We Need a Care Revolution: Victor Montori
July 31, 2025
In his book, “Why We Revolt,” Victor Montori decries the industrialization of healthcare. We’ve become a healthcare factory, beholden to…
All Things Caregivers: Podcast with Chanee Fabius and Halima Amjad
May 27, 2021
What is a care manager? In this week’s podcast we talk with Chanee Fabius, who after a personal experience caring for…
Caregivers: Podcast with Jessica Zitter
January 7, 2021
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few” – Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki…
Guardianship and End-of-Life Decision Making: A Podcast with Andy Cohen and Liz Dzeng
December 17, 2020
Surrogate decision‐making around life-sustaining treatments in the hospital even in the best of circumstances is hard. It’s maybe even harder…
Caregiving Boot Camp: Podcast with Zaldy Tan
December 10, 2020
“Diagnose and adios.” That’s the sad phrase that I’ve heard quoted more than once, representing caregivers’ sentiment of what it’s…
Caring, and the Family Caregivers We Don’t See
September 2, 2019
Over lunch at a restaurant in Manhattan, my father and I talked about long-term care insurance and the emergence of…
Decision aids in serious illness: dissemination strategy, anyone?
May 24, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD I was fortunate to be part of a really nice systematic review of decision aids for…
Family caregivers give up $522 billion in income per year to care for seniors
November 7, 2014
by: Alex Smith @AlexSmithMD You don’t get something for nothing. We’ve blogged previously about the silent long term care system…
Surgical decision-making for elders: GeriBoards, prehab, and other great ideas
August 8, 2014
by: Alex Smith, @alexsmithMD A while back people realized that outcomes of surgery in older people were probably better than previously…
Six Awkward Concerns in My Not-Yet-Opened Notes
January 23, 2013
Note: This baby is not a veteran, nor is this the VA Medical Record system. The VA has just taken…