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Improving Mental Health: Strategies for Self-Care and Well-Being

Family Physicians of Greeley

Practice Mindfulness: Mindfulness is the art of being present in the moment and fully aware of your thoughts, emotions, and sensations without judgment. Create a relaxing bedtime routine, avoid screens before bed, and ensure your sleeping environment is comfortable and conducive to restful sleep.

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Psilocybin in Serious Illness: James Downar, Ali John Zarrabi and Margaret Ross

GeriPal

Alex 00:59 And I met all three of you and watched you do a presentation about psilocybin research at the Congress International Desens Palliative Miguel. What I presented at HPM was findings of several hundred outpatients and the two most salient constructs were depression. Ali John, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. So when we did have.

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Plenary Abstracts at AAHPM/HPNA: Yael Schenker, Na Ouyang, Marie Bakitas

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary In todays podcast we were delighted to be joined by the presenters of the top scientific abstracts for the Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine ( AAHPM ) and the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Nurses Association ( HPNA ). And so the video consult was what became the mode.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

Eric 13:00 I also love that too, because even on our inpatient ballot of care consult service, whenever somebody says that they’re unrepresented or they don’t have a surrogate, we never believe that until we usually look up. Decision making hierarchies by default. For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu.

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

GeriPal

No, I mean, I think I had the initial feeling or thought about this being present after I learned about it and were thoughtful with senior mentors about it. Thomas: But the person did screen and used a little bit of the and Social Network Scale and the UCLA Loneliness Scale. Like I said, the patient screened positive for it.

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Stories We Tell Each Other to Heal: Ricky Leiter, Alexis Drutchas, & Emily Silverman

GeriPal

His lymphoma had relapsed, and palliative care was consulted to help with his symptoms. And so I think one thing we really like about not having it scripted word for word is the opportunity to kind of flex into that moment and just be present and kind of try that out. I’ll call my patient. He sat in his recliner by the window.

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Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

GeriPal

Ruth: Very strong odor, devoid of furniture, broken screens … Eric: So it was the physical environment and … Ruth: Physical environment. That’s a problem in our healthcare financing system. Physicians often not present except for an occasional monthly visit. Eric: What does unpleasant look like?