Hospice News

JULY 25, 2023

Physicians in training need greater exposure to geriatric training in order to better grasp the needs of older patients, including during transitions to hospice, according to Dr. Julia Lowenthal, a geriatrician from Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

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GeriPal

APRIL 27, 2023

Furthermore, direction to external websites is not an endorsement from AAHPM or HPNA, or the Annual Assembly. Palliative Care the Next Generation: How the Service May Grow and Evolve AccentCare , a portfolio company of private equity firm Advent International, is another example. We’ve got a very large palliative care practice,” Rodgers told PCN.

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Hospice News

MAY 25, 2023

Nikki Davis: I’m a nurse practitioner and have been working in geriatrics and palliative care for about 21 years now. This article is based on a discussion with Anthony Spano, Director of Client Development at Netsmart and Nikki Davis, Vice President of Palliative Care Programs at Contessa Health.

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Hospice News

JUNE 9, 2022

I am an acute care and adult and geriatric certified nurse practitioner. If you think about that in terms of the elderly population and the population that’s up and coming, with the disability, chronic illness, and serious illness that affects them, there’s definitely going to be a huge need for palliative care.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Today we learn more about coaching from 3 coaches: Greg Pawlson, coach and former president of the American Geriatrics Society, Vicky Tang, geriatrician-researcher at UCSF and coach , and Beth Griffiths, primary care internist at UCSF and coach. Led the American Geriatric Society. Eric: Let me go to the definition real quick.

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GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

So, it’s definitely possible in sort of that oldest old category that there may be what we call silent aspiration, where someone aspirates, and then they don’t cough or clear their throat, so you actually wouldn’t even know that they’re aspirating. Raele: Yep, they definitely can be. Raele: Yes, definitely.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

Emily 06:11 Yeah, we definitely have a pill for every ill. Connie 32:18 Yeah, I think there’s definitely a need for a variety of different approaches. The stopping the cancer screening doesn’t have that same sort of momentum. I wonder if our guests feel that that’s maybe sort of an underlying issue here.

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Lastly, Soo Borson is a self-described primary care leaning geriatric psychiatrist, developer of the Mini-Cog, and co-leads the CDC-funded BOLD Center on Early Detection of Dementia. Alex 00:09 We are delighted to welcome S oo Borson, who is a primary care oriented geriatric psychiatrist. Who do we have with us today?

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GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

Alex Smith: And we’re delighted to welcome back Alex Lee, who’s an epidemiologist and assistant professor at UCSF in the division of geriatrics. Summary Transcript Summary Diabetes is common. When I’m on nursing home call, the most common page I receive is for a blood sugar value. Goldilocks zone). Nadine: Thank you, guys.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In this case I would say never use orals for staff, but in other bacteremias we are definitely seeing a movement towards oral therapies and there is a shift, but if we had money for more studies, this shift would move faster. Again, I always exclude staph bacteremia. Eric: Why was race even included? Eric: That’s helpful.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Abhilash Desai, MD , geriatric psychiatrist, adjunct associate professor in the department of psychiatry at University of Washington School of Medicine, and poet! Alex: And we have Ab Desai, who’s a geriatric psychiatrist in Idaho. Judy Long, MDiv, BCC , palliative care chaplain and educator at UCSF and caregiver. Alex: Great.

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Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2024

As a result of Mr. McMahon’s successful tenure with the company, he has met the definition of retirement set forth in his previously granted equity awards, which will continue to vest in accordance with their terms, similar to equity awards granted to other employees,” Leong said.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

MARCH 30, 2022

There are a diversity of international and national definitions and concepts in palliative care which makes comparison between countries and delivery of health care complex. The EAPC published recommendations on standards and norms in palliative care for Europe in 2009.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JULY 1, 2024

Dr. Olusegun Apoeso was one of my attendings during my Geriatric Medicine fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in NY. In doing so, we can effectively “palliate” clinicians and our patients! Who has most influenced your work and how have they shaped your contributions?

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GeriPal

AUGUST 4, 2022

Is there a formal definition, or one that you think about? Ariel: As we all know, as geriatricians in geriatrics research, people accumulate conditions and accumulate medicines over the years. For the folks who haven’t listened to our past podcast, I really just want to start off with maybe two quicker answers. Ariel: Sure.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Alex 01:56 And returning guest, Vicki Jackson, who’s a palliative care doc, chief of the Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine at MGH , professor at Harvard Medical School, and co director of the Harvard Medical School center for Palliative Care. But watch out! Who will emerge victorious? Alex 01:06 Yeah, go in person.

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GeriPal

MAY 11, 2023

Some of them, like education, definitely social determinants of health. Kristine: I like to tease my geriatric friends about age. The post Prevention of Dementia: Kristine Yaffe appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. I think that’s starting to change somewhat.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary The comprehensive geriatric assessment is one of the cornerstones of geriatrics. But does the geriatric assessment do anything? Evidence has been mounting about the importance of the geriatric assessment for older adults with cancer, the subject of today’s podcast. Precision medicine?

