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…
Poetry about Aging: Marilyn McEntyre and Guy Micco
March 31, 2022
In her essay “Why Read a Poem in a Time Like This?”, Marilyn McEntyre writes: All of us need it.…
Meaningful Activities: Podcast with Anna Oh and Theresa Allison
October 28, 2021
Most studies in geriatrics have used metrics such as survival time or disability in activities of daily living as their…
Ageism + COVID19 = Elder Genocide: Podcast on nursing homes with Mike Wasserman
April 8, 2021
One of our earliest COVID podcasts with Jim Wright and David Grabowski a year ago addressed the early devastating impact…
Reframing Aging: A Podcast with Patricia D’Antonio
March 4, 2021
The COVID pandemic brought to light many things, including how society views older adults. Louise Aronson wrote a piece in…
Reducing serious fall-related injuries: an interview with NEJM STRIDE Study author Tom Gill
September 17, 2020
Every year, about a third of older adults fall. About one in five of those falls result in moderate to…
Ageism in the Time of COVID: Podcast with Louise Aronson
July 28, 2020
In this week’s GeriPal podcast we talk with Louise Aronson, author of the Pulitzer prize finalist Elderhood (listen/read our podcast with Louise on her…
Remembrance of Things Past: Preparing for the Future of Aging
February 2, 2019
The following is a guest post from Minakshi Raj (@MinaRaj91), 4th year PhD candidate at the University of Michigan in…
Bringing Community Partners Together to Improve the Care of Older Adults: An Interview with Anna Chodos
July 22, 2017
For this week’s podcast, we interview Anna Chodos, Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine and Division of Geriatrics at…
Samir Sinha: Redesigning Health Care Systems to Be Elder Friendly
May 2, 2017
On this weeks GeriPal podcast, we interview Dr. Samir K. Sinha, MD on how he has influenced local and national…