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Summary Transcript Summary What does the future hold for geriatrics? Historically, answers generally lamented the ever increasing need for geriatrics without a corresponding growth in the number of specialists in the field. On today’s podcast, we are going to do a deep dive on the future of geriatrics with three amazing guests.
Her most recent book is Dementia Friendly Communities: why we need them and how we can create them . Her most recent book is Creative Care: a revolutionary approach to dementia and elder care . Her most recent book is Creative Care: a revolutionary approach to dementia and elder care . Anne, welcome to the GeriPal podcast.
As background, we discuss Manju Kurella Tamura’s landmark NEJM paper that found, contrary to expectations, that function declines precipitously for nursinghome residents who initiate dialysis. So, for example, you know, we see somebody coming in from the nursing. A nursinghome. Let it be (hint hint).
Alex 00:15 We are delighted to welcome back Louise Aronson, who’s a geriatrician and author in the UCSF division of Geriatrics. Her most recent book is Elderhood. Louise 15:47 Well, I think even in that example of choking in a nursinghome, you don’t actually require cardioversion or a breathing tube.
Alex: Also returning Rebecca Sudore, who is professor of medicine at the UCSF in the division of geriatrics, and is a geriatric and palliative care doctor. I have done a lot of work on POLST and nursinghomes and I’ve seen POLST forms. I think Bob draws your attention to Adam Grant’s books and his writing.
Links to essays and books by Marilyn McEntyre. She is written a number of books, including one that’s probably most relevant to today. She also teaches people who are interested in writing their own books. And I saw them lined up in their wheelchairs along the corridors and too many nursinghomes are still like this.
David is a physician who wrote the book “ Stoned: A Doctor’s Case for Medical Marijuana ” and gave a TED talk on “ A Doctor’s Case for Medical Marijuana ” that was watched over 3 million times. And, David, I’m going to start off with you because you wrote an entire book about this. Eric 06:53 I loved your book.
According to the "Journal of the American Geriatrics Society," b y the year 2025, an estimated 7.2 Frances Shani Parker, Author Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban NursingHomes is available in paperback and e-book editions in America and other countries at online and offline booksellers.
And welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Ira Byock, who is a author and well-known, has written several books about hospice, inspired many to go into the field, and is the founder of- Ira: The Institute for Human- Alex: The Institute for Human Caring. Joseph: Yes, This is the first time. I’m excited. Alex: Welcome.
That’s why we do this podcast- to address real world issues in palliative care, geriatrics, and bioethics. And so I became more interested in what are the outcomes of patients with cancer when they do go to a nursing facility? Why do we not have more palliative care access in nursinghomes? laughter] Lynn: So good.
On today’s podcast we talk with Jason Karlawish, who we’ve had on previously talking about his book The Problem of Alzheimer’s and with Aaron Kesselhim, to discuss FDA approval of Aducanumab , as well as frequent guest and host Ken Covinsky. . And by the way, Harvey has a brand new book out Dignity and Care. Wait, what ? .
And these are a little bit more palliative care centric than things we might use with a general population of hospitalized old adults or people in the nursinghome or in the outpatient setting because there’s that feeling of life closure and legacy in some of these questions. Just go to www.geripal.org.
This idea that for critically ill patients in the ICU, geriatric conditions like disability, frailty, multimorbidity, and dementia should be viewed through a wider lens of what patients are like before and after the ICU event was transformative for our two guests today. I’m going to turn to you Lauren.
end of life care and advance care planning) to more geriatrics focused (e.g. Alex: And we’re also delighted to welcome back to the GeriPal podcast Kenny Lam, who’s assistant professor of medicine at UCSF in the Division of Geriatrics. RCFEs, boarding cares, nursinghomes. Welcome back, Kenny. Welcome back.
Our task is simple, we are going to be sampling each of these hot chicken wings while we ask Eric and Alex questions related to Palliative care and Geriatrics. Eric: One out of six hospices, so there is financial concern, not just again with hospices, nursinghomes, and now physician groups. Anne: Right. Why are they doing this?
Geriatrics. Alex: We are delighted to welcome back Lee Lindquist, who’s a geriatrician and chief of geriatrics at Northwestern. We really don’t want seniors living at home alone when we know it’s dangerous for them and it’s going to make them end up in the hospital and go to a nursinghome.
Malaz: One day I was in internal medicine residency and I had to take care of a patient who was admitted from a nursinghome with dementia. For me, right now, the worst thing, my nightmare is dying from dementia alone in a nursinghome. There’s a book called The 36-hour day for dementia caregivers.
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