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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

They have an advanced directive that specifies the type of they would care they would like to receive in a very specific situation, but not the situation at hand. Patient just got discharged from the hospital, just coming back from the skilled nursing facility. Yael 10:52 Yeah. And ideally at other times too.

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POLST Evidence and Update: Kelly Vranas, Abby Dotson, Karl Steinberg, and Scott Halpern

GeriPal

It’s not the tool itself, it’s that doctors are handing out POLSTs to people at they’re welcome to Medicare or annual wellness exams. It would have a CPR section and then it would have a healthcare proxy section. It’s just an interference with good patient care. Karl: You can write it in.

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