Is Deactivating a Cardiac Pacemaker Euthanasia?
September 4, 2014
“He’d feel okay about not replacing the pacemaker’s battery when it ran down, he said. But turning it off, he…
Who is more likely to get a pacemaker, someone with or without dementia?
September 3, 2014
It’s pacemaker week here at GeriPal. What’s pacemaker week you ask? It’s a fun filled week of posts on pacemakers.…
Preparing for the hospice and palliative medicine board certification exam
July 25, 2014
What do the following three things have in common: The Paris Air Show The World Table Tennis Championships The Hospice…
Life and Death After Hip Fractures in Older Nursing Home Residents
July 24, 2014
Any who has had a loved one who sustains a hip fracture knows that these are life changing if not…
Never Stop Dancing: Breaking Stereotypes of Disability in Older Adults One Step at a Time
July 21, 2014
We have written a lot about disability in older adults here on GeriPal. Here are just a couple of examples:…
Financial Capacity, Alzheimer’s, and the sale of the LA Clippers
July 18, 2014
More than 5 million Americans currently have Alzheimer disease. One of them happens to be Donald Sterling. There are a…
Geri and Pal getting together at the American Geriatrics Society Meeting #AGS14
May 14, 2014
The American Geriatrics Society is having its annual meeting this week and it is chock-full of goodies for those interested…
Just for Fun: a Les Misérables parody about hospitalists and ED docs
April 23, 2014
Two weeks ago, Alex Smith and I gave a talk at the California Compassionate Care Coalition’s 6th Annual Conference and…
Does citalopram help with agitation in Alzheimer disease?
March 7, 2014
Most patients with Alzheimer’s disease will develop neuropsychiatric symptoms, including agitation, at some point in their illness. These symptoms have…
An Older Pedestrian Fights Back
February 10, 2014
Older pedestrians are more likely to be killed while walking than those under 65 years of age. A lot has…