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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. That’s fine.

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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 think we also lean into, I’ve learned so much from my social work colleagues and/or my spiritual care provider colleagues because they do really lean into some of these other aspects of the who, not just the physical. That’s fine. Oh my gosh.

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

GeriPal

Kate and Ashwin talked about their research on the prevalence of lifetime trauma and its association with physical and psychosocial health among adults at the end of life. Physical symptoms like pain, dyspnea, fatigue, psychological symptoms, depression, loneliness, and then some of the social experiences as well, like social isolation.

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Sexual Function in Serious Illness: Areej El-Jawahri, Sharon Bober, and Don Dizon

GeriPal

Areej 03:50 So at the state of the science, I was actually presenting a study that was focused on addressing sexual health concerns in transplant survivors, and I actually told the story of the state of the science for those of you who were there. It sits at the intersection of emotion, interpersonal, physical, psychological, cultural.

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