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

GeriPal

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. Communication techniques we can use when talking to individuals with hearing loss. And honestly in undergrad I was like, “Engineering is really hard. How to screen for hearing loss.

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

GeriPal

We learned this and much more, and I had a great time making engine noises singing the Woody Guthrie song “driving in my car.” . That’s where it really gets to this individual risks and balances, individual situation. Certainly my bias is that healthcare professionals really do have a role in this discussion.

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Improving Nursing Home Quality: Jasmine Travers, Alice Bonner, Isaac Longobardi, and Mike Wasserman

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Summary Transcript Summary In April 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) issued a report on how the United States delivers, regulates, finances, and measures the quality of nursing home care. Those are evidence-based or evidence-informed tools that have been in practice. You bring up a good point.

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

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Eric: So we’re going to be talking about dementia and considerations around surgery for individuals with dementia. Eric: And what do we know about the outcomes of individuals getting these procedures, especially those with cognitive issues and dementia. Eric: So what do we do with the information? It was Remember Me.

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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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It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. It was about me talking about what happens about six months, when you have six months or less to live, the general information of what people usually look like.

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

GeriPal

At one end of the spectrum you can provide decision makers with information that doesn’t work very well in most contexts. We did another nudging trial where the deep default was for default palliative care consultations for high risk patients, and it significantly increased individuals who were receiving palliative care.

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Optimizing Nutrition in Aging: A Podcast with Anna Pleet, Elizabeth Eckstrom, and Emily Johnston

GeriPal

It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. People are also using YouTube specifically, but social media as its own search engine. I know Elizabeth has a lot of information about the way to structure the mediterranean diet.

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