6 tech innovations that will make you say “nifty!”
November 22, 2014
Generally at GeriPal we focus on low tech, high touch interventions. Like talking to people. But this week we had…
Time to act! Urge your senators to confirm Dr. Vivek Murthy for Surgeon General
November 14, 2014
by: Alex Smith @AlexSmithMD Vivek Murthy was nominated for Surgeon General of the United States by President Obama in November…
Family caregivers give up $522 billion in income per year to care for seniors
November 7, 2014
by: Alex Smith @AlexSmithMD You don’t get something for nothing. We’ve blogged previously about the silent long term care system…
Advance care planning cold calls, crowdfunding palliative care, and pocket card decision aids
November 3, 2014
Advance Care Planning · Dementia · Ethics · Geriatrics · Hepatitis · Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) · Mental Health
by: Alex Smith @AlexSmithMD Every once and a while, a new innovation comes along that makes you go, “Wow!” or,…
Advance care planning tool PREPARE, now in Spanish!
November 2, 2014
by: Alex Smith @AlexSmithMD and Rebecca Sudore @PrepareForCare Do you have Spanish-speaking patients? If you do, then point them toward…
It’s on! SF Giants and GeriPal vs. KC Royals and Pallimed
October 21, 2014
Christian Sinclair of Pallimed and Kansas City has challenged us to a friendly wager. As many of you know, many…
Do you think hearing loss is important in hospice and palliative care?
October 3, 2014
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD Do you think age-related hearing loss is important in hospice and palliative care? We’d like to…
Training doctors to be a little more like cab drivers
September 24, 2014
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD As it’s early in the year, we usually like to post about some advice for trainees,…
Hey Dr. Emanuel: you might not want to die when you’re 75!
September 20, 2014
by: Alex Smith, @alexsmithMD You may have heard of a new article in the Atlantic by Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel provocatively…
New IOM Report on Dying in America
September 18, 2014
by: Alex Smith @alexsmithMD I’d like to draw GeriPal readers’ attention to the new report issued by the Institute of…