The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 5, 2022

Push back against individual narratives that blame individuals for systemic injustice. Push back against discussions that homelessness is caused by substance use or mental health problems. Watts remind healthcare providers to speak out about the structural causes of homelessness. Push back against dehumanizing language.

Community 52

Community Patient-Centered Emergency Room Medical 52

GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

And so I began to think about the training that I had and that there was no mental health condition that was diagnosed. Really, only thing that I think was really in the biomedical health services literature at that time was probably Carla’s paper on loneliness. Or was that just the lingering conversations?

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IT Community Patient-Centered Medical 99

GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

We get a bit of, in the veteran population, kind of a mix of a lot of mental health issues thrown into these comorbid illnesses, including cirrhosis, but it’s usually the decompensated cirrhotics or the folks with liver cancer and cirrhosis, or one of both. Can you come and be in our clinic once a week?

Patient-Centered 109

Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 109

GeriPal

MARCH 30, 2023

Because, for example, we get a lot of pieces on wellness and mental health. They’re limited because, on the individual level, when you get down to it, the complexities of these stories and the caring involved may lead to these complex relationships, understanding what the goals are, as you had done with your mom.

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IT Patient-Centered Patients Healthcare 96

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

The idea was to create a robust community-based infrastructure that could help older adults succeed in their homes and communities, whether they were healthy, how to keep them healthy or they were at imminent risk of emergency room visits, hospitalizations, or nursing home placements. To Susan’s point.

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Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

So if you think about dementia, it’s on the intersection of aging stigma and mental health stigma. Eric: … you’re getting paid for individual encounters, not going to people’s homes, not being paid for all of the additional support that’s needed for comprehensive cancer care. You get double whammy.

Patient-Centered 125

Patient-Centered IT Family Families 125

GeriPal

DECEMBER 12, 2024

And really they’re trying to understand what reasonable quality of life can this person expect to achieve and just agonizing over those decisions, over every individual decision. But more and more patients end up in emergency rooms and ICUs and they’re unrepresented. Do we do antibiotics or no antibiotics?

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Healthcare 108