GeriPal

MAY 25, 2023

Sarah Nouri, Hillary Lum, and LJ Van Scoy argue that diverse communities are asking for ACP. Sarah Nouri gives an example from her work in the LGBTQ+ community of a trans woman who was buried as a man because existing laws/rules did not protect her wishes. I would like to request the Friendship Train by Gladys Knight and the Pips.

Community 96

Community IT Patient-Centered Primary Care 96

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

My favorite line from Emily’s paper: “Geriatric assent has not been widely adopted in clinical care, but bioethicists should advocate for this, as adoption of partial-involvement strategies can prolong the period in which individuals are (appropriately) engaged in decisions about their health care.” I’m not going to talk about finances.

Families 98

Families Family Patient-Centered IT 98

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

And then the family tells me they can’t keep an appointment, they can’t manage their finances. We’ve had difficulty in recruiting and engaging in those communities, and that’s on our end. It’s not on the community’s end. So it matters a lot to the person, to their family, to the community.

Primary Care 96

Primary Care Diagnosis Screening IT 96

GeriPal

OCTOBER 27, 2022

As a springboard for this conversation we discuss new prognostic models developed to predict (simultaneously) mortality, disability, and mobility impairment ( Alex Lee first author, JAGS ) and mortality for people with dementia residing in the community ( James Deardorff first author, JAMA IM ). . What, published in JAMA IM? James: Yeah.

IT 95

IT Clinic Screening Patients 95

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

So, how can we improve palliative care for individuals in nursing homes? So it’s, you know, nursing homes are part of the healthcare sector, but they’re also part of the social care sector in the same building. Despite these substantial needs, specialized palliative care beyond hospice is rare in nursing homes.

Nurse Practitioner 78

Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

Caroline: And I love how you highlight the importance of these staff biases, perhaps implicit bias that is driving some of these healthcare decisions. That’s a problem in our healthcare financing system. We got rid of all these psychotropic medications and this person … one individual had had a vascular dementia.

Nurse Practitioner 60

Nurse Practitioner Hospital Families Family 60

GeriPal

JUNE 26, 2025

Eric 12:03 I’m interested in that because I hear a lot about people losing their, like, one way, like people get health issue and then lose all their finances, especially in the U.S. Those are all things that could dramatically be a major health shock for an individual. In the community? So let’s put a pin in that.

Illness 73

Illness Hospital IT Patient-Centered 73

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

How is it financed and what comes next? 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.

Hospital 115

Hospital Patient-Centered Supply Chain IT 115