Please don’t go. We’ll eat you up. We love you so.
January 6, 2013
Above is Christopher Nieman’s beautiful illustration of Maurice Sendak’s heartwarming and deeply moving NPR interview with Fresh Air’s Terry Gross…
Successful Aging Does Not Equal Aging without Disability
January 5, 2013
What does successful aging look like? In one of the more influential papers on the subject published in 1987, Rowe…
The Business of Selling Hope
December 15, 2012
This is the third post to be loosely inspired by our recent trip to the Coalition for Compassionate Care of…
Parenteral Fluids at the End of Life
December 6, 2012
It is better to die dry than wet. At least that is the gist of traditional thinking in hospice and…
Bereavement Does Not Immunize the Grieving Person Against Major Depression
December 4, 2012
This is a guest post by Dr. Ronald Pies in response to this week’s GeriPal post about the removal of…
Star Wars, Behavioral Economics, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care
December 3, 2012
Obi-Wan: “These are not the droids you’re looking for.” Stormtrooper: “These are not the droids we’re looking for.” Obi-Wan: “He…
DSM-5: Grieving Over the Loss of the Bereavement Exclusion
December 2, 2012
Have you been tearful and sad after the death of a loved one? Did you notice changes in appetite, difficulty…
Phishing for Geriatrics and Palliative Care
November 19, 2012
This is generally not a post that I would do for GeriPal but in the last week I’ve received about…
Without a Treatment, Why Test for Alzheimer’s?
November 16, 2012
The New York Times has a front page (at least online) story today about testing for Alzheimer’s Dementia. The story…
Is it time for another lawsuit? Advocating to change the Medicare Hospice Benefit eligibility requirements
November 5, 2012
By now most everyone has heard about the proposed settlement of a nationwide class-action lawsuit against Medicare that would do…