Patient Priorities Care: Podcast with Mary Tinetti
November 27, 2019
We have had some amazing guests on our Podcast. True luminaries in geriatrics and palliative care. This week we are…
Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: Discussion of a Multinational Trial with Lieve Van den Block
November 14, 2019
Nursing homes are a tough place to do palliative care. There is extremely high staff turnover, physicians are often not…
State of the Science in Hospice in Palliative Care: Who should go and why?
November 9, 2019
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine · Hospice · Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) · Palliative Care
If you’re like me, then you can’t get enough of these exciting meetings with high concentrations of hospice and palliative…
Health Navigators Improve Dementia Care: Podcast with Kate Possin and Sarah Dulaney
October 24, 2019
Advance Care Planning · Dementia · Geriatrics · Health Policy Action Committee (HPAC) · Mental Health
Do you remember the scene from the movie The Graduate where Ben’s dad says, “One word: Plastics”? Well, I write…
Architecture and Medicine: Podcast with Diana Anderson and Emi Kyota
October 17, 2019
Before we get into this week’s topic, would you please take 1 MINUTE to complete this GeriPal survey! It will…
Opening the Black Box of LTACs: Podcast with Anil Makam
October 10, 2019
What happens in Long Term Acute Care Hospitals, or LTACs (pronounced L-tacs)? I’ve never been in one. I’ve sent patients…
Hiding Behind High Value Care: A Podcast with Vinny Arora and Chris Moriates
September 19, 2019
You’re the attending physician on a teaching service. Your resident says we shouldn’t order a CT because CT’s are over-used…
Aid in Dying: A Podcast with Lewis Cohen
September 5, 2019
End-of-Life · Ethics · Geriatrics · Hospice · Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) · Palliative Care · Physician-Assisted Death (PAD)
In this week’s podcast we talk with Lew Cohen, MD, about his new book “A Dignified Ending: Taking Control Over…
Improving Advance Care Planning for Latinos with Cancer: A Podcast with Fischer and Fink
August 6, 2019
In this week’s GeriPal podcast we talk with Stacy Fischer, MD and Regina Fink, RN, PhD, both from the University…
Practical Advice for the End of Life: A Podcast with BJ Miller
August 1, 2019
Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. This is Eric Widera. Alex: This is Alex Smith. Eric: And Alex, we’ve got…