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The Power of Words, 16 Years Later

A Country Doctor Writes

There, as medical director, I had a friend and ally in the behavioral health director, and both our departments underwent years of rapid growth. The organization now employs a single psychiatric nurse practitioner for medication management. 16 years ago I was a newcomer, at age 56, in the northernmost part of Maine.

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Improving Hospital Care for Older Adults through Acute Care for Elders (ACE Units): Kellie Flood and Stephanie Rogers

GeriPal

Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome back to the GeriPal Podcast, Stephanie Rogers, who’s a geriatrician and medical director of UCSF’s, age-friendly health systems. Number four, again, structure and process that promotes early mobilization which may or may not require a formal OT and PT consultation.

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Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink

Physician's Weekly

Pregnant with her second child, she schleps a backpack instead of a traditional black bag to carry a laptop and essential medical supplies — stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, and pulse oximeter. ” Nurse practitioners are having those conversations more and more as their patient base trends older.

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GeriPal Special: Hopes and Worries for Hospice and Palliative Care

GeriPal

Attendee 9: Early integration of palliative care in medical education. We need good nurse practitioners. Attendee 15: I do worry about access, particularly in rural areas and for-profit hospitals, and ensuring that there’s equity of access outside of academic medical centers. We need good Docs.

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Diabetes in Late Life: Nadine Carter, Tamryn Gray, Alex Lee

GeriPal

When I’m on nursing home call, the most common page I receive is for a blood sugar value. When I’m on palliative care consults and attending in our hospice unit we have to counsel patients about deprescribing and de-intensifying diabetes medications. What are the risks and rewards of new classes of medications?

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

GeriPal

Meg is a researcher and professor of Gerontological Nursing and a Geriatric Nurse Practitioner in the School of Nursing at UCSF. One thing we’ve looked at a little bit, but it has not been well studied is the accumulation of ototoxic medications. Alex: Can I tell an anecdote here? Eric: Yeah. Anecdote away.

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Should you have a coach? Greg Pawlson, Beth Griffiths, & Vicky Tang

GeriPal

Alex: We’re delighted to also welcome Greg Pawlson, who’s Senior Faculty at Lodestar Consulting & Executive Coaching and former President of the American Geriatric Society. Beth, welcome to GeriPal. Beth: Thank you. Greg, welcome to GeriPal. Led the American Geriatric Society. Now, wait, you’re mostly doing coaching now?