GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

Noelle Marie 01:24 I think it really speaks a lot to my own personal journey and I’m pretty sure a lot of trans and gender diverse individuals also resonate with and it really speaks about our transition, celebrating our authentic selves, how society views us and how we view ourselves when we stand in front of a mirror.

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Individual Community IT Chronic Condition 85

Doctor On Demand

APRIL 28, 2025

Most sore throats heal on their own, but severe cases may require urgent care. Learn more about which symptoms mean you should go to urgent care or the ER, as well as when to use telehealth or see a primary care doctor. If your symptoms get worse before your appointment, you may need to go to urgent care.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

David: People with these illnesses suffer from persistent symptoms, poor quality of life, depression, anxiety, despite all the great things we do and all our colleagues in those specialties and in primary care and geriatrics. Eric: And just real quick, how often were they working with the palliative care specialist? David: Yes.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

But that was a small pot of money and we went to first call a handy person, it was going to be $500 for a consultation, let alone the installation, and we were like, “This is absolutely cost-prohibitive. All of these are factors that are on the individual level. We’ll get four people done.”

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GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

And the same nudge, the withdrawal of life support nudge, also decreased the time to comfort care orders. But importantly, it did not change the frequency of comfort care orders. It did not change the frequency of palliative care consultation, the timing of such, ICU mortality, or six-month mortality.

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Consulting Patient-Centered IT Patients 115

GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

And palliative care was as a program was just growing at Penn moving from just consult hospice to actually having a team when I was training. I have never myself called a palliative care consult as a trainee because we didn’t have one. And I practiced both on the palliative care consult team and in the ICU.

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Consulting Patient-Centered Diagnosis Referral 99

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

Despite these substantial needs, specialized palliative care beyond hospice is rare in nursing homes. Furthermore, only about half of nursing home residents nearing the end of life receive hospice care. So, how can we improve palliative care for individuals in nursing homes?

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

We start off the conversation by talking about whether patients with cancer and cancer pain are really that different, and their paper that was just published on January 11 th in JAMA Oncology showing that substance use disorder is not uncommon in individuals with cancer. Jessie: Exactly. Eric: Which brings us to an article. Katie: Yeah.

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Illness Patient-Centered Screening IT 136

GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In recent years, pressures to decrease hospital length of stay and increase throughput, the rate at which patients are moved in and out of the system has contributed to a culture in many acute care environments where physical therapy functions primarily as a consultation service for discharge planning. Lynn: Oh, that’s cool.

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Patient-Centered Hospital Patients IT 132

GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

Eric: So we’re going to be talking about dementia and considerations around surgery for individuals with dementia. So, that was maybe 20 years ago at this point and it really got me down the road thinking about advance care planning, end-of-life care, and similar consequences. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Samir.

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Patient-Centered Complication Patients IT 101

GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

Today, we talk with Bernie Lo, prominent bioethicist and practicing primary care internist, and Laurie Dornbrand, geriatrician at the IOA On Lok PACE, about the legacy of Nancy Curzan. Bernie Lo discloses being an Honorarium Recipient and consultant for Takeda starting on 01/23/2024. Bernie: So let me flip it around.

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Family Families Patient-Centered IT 112

GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

link] PEACH Good Wishes Program A program that provides meaningful gifts for unhoused individuals who are terminally ill. link] Kensington Hospice & ‘Radical Love’ Equity-Oriented Hospice Palliative Care Naheed Dosani also serves as the Medical Director of Kensington Hospice, Torontos largest hospice.

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Healthcare IT Community Illness 100

GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

As you know, our population is aging at a rapid speed and older, adult older persons is no longer cared for only by a geriatrician or a primary care physician. And so to develop that equation, they use the cohort of individuals and their data, their blood samples, creatine and other physical attributes. Devika: Thank You.

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Complication Patient-Centered IT Patients 52

GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

Through a series of events, I started working as a consultant to the Department of Corrections in around 2006, and I was assigned to the California Medical Facility. So they can be referred by their primary care doctor or to us. You can choose comfort-focused care or you can choose to continue chemotherapy. Michele: Yep.

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Family Families IT Community 132

GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

Whenever I take care of a patient, I see myself as a family practice doctor, but I’ve been a hospitalist, I’ve been a primary care doctor, and I’ve done palliative. It sets space between us and the individuals we’re trying to take care of. I often say that doulas are mirrors. Alex: Yeah.

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Provider Illness IT Healthcare 117

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

But so if someone got admitted, palliative care could see them the next day. 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. No difference in their primary outcome. Absolutely.

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Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 77

GeriPal

APRIL 24, 2025

Eric 06:58 It could be CPR in an individual with metastatic cancer in the icu. Years and years ago, the first few years as an attending physician, I was consulted to take care of a gentleman with metastatic esophageal cancer. Could be considered a PULET, potentially unsafe, potentially inducing harm with low evidence of benefit.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Illness 77

GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

That’s a problem in our healthcare financing system. Caroline: I’ve had a lot of n of one experiences, or just clinical experience one on one, where I’ve had to, as the geropsych consultant, encourage families and providers to stop the feeding tube. What do you think about that, Ruth and Caroline?

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BMJ

AUGUST 20, 2021

By John Scott Frazer, Glenn Ross Frazer Reference : Frazer JS , Frazer GR, Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021; 9: e001143.

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Primary Care Supply Chain General Practitioner Vaccination 40

GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

But in California where I practice medical aid and dying is legal and similar to other issues that are controversial in some places, many physicians do not prescribe or do visits for medical aid and dying consultations. Eric: Well, can I ask about that, Joe? Because that’s an interesting one because we were talking about boards.

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