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Is it time for geriatricians to get on board with lecanemab? Jason Karlawish and Ken Covinsky

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Eric: So we’ve had an interesting topic today, storytelling and medicine, narrative medicine… We’ll talk about what we should call it, but before we do, Heather, I think you have a song request. Summary Transcript Summary. But wait, there’s a shiny new anti-amyloid drug, lecanemab! (No Transcript. Here we go.

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AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use: A Podcast with Todd Semla and Mike Steinman

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We’re delighted to welcome Mike Steinman, who’s a geriatrician professor of medicine at UCSF in the division of geriatrics, prior guest on this podcast. Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome Todd Semla, who is a clinical pharmacist and associate professor at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University.

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Storycatching: Podcast with Heather Coats and Thor Ringler

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Eric and I weren’t sure what to call this podcast – storytelling and medicine? Narrative medicine? VA “gets” the importance of storytelling in medicine, without the need for reams of research to back it up. My Life, My Story: VA’s healthcare improvements through deliberate storytelling – YouTube.

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

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This specific study , published in JAMA Internal Medicine, was conducted in 17 ICUs in North Carolina. For example, putting the healthy food at the back of the grocery store is sludge; making an applicant for health insurance climb the flight of stairs to the office – weeding out those less fit – is also sludge.

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

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Tammie 04:51 Yeah, so I would say that 30 years we’ve been in the palliative care space, not in emergency medicine, but we’ve been advancing the science in general palliative care for over 30 years and just plugging away with it, study after study after study to build the field. They got training in Vital Talk and ELNEC.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

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Summary Transcript Summary You may have heard of Area Agencies on Aging, but do you really know what they do or how they do it? What about State Departments of Aging or state master plans for aging? Do you know how these agencies fit in with programs like Meals-on-Wheels or other nutritional support programs? Susan: It is my anthem.

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Pragmatic Trial of ACP: Jennifer Wolff, Sydney Dy, Danny Scerpella, and Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson

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Today we are delighted to welcome Jennifer Wolff, Sydney Dy, and Danny Scerpella, who conducted a pragmatic trial of advance care planning (ACP) in primary care practices; and Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson, who wrote an accompanying commentary in JAMA Internal Medicine. Jennifer, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Jasmine, is it you?