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Katz Professor and chair of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Mount Sinai. We definitely need to invest more research dollars into understanding what the impacts are of different financial players and how that affects outcomes,” Hunt told Hospice News. Morrison is also the Ellen and Howard C.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

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.

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Pallimed

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

I’m definitely seeing this a fair amount in our palliative care clinic with our seriously ill patients and their families, who remain highly motivated to stay away from COVID. Lyle Fettig is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Medicine/Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast and in our editorial. He also found gaps, including very few studies of patients with lung disease, and little impact of trials on quality of life. This is Eric Widera.

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GeriPal

APRIL 3, 2025

We’re representing the American Geriatric Society today and we are delighted to be here in the podcast. So first, I want to thank you and commend you for what you have contributed to the American Geriatric society and to all of our collective learning. That is the definition of the award. In geriatrics. So surprise.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary I was very proud to use the word apotheosis on todays podcast. See if you can pick out the moment. I say something like, Palliative care is, in many ways, the apotheosis of great palliative care. And I believe that to be true. Today we talk with Naheed Dosani, a palliative care physician at St. Homelessness?

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Mariah 03:51 I like the SAMHSA definition as sort of a guiding definition for it, and I’m happy to read it. Well, being a pretty comprehensive definition. Kate 11:33 Yeah, I mean, definitely more indirect pathways than direct. Alex 00:03 This is Alex Smith. Eric 00:04 And Alex, we have somebody in the room with us.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

Alex 01:27 We’re delighted to welcome back Tim F a rrell, who’s a geriatrician, associate chief for Age Friendly care at the University of Utah and chair of the American Geriatric Society Ethics Committee. All right, and finally we have Yael Zweig, who is a geriatric nurse practitioner at NYU. Tim, welcome back to GeriPal.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Summary Transcript Summary. In day-to-day practice, It’s hard to imagine providing excellent hospice or palliative care services without access to a team social worker. But are we really taking full advantage of ALL social workers have to offer our field? by: Anne Kelly, LCSW, APHSW-C. Transcript. Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Barbara: Yay.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Well, so there is a debate in the field as to the definition of Alzheimer’s disease. Amyloid alone is enough of a definition of Alzheimer’s. So in someone who’s cognitively healthy, having the presence of amyloid would be enough for the definition of Alzheimer’s disease. So the new criteria came out.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

I’m an internist by training and practice for close to 25 years now in a spectrum of medicine from hospital-based care to more recently, geriatrics, hospice, and palliative care. This discussion took place on September 7, 2023 during the Hospice News ELEVATE Conference. Daniel Schwartz: It’s a pleasure to be here representing Elara Caring.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

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: Definitely MAID- Alex: Eric knows, MAID in Canada Eric: Medical Aid In Dying in Canada. They’ve all been laid out for you. Anne: Right. Alex: That one’s easy.

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GeriPal

JUNE 27, 2024

That idea or that definition. So I think understanding the definition that the person in front of us has in relation to the word that they’re using is a really good jumping point, because we make a lot of assumptions in medicine and even in palliative care, hopefully trying to be more informed around our communication.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

That’s why we do this podcast- to address real world issues in palliative care, geriatrics, and bioethics. Summary Transcript Summary Often podcasts meet clinical reality. But rarely does the podcast and clinical reality meet in the same day. Lynn Flint, author of the NEJM perspective titled, “Rehabbed to Death,” joins Eric and I as co-host.

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GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

In the US, geriatrics “grew up” as an academic profession with a heavy research base. Clinical growth of geriatrics programs has lagged academic research, despite the rapid aging of the population. . Summary Transcript Summary. This was in part due to the tremendous support of the National Institute on Aging. By diagnosis?

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GeriPal

JUNE 15, 2023

We talk on this podcast about potential uses of AI in geriatrics and palliative care with natural language processing guru Charlotta Lindvall from DFCI, bioethicists and internist Matt DeCamp from University of Colorado, and prognosis wizard Sei Lee from UCSF. Sei Lee is Professor of Medicine at UCSF in the division of geriatrics.

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Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2024

Younger physicians are definitely more open [to it].” A growing body of research touts the benefits of palliative care for patients, families, and even providers. However, when evaluated through randomized clinical trials, the results tend to lean toward mediocre. “It’s not blood pressure.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Though his narrow definition of suffering as injured or threatened personhood has been critiqued , the central concept was a motivating force for many of us to enter the fields of geriatrics and palliative care, Eric and I included. Today we talk about suffering in the many forms we encounter in palliative care. Wallace, C.L.,

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

I think there is definitely a growing interest among rehab professionals to learn more about palliative care and how to bring that to the therapies they’re doing and conversations they’re having with families and patients,” Flint said.

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