GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson have no relationships to disclose. I’ve seen patients post transplant when they start having complications. They are complicated. They’re complicated from a symptom standpoint.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 110

GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

Panelists David Bekelman, Lyndsay DeGroot, and Diah Martina have no relationships to disclose. And so, three years of seeing over and over people having really difficult end of life experiences in the ICU, not being able to advocate for themselves, a lot of trauma for their families, I just thought, we have to do better than this.

Patient-Centered 123

Patient-Centered IT Illness Patients 123

GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

And we got all into his family stuff and how he’d been suffering with cancer and his goal. Just encourage patients and families to bring music into their healthcare experience. We introduce it to families and patients and explain how it works and show them. Relationships are usually more complicated.

IT 98

IT Patient-Centered Patients Board-Certified 98

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

But if we’re going to have a family meeting, that’s a different circumstance. And so I let him educate me. It’s amazing how often when we’re taking care of somebody in the hospital, if you have Say, you know, a family member who is not showing up for visits with the medical team or who is.

Illness 126

Illness IT Patient-Centered Patients 126

GeriPal

JUNE 27, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Alex Gamble and Brianna Williamson have no relationships to disclose. How do you think about non pharmacological approaches, or maybe even in the people who just have a shorter, maybe less complicated anxiety, but it’s still impacting their sleep? Eric 24:51 Yeah.

Illness 130

Illness IT Diagnosis Patient-Centered 130

GeriPal

MAY 29, 2025

Today we talk about lucid episodes and what they might mean to the person with dementia, their family and loved ones, to philosophers, to clinicians, to neuroscientists. Andrew complicates this definition , stating it raises more questions than answers. Particularly patients, families. That their loved one is in there.

Families 94

Families Family IT Patient-Centered 94

GeriPal

AUGUST 11, 2022

There was no conversation with the patient or the family about this. And the medical approach to these patients was very limited, but people were treated in their homes, with their families, with enormous compassion and care, which is what was really the antithesis. And that did not seem right to me. And the focus was on their comfort.

Illness 110

Illness IT Families Family 110

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

So my family is from Maui and were impacted by the wildfires, so I really appreciate this. Alex: How is your family doing? My family’s also from Maui. And her dad’s family, the Makekaus family, which is based in Lahaina, and we actually visited their grave sites there, when we were there a few years ago.

Patient-Centered 130

Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 130

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

And so it was really the patients, you know, the caregivers, the family members were the ones who were sort of the closest in observing. And my community and about my family and those kinds of things. And they had to have a family caregiver. Their family members could not come in. Our consultation. Marie 11:03 Yes.

Consulting 64

Consulting Community Patient-Centered Families 64

GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guest Eduardo Bruera has no relationships to disclose. And the truth is we don’t want, I don’t want any patient or family to perceive that when Brera goes to see me, there’s a second interest, a second gain. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™.

Illness 134

Illness Patient-Centered Patients IT 134

GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

We’ve invited two death doulas, Jane Euler and John Loughnane (who is also a family doc and palliative care physician), to talk about the role of a doula at the end of life. We are doulas for those with serious illness and those at end-of-life, just a longitudinal relationship, nonmedical support to provide presence. John: Yeah.

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Provider Illness IT Healthcare 119

GeriPal

JANUARY 26, 2023

And again, that can create a food desert, which can create health issues for patients and their families, so that’s an example of structural racism, but again, it’s baked into laws. It can influence education systems. Eric: And it’s even more complicated, right? We just haven’t looked at it.

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IT Patient-Centered Healthcare Patients 92

GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

This is my early father’s day gift from the family. But at that time I was struck by how in that field, there wasn’t a focus or really interest in symptom management and support for patients and their families. Alex: I’ve got to show you the back of the Jersey. Eric: Yeah. Alex: That’s right. Jennifer: Oh nice.

