Alex Smith, Author at A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional

Geriatric Oncology: Podcast with Melisa Wong and Louise Walter

December 16, 2021

Geriatric Oncology has arrived. Yes, Louise Walter has been leading the fight to improve cancer screening in older adults for…

December 10, 2021

Geriatric anesthesia is a thing. The average age of people getting surgery is increasing. Anesthesiologists and surgeons feel that with…

December 2, 2021

The great resignation is upon us. One in five health-care workers has left their job since the pandemic started. Geriatrics…

November 24, 2021

I don’t consider myself spiritual. For some in palliative care, this would be considered heresy as we are told “everyone…

November 18, 2021

Though “breath” is in the title of Wes Ely’s book (and his song choice by the Police), relationships are its…

November 11, 2021

Anyone who cares for individuals with serious illness must live in a messy space where tough conversations about treatment decisions…

November 4, 2021

“The secret sauce of the Transitions, Referral and Coordination (TRAC) team was including a lawyer.” This is brilliant and will…

October 28, 2021

Most studies in geriatrics have used metrics such as survival time or disability in activities of daily living as their…

October 21, 2021

The FDA label for the amyloid antibody aducanumab (Aduhelm) started off exceedingly broad, basically including anyone with Alzheimer’s disease, but…

October 14, 2021

“The take home message of this study is NOT that primary palliative care does not work.” So says Yael Schenker of…