GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Eric: So you could probably tell we’re going to be talking about mental health issues. In particular, mental health integration and issues in pain and in palliative care. A lot of those symptoms of depression can also be attributed to different kinds of physical symptoms. Des, welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

So falls, mobility concerns, polypharmacy, comorbidities, nutrition, social support, and mental health. And then the duo, physical and cognitive function, those are the seven that… Alex: Oh, that’s a good way of remembering it. So we tend to talk in terms of a geriatric assessment, the key domains. I like it, John.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

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? When the lymphedema therapy, it’s a type of physical therapy where they do wraps and they go. Eric 43:12 Okay.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

They want you to recognize their pain, not just their physical pain, but their trauma that they’ve experienced as a, as a, as a result of being on the streets. As you can imagine, get referrals from healthcare workers, emergency departments, primary care, cancer care hospital, you know, internal medicine to our service.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

We really like the community doctors to know, so those of you listening, that our patients, they’ve lost their physical freedom, but they have autonomy in terms of their medical decision-making just like anybody else. We have about 450 inpatient mental health beds. We also look at their mental health.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

And also, really like the way that you have identified different kinds of outcomes, spiritual wellbeing with the facet SP, as well as then impact on mental health outcomes or emotional distress outcomes of anxiety and depression. That’s one thing that I thought was really helpful and appreciate. So there is this overlap.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

And now when I think about the clinic at Duke, when we’re really running on all cylinders, we can get ourselves up to a five, six, seven week wait for a new palliative care referral. We did not just rely on a physical symptom measure, which many of our colleagues are doing. It’s not just about physical symptom management.

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