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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

Treating less serious ailments gets faster, more targeted and more efficient, while the means for curing more serious and life-altering illnesses improve. Researchers say that the implant cannot provide any highly detailed vision – but it can help patients detect distinct patterns such as door frames and shapes.

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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. COVID-19, masks, and hearing difficulty: Perspectives of healthcare providers. And honestly in undergrad I was like, “Engineering is really hard. How to screen for hearing loss.

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Coping with Serious Illness: Danielle Chammas and Amanda Moment

GeriPal

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 then I knew, and then I knew that he is using this humor to deal with the truth of his illness, not to avoid it. Should I laugh at that? So you just published not too long ago.

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The Power Of A Nurse

StorytellERdoc

The engine is cut. From birth to now, each of us has been touched with the kindness and loving attention that a nurse has provided us. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.Helen Keller The car pulls into the driveway of a cape cod as the sunrise breaks through remnants of last night's fog.

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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.” . Love to talk about also in the serious illness population. So that’s a piece that I think is important for providers anywhere along that process to be asking about driving. OT programs).

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

GeriPal

all of whom focus their efforts on educating the general public about living and dying with a serious illness. Why focus on the public rather than other health care providers? Summary Transcript Summary On today’s podcast, we’ve invited four hospice and palliative care social media influencers (yes, that’s a thing!),

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Artificial Intelligence: Charlotta Lindvall, Matt DeCamp, Sei Lee

GeriPal

Because the in serious illness care and care for older adults, their care is often very complex. I think the AI can allow for that complexity but still provide some guidance. Charlotta: But that’s where generative AI, what I’m like, one thing I’m really excited about is this new field called prompt engineering.

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