What is Our Responsibility?
June 6, 2010
Is advocating for equal access to opioid medication around the world part of our professional responsibility? What about reducing racial…
Have We Improved Outcomes for Elderly Patients Admitted with Heart Failure?
June 2, 2010
Hospitalization for heart failure is exceedingly common, accounting for more than 1.1 million hospitalizations in 2006. It is also the…
GeriPal Housekeeping – Feeds, Comments, and Suggestions
May 28, 2010
It has almost been a year since our first post here on GeriPal. Since this first post we have had…
Rethinking Prisoner Release Policies from a Geriatrics Perspective
May 21, 2010
Tina Chiu of the VERA Institute of Criminal Justice recently wrote a report It’s About Time: Aging Prisoners, Increasing Costs,…
The Opposite of Love
May 18, 2010
The Emergency Department phoned my office right before lunch. I was on call for our general IM group, so when…
NEED YOUR EXPERTISE
May 7, 2010
Geripal experts: If you have to share ONE TIP with your fellow Geriatricians and Gerontologists about palliative care of older…
Should Medical Societies Boycott Arizona?
May 6, 2010
Roughly 150 members gathered last week at a Town Hall meeting at last week’s annual meeting of the Society of…
Substance Use Disorders in Older Adults
May 6, 2010
It is commonly thought that older adults are not the usual suspects when it comes to substance abuse disorders. But…
“Demented Patients”: A terminology rant
May 4, 2010
All Posts · Communication · Culture · Dementia · Geriatrics · Mental Health · Relationships · Seniors
I would love the input of GeriPal readers on an issue. The commonly used phrases, “demented patient,” or “demented person,”…
Advance directives say “I’m not dead yet”
May 3, 2010
“Enough. The living will has failed, and it is time to say so.” So said Angela Fagerlin and Carl Schneider…