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Storycatching: Podcast with Heather Coats and Thor Ringler

GeriPal

Many links: VA Presents: My Life, My Story: George: A Voice To Be Heard on Apple Podcasts. So I allow family members to be present if they want them to. Here’s one, a senior resident presented a patient morning report and the physical exam said the patient had a scar in the groin. Wonderful work. Every Veteran has a story.

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Is it time for geriatricians to get on board with lecanemab? Jason Karlawish and Ken Covinsky

GeriPal

So I allow family members to be present if they want them to. I remember early on just being amazed by how I would go into a room and my perception, I’m not a medical provider, going into the room was like, oh wow, I have this sick old person laying in bed. That’s fine. And I’ve had that happen. Oh my gosh.

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Trauma-Informed Care: A Podcast with Mariah Robertson, Kate Duchowny, and Ashwin Kotwal

GeriPal

We’ll have a link to it on our show Notes Applying Trauma Informed Approach to Home Visits, which I also love because it makes sense, like in other homes that people have like nursing homes which I think it’s a mandate to provide trauma informed care in nursing homes per cms. Annals of Internal Medicine.

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