Illness 111

Illness Hospital Patient-Centered Patients 111

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

And it’s very traumatic obviously for the family and all of that and the team really. Yeah, that’s a more complicated story. But yeah, it’s complicated. The one thing that we know is that education alone will not actually deliver behavior change. This is what gets to be complicated for standardization.

Patient-Centered 78

Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 78

GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

Just out of fellowship, Naheed built a palliative care program for homeless persons called the Palliative Education and Care for the Homeless (PEACH) Program. He’s the founder and leader of the Palliative Education and Care for the Homeless program in Toronto, Palliative care physician at St. Naheed 07:33 Yeah.

Healthcare 102

Healthcare IT Community Illness 102

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

Family medicine is neither the most prestigious nor the highest paid medical profession. GPs Are the Backbone of Effective Healthcare Systems Countries with a stronger focus on primary care and family medicine, rather than on hospitals and specialists, enjoy better health, 1 , 2 lower health inequalities, 2 , 3 and prevent hospitalizations.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Families Family GP 130

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Or is it just this lingering practice of starting dialysis early before really severe complications develop? As the caregiver or as a family member of the patient? Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Manju Kurella Tamura, Susan Wong, & Maria Montez-Rath have no relationships to disclose.

Management 117

Management Patient-Centered Patients IT 117

GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

** Claim your CME credit for EP293 “What’s Up With MAID in Canada” [link] Note : If you have not already registered for CME, you can register here [link] For more info on the CME credit, go to [link] Disclosures: Moderators Drs Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™.

Illness 144

Illness IT Medical Provider 144

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Alex 15:13 This is really complicated. She entertained her family. Thanksgiving’s coming up, you’re having your family, Christmas coming up. You’re going to go traveling to Hawaii with your family, and, you know, you want to die in January. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose.

Patients 98

Patients IT Patient-Centered Hospital 98

GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley have no relationships to disclose. And just like cultural background, there are some individuals and families that would really never have their loved one enter a nursing home, choosing instead to take care of them.

Families 108

Families Family Patient-Centered Patients 108

GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

And so this is our way of supporting non English speaking families in advanced care planning. And I have a long interest in identifying family caregivers and supporting them in care delivery. And so this was really, in my view, a perfect window for reinforcing the role of family in primary care. Eric 02:32 Great, Alex.

Primary Care 80

Primary Care IT Clinic Illness 80

GeriPal

MAY 1, 2025

Alex 00:07 We are delighted to welcome Peter Selwyn, who is a family medicine and palliative medicine doctor and chairman of the Department of Family and Social Medicine and director of the Palliative Care Program at Montefiore E instein and author of Surviving the the Personal Journey of an AIDS Doctor. Who are our guests?

Primary Care 96

Primary Care IT Clinic Provider 96

GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

And that really is what prompted me to get certified as a sexual education provider. There is a patient caregiver relationship that evolves over time, and there’s less of a focus on intimacy in that relationship. And then I subsequently entail, yeah, it was interesting. I learned nothing. Sharon 15:21 Right.

Illness 131

Illness IT Physicals Patients 131

GeriPal

AUGUST 22, 2024

Patients families want to know whether their loved one has died. And one would be when care is continuing a case where people believe that the patients died, or oftentimes, this is also a source of controversy between families and clinicians. And I think maybe we could list them all. That’s one key interested party.

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IT Families Family Patient-Centered 115

Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 6, 2025

At Mesa Family Physicians, we firmly believe that preventing health problems before they arise is always preferable to treating them after they’ve developed. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the best examples of preventive care that can help you and your family maintain optimal health throughout all stages of life.

Preventative Care 100

Preventative Care Preventive Care Family Physician Screening 100

GeriPal

JANUARY 5, 2023

By way of… Sort of starting this off, it’d be great if one of you would come up and help educate our audience in some lay terms, what are rights of consciousness? Robert: Professional relationship. Alex: … professional relationship to the patient? What are we talking about here? Robert: Yes, I do.

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Provider Medical Hospital Patient-Centered 19