GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

-@AlexSmithMD Additional Links: – Fingerstick monitoring in VA nursing homes (too common!) – Improving diabetes management in hospice – Continuous Glucose Monitoring complicating end of life care Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Tamryn: I definitely agree. This is Eric Widera.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Eric 03:35 Well, lets get i nto the topic, and I’m hoping that one of you would be willing to take on m y first question, which comes from a very naive place, is even before we talk about what is trauma informed care, how should we define trauma? Well, being a pretty comprehensive definition. Eric 04:19 Yeah.

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Hospice News

APRIL 15, 2025

Erin Harris: My journey in this field began with retail pharmacy, but my passion for hospice care led me to Enclara Pharmacia. Witnessing the compassionate, collaborative efforts of hospice teams during my great-grandmothers end-of-life care inspired me to transition into this field. It is definitely a lot.

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Seasons Hospice

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Five wishes are similar to living wills in that they express an individual’s preferences for end-of-life care. In your living will, you should clearly state your preferences for medical treatment, including life-sustaining measures such as artificial ventilation and feeding tubes.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Eric: Definitely MAID- Alex: Eric knows, MAID in Canada Eric: Medical Aid In Dying in Canada. So, we asked my older son, Kai, who’s 18 years old, he’s an adult, “What is Palliative care?” ” And, he said, “End of life care.” Alex: Definitely not on amyloid drugs.

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GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

For a deeper dive, check out some of these other studies and resources we talked about in the podcast: The Influence of Nursing Home Culture on the Use of Feeding Tubes. The Lived Experience of Providing Feeding Assistance to a Family Member with Dementia. Archives of Internal Medicine 2010. Rehabbed to Death. Ruth: Oh, thanks.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary The CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain excludes those undergoing cancer treatment, palliative care, and end-of-life care. Let them have this one piece of joy left, which is their opioid use disorder”, which, by definition, is not bringing them joy, right?

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