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

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We talk with Nick and Meg about: Why hearing loss is important not just in geriatrics but also for those caring for seriously ill individuals. My great-grandmother in particular had a very profound hearing loss and I don’t know, as a kid, I was obsessed with taking them apart and wanted to do more of the engineering side.

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Coping with Serious Illness: Danielle Chammas and Amanda Moment

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Coping in the setting of serious illness. Coping in the setting of a serious illness about a patient encounter you had with somebody who used an. And so I let him educate me. Here are some more resources we’ve discussed in the podcast Dani’s NEJM article on coping: “ Should I Laugh at That? Should I laugh at that?

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Public Facing Education via Social Media: A Podcast with Julie McFadden, Matt Tyler, Sammy Winemaker and Hsien Seow

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all of whom focus their efforts on educating the general public about living and dying with a serious illness. But we all know there is a lot of gatekeeping when it comes to access to palliative care and hospice services, and there are a lot of folks out there trying to navigate a serious illness all by themselves.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

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We learned this and much more, and I had a great time making engine noises singing the Woody Guthrie song “driving in my car.” . Love to talk about also in the serious illness population. Certainly my bias is that healthcare professionals really do have a role in this discussion. OT programs). Is this our role?

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Nudges for Prognosis and Comfort Care in the ICU: Kate Courtright, Scott Halpern, & Jaspal Singh

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Prior podcasts on the ethics of nudging , and a different trial conducted by Kate and Scott in which the default for hospitalized seriously ill patients was to receive a palliative care consult. Participants were critically ill and intubated. P AI R stands for Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center. What is sludge?