Books on Becoming A Better Mentor (and Better Person): Bob Arnold
February 2, 2023
Sometimes you read a book and get a flash of insight – that “ah ha!” moment – about yourself and…
On Racism & Ageism: Ramona Rhodes, Sharon Brangman, Tim Farrell, and Nancy Lundebjerg
January 26, 2023
The Covid epidemic laid bare two major structural issues. First, Black and Latinx persons experienced much higher rates of mortality…
End of the Year Thanks, Thoughts, and Updates
December 22, 2022
As we are coming up at the end of the calendar year and almost to our 250th podcast, Alex and…
Palliative Care in A Conflict Zone: Help Us Support Our Hospice and Palliative Care Colleagues in Ukraine
June 20, 2022
Stories from our colleagues in Ukraine have been both inspiring and troubling. Staff has been working overtime with fewer resources,…
Buprenorphine Use in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Zachary Sager and Janet Ho
April 14, 2022
Buprenorphine. It’s been around for a long time but is acting like the hot new kid in town. Just look…
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…
Advance Care Planning Discussion: Susan Hickman, Sean Morrison, Rebecca Sudore, and Bob Arnold
March 24, 2022
One of my favorite Piece of My Mind essays in JAMA is by Rebecca Sudore, titled, “Can We Agree to…
GeriPal Needs Your Feedback
March 17, 2022
Sorry, no podcast this week. Rather, we are asking a favor of you. It’s been several years since we did…
Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia
March 10, 2022
If you develop dementia, odds are you will spend the last months to years of your life in a nursing…
Aging and the ICU: Podcast with Lauren Ferrante and Julien Cobert
March 3, 2022
A little over a decade ago, Ken Covinsky wrote a GeriPal post about a Jack Iwashyna JAMA study finding that…