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A Guide to Allergy Testing

Mesa Family Physician

Always consult a healthcare professional for accurate diagnosis and treatment options that suit your lifestyle. Allergy testing can help bring clarity and control to your health. Whether you’re exploring options through your provider or considering an at-home kit, understanding the process is the first step.

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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

GeriPal

So my family is from Maui and were impacted by the wildfires, so I really appreciate this. Alex: How is your family doing? My family’s also from Maui. And her dad’s family, the Makekaus family, which is based in Lahaina, and we actually visited their grave sites there, when we were there a few years ago.

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Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Podcast wtih Connie Cole, Kathleen Unroe, and Cari Levy

GeriPal

Despite these substantial needs, specialized palliative care beyond hospice is rare in nursing homes. How to think about primary and specialized palliative care in this setting. The obstacles hindering referrals to palliative care services. So we see a lot of problems with symptom management, a lot of family conflict.

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Who should get Palliative Care? Kate Courtright

GeriPal

We talk with Kate about how despite how far we’ve come in palliative care research, we still don’t have answers to some fundamental questions, such as: Who should get specialized palliative care? Should eligibility and access be determined by clinician referral? And do we have entirely a clinician referral-based practice?

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Palliative Care in Liver Disease: A Podcast with Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson

GeriPal

And, you know, I just thought it was a really special song. Eric 07:08 Which of the patients that you think you’re helpful for, you want referrals? Eric 11:05 So is there a trigger or what’s your referral criteria for the outpatient clinic? And so I thought it was appropriate. We’re talking about liver.

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RCT of Chaplaincy: Lexy Torke, Karen Steinhauser, LaVera Crawley

GeriPal

That’s why we use the terms assessment and intervention and we think of assessment as a skill of a very advanced skill that chaplains have of doing an in-depth evaluation of a patient or family member, and then the interventions should certainly follow naturally from that. LaVera: I trained at UCSF in family medicine.

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Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster

GeriPal

Because I think we have someone special, a guest host. A pill organizer, having family. The post Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. This is Eric Widera.