Remove Complication Remove Government Remove Healthcare Professional Remove Individual
article thumbnail

Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

What should we use to screen individuals? I don’t have access to change the levers of government. The post Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. Who should get it if anyone?

Screening 119
article thumbnail

A family physician's response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade

Vida Family Medicine

A patient must have the autonomy to choose whether in their individual situation, the potential benefits outweigh the potential harms. The healthcare system must provide care in a just way so that those who need care have access to it. What Roe v.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Demystifying the Role of HHS and ASPE in Guiding Federal Aging Policy and Priorities with Dr. Tisamarie Sherry

GeriPal

For the policy buffs and policy newbies out there, we hope this podcast is an essential primer to government in action. And so there was a report in 2009 by the Institute of Medicine saying that we need to equip all of these individuals in caring for older person in an evidence based manner. We talk about: . So you’re right.

article thumbnail

Palliative Care in India: M.R. Rajagopal

GeriPal

So, we formed this organization called Pain and Palliative Care Society in the Northern Kerala city of Kalakkad based in the government medical college. But when I retired from government service, I left Kalakkad in 2002. Raj: We are not limited by definitions because we started our first non non-government organization.

Community 115
article thumbnail

PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

link] PEACH Good Wishes Program A program that provides meaningful gifts for unhoused individuals who are terminally ill. We talk a lot about people being unhoused, which I think takes the blame away from the individual and kind of de. Naheed 20:04 And you know, the key to this conversation is not to put the onus on individuals.

article thumbnail

What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

GeriPal

So we’re going to be talking about this complicated topic that a lot of people have differing opinions to and potentially very strong opinions, medical aid in dying. So it started off for individuals with a terminal illness. And making most I can do, I can use my mouth even though I only have six fingers here.

Illness 144
article thumbnail

What We Now Know About COVID Prevention and Treatment: A Podcast with Monica Gandhi

GeriPal

So take a listen and if you want a deeper dive into some of the references we discuss on the podcast, here is a list: Medscape article on how “ COVID-19 Vaccines Work Better and for Longer Than Expected Across Populations, Including Immunocompromised Individuals”. Stat news article about variants/COVID becoming more predictable. Monica: Yes.