Prevention of Dementia: Kristine Yaffe
May 11, 2023
We’ve had multiple GeriPal episodes about treatments for dementia, including aducanumab (here, here, and here) and lecanemab (here). As today’s…
Why is working with adolescents and young adults so hard? Abby Rosenberg, Nick Purol, Daniel Eison, & Andrea Thach
May 4, 2023
I haven’t worked with many adolescents and young adults (AYA, roughly teens to twenties). But when I have, I find…
GeriPal Special: Hopes and Worries for Hospice and Palliative Care
April 27, 2023
We have a special extra podcast this week. During the last AAHPM – HPNA meeting in Montréal, we went around…
Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel
April 20, 2023
In 1990 11% of homeless persons were older than 50. Today half are over age 50. Today we talk with…
The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto
April 13, 2023
Social connections impact our health in profound ways, whether it is the support we receive from family and friends in…
RCT of Chaplaincy: Lexy Torke, Karen Steinhauser, LaVera Crawley
April 6, 2023
Do we need an RCT to establish the worth of chaplaincy? Einstein once said, “Everything that can be counted does…
Storytelling in Medicine: A Podcast with Liz Salmi, Anne Kelly, and Preeti Malani
March 30, 2023
Two weeks ago on the GeriPal podcast we talked about why and how to write for the general public. This…
Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega
March 24, 2023
In November of 2022, Ava Kofman published a piece in the New Yorker titled “How Hospice Became a For-Profit Hustle.” …
Writing for the Lay Public: Rosanne Leipzig and Louise Aronson
March 16, 2023
So you want to write a book. So you want to write a book! So…you want to write a book?!?…
Psychedelics – reasons for caution: Stacy Fischer, Brian Anderson, Theora Cimino
March 9, 2023
Psychedelics are having a moment. Enthusiasm is brimming. Legalization is moving forward in several states, following the lead of Oregon…