Illness Patient-Centered Physicals Workshop 
GeriPal
JUNE 26, 2025
Wait, so one key message is that social health is linked to physical and cognitive health?!? I think part of this does stem from a clinical experience and also some of the theoretical models that have evolved around serious illness, you know, to think specifically about dementia. And the government can do something about that?!?
GeriPal
DECEMBER 2, 2022
She directs UCSF MERI’s patient, family, and clinician support with classes and consultation on resiliency, well-being, and grief. You wrote about how when it comes to talking about patients with dementia, they’re rarely portrayed as resilient. And the person with dementia, the patient, said yes. It is progressive.
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GeriPal
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Summary Transcript Summary For surgeons and patients, deciding if and when to operate can be challenging. Often, the way surgeons communicate about these decisions doesn’t make things any easier for themselves or their patients. We hope you enjoy this episode. I did it before and this guy, he was 85, but he was climbing Mount Everest.”
GeriPal
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Give too much, it may cause harm (even if the higher dose had no significant side effects, it would require patients to take a lot of unnecessary additional pills as well as increase the cost.) So, what is the effective dose of palliative care? Give too little – it may not work. Jennifer 04:25 I can take that on. Eric 05:32 Yeah.
GeriPal
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
You’d imagine though that our professional expertise and experiences in helping patients and families cope with loss and grief would be helpful in managing our own personal losses. Because every time we remember a story, it’s changed physically in the brain. Turns out, it’s maybe not. Welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Craig.
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