GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

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. And honestly in undergrad I was like, “Engineering is really hard. I wonder if you could engage their family in the goals of care discussion.”

IT 102

IT Screening Hospital Clinic 102

GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

And then, the family, her kids got together, my wife and her brother and sister got together and said, wait a minute, mom did not want this, right? So, you really have to leave this up to the patients and their families to understand what the context is and what is meaningful to them. She has advance dementia. They would be horrified.

Patient-Centered 101

Patient-Centered Complication Patients IT 101

GeriPal

MAY 15, 2025

The events are conditions that’ll be set into place unless some active choice to the contrary is chosen. And so we simply asked clinicians, have you offered this patient and, or their family the option of care focused on comfort? Their family members want them to get out of the hospital sooner. If not, why not?

Patient-Centered 116

Patient-Centered Hospital IT Illness 116

GeriPal

AUGUST 1, 2024

So if you already have a condition, you might be able to prevent events. People are also using YouTube specifically, but social media as its own search engine. So I lived with a family there. But if they have family support or they’re able to make some foods from scratch at home, that would be preferable.

IT 116

IT Diabetes Chronic Disease Patient-Centered 116