healthcare professionals. But I think the community, the response, that was overwhelming. I had the palliative care, medical, Twitter communities, like, “Shared-decision making. So unlike academic journals and elsewhere. Anne: Yeah.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

Alex: We’ve got a lot to talk about…what states are doing and cities are doing to support older adults in the community. But, what you need is a community-based game there. The long-term care is being actually provided in the community at a much higher rate than what the formal system provides. You go back home.

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AI for surrogate decision making?!? Dave Wendler, Jenny Blumenthal-Barby, Teva Brender

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It turns out there’s at least pretty good data that actually the better you know somebody, the more intimate your relationship with them, the worse you are, not the better, but the worse you are at predicting their preferences values. My guess is out in the community there’s more pressure to initiate dialysis for various reasons.