GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Love to talk about also in the serious illness population. Emmy: So that older person or person with maybe terminal illness or developing impairments, it might make sense for them to just keep driving because they don’t have a good replacement. Eric: Well, Terri and Emmy, thank you for joining on this podcast. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

GeriPal post on “fast food” style palliative care in chronic critical illness. Areej: So when I was in college, I had a close friend who had a serious illness and actually died as a result of cancer. I entered medical school and I did a course that was offered that’s called living with a life threatening illness.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Rather, most of us live and make decisions in relationship to one another. Anne Kelly: And I might add to what Anne just described in saying, I think part of the way we got to talking, getting to be able to engage the family is because we took some time to really improve our patient’s illness understanding. Eric: Lynn or Anne?

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GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

Alex 00:41 And we’re delighted to welcome Noelle Marie Javier, who goes by “she” “her” and is a geriatrician and palliative care doc professor, newly minted – c ongratulations – And a clinician educator at Mount Sinai in New York City. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. And great to meet Jace on here.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Today we talk with experts Janet Ho, Sach Kale, and Julie Childers about opioid use disorder and serious illness. Eric 00:51 So we’re gonna be talking about caring for people with serious illness and substance abuse. Who has a song request for Alex before we talk about substance use disorder and serious illness?

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GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

To be eligible in Canada patients must have a “ grievous and irremediable ” condition, including disability ; they do not have to have a terminal illness with a prognosis of less than 6 months. A planned expansion of MAID to include people with mental illness was placed on hold until March 2024. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™.

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GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

She was resuscitated by EMS, but did not regain higher brain function, and was eventually diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guest Laurie Dornbrand has no relationships to disclose. They were seriously ill and had a chance to get to know.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

He looked very ill. An end-of-life doula is a non-medical support person that provides a longitudinal relationship with aspects of medical, I mean, aspects of companionship, presence, holding space, some logistics, some practical help, decision making perhaps. The last thing I’ll say is I actually saw his very last performance.

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GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Social connections impact our health in profound ways, whether it is the support we receive from family and friends in navigating serious illness, the joy from shared social activities, or connecting with our community. But then recognizing that our relationships impact our health even outside the context of stress.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Panelists Kate Courtright and Scott Halpern have no relationships to disclose. And PAIR stands for the Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center. So, Alex, imagine you’re a seriously-ill hospitalized patient and I’m your doctor, unluckily for you. and consulting for Papa Health. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 3, 2024

I wonder if you could say a little bit more about the meta Institute in particular and what it is that clinicians today can do to learn, to be more present and learn about the need to be thoughtful and compassionate in the care that they provide people with serious illness. Much more about relationships has been my experience.

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GeriPal

JUNE 26, 2025

I think part of this does stem from a clinical experience and also some of the theoretical models that have evolved around serious illness, you know, to think specifically about dementia. And so trying to think a little bit more about what could be driving some of those alterations in the trajectory for all kinds of serious illness.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

So, for example, everyone who was diagnosed with an advanced or metastatic lung cancer had a prognosis on the order of months. Alex 12:36 And most of our listeners are like clinician, practicing clinicians caring for older adults, people with serious illness. It’s about establishing a relationship and rapport.

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GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

Eric 01:13 So we got a lot to cover today on sexuality, sexual health and serious illness. So we got a lot to cover on sexuality, sexual health, and serious illness. And that really is what prompted me to get certified as a sexual education provider. Don, welcome to GeriPal. Don 01:11 Thank you so much. The state of the science.

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GeriPal

APRIL 21, 2022

Poetry helps us grapple with our own experiences of illness. We talk not only about reading poetry, but also writing poetry, and using poetry in medical education as a healing modality. She’s a palliative care nurse educator and a writer, and she’s joining us from the great state of Hawaii. Alex: This is Alex Smith.

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GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

Alex 02:44 Still suffering from some illness from there, which is why I was sick and not in the office with Eric today. So we sent that to everyone 65 and older with upcoming visits, though we were tracking on our side the people who had diagnoses and things. Alex (singing) Alex 02:34 All right, this was a fun one.

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GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

The PPS is one of the most widely used prognostic tools for seriously ill patients, but the prognostic estimates given by the PPS are based on data that is well over a decade old. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley have no relationships to disclose.

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GeriPal

MAY 1, 2025

One in 10 people with newly diagnosed HIV is an older adult. And over that first 15 years, which was a very difficult time when there was no treatment at all available, everybody died and usually within months or a year or two of when they were diagnosed. And I also read that 1 out of 10 newly diagnosed HIV cases are in older adults.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 22, 2024

Alex 28:22 That’s not in the vital talk, serious illness, communication. That also speaks to a lot of the particular family relationships and, of course, in that case, allegations of mistreatment along racial lines and so forth. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. This is not the way you break.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 6, 2025

These measures are taken after a disease has been diagnosed. From childhood vaccinations to adult boosters and seasonal flu shots, immunizations prevent millions of illnesses annually. They have eradicated or dramatically reduced many diseases that once caused widespread suffering and death.

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