On June 7th, 2021 FDA approved the amyloid beta-directed antibody aducanumab (Aduhelm) for the Treatment of Alzheimers. This approval of…
Cannabis use by older adults has increased substantially over the last decade, a trend that has paralleled the legalization of…
In a new study in JAGS, Matthew Growdon found that the average number of medications people with dementia took in…
Older adults often turn to institutional settings like nursing homes when they need more help than they can get at…
We have made remarkable progress in reducing the use of feeding tubes for patients with advanced dementia.This has been due…
While palliative care most traditionally grew up with a strong association with cancer care and end-of-life care, more and more…
What if there was a tool that could break down a neighborhood’s socioeconomic measures, like income, education, employment and housing…
Harm reduction, as so clearly described by our guest Monica Gandhi on this podcast, began as a public health approach…
In your clinical experience, you may have cared for patients receiving palliative chemotherapy and wondered, hmmm, why is that called…
What is a care manager? In this week’s podcast we talk with Chanee Fabius, who after a personal experience caring for…