Dysphagia Revisited: A Podcast with Raele Donetha Robison and Nicole Rogus-Pulia
Almost a decade ago, our hospice and palliative care team decided to do a “Thickened Liquid Challenge.” This simple challenge…
Almost a decade ago, our hospice and palliative care team decided to do a “Thickened Liquid Challenge.” This simple challenge…
We’ve talked a lot about comprehensive dementia care on the GeriPal podcast but while the evidence is clear that these…
The proportion of people living with dementia who identify as Black/African Americans is on the rise, and so too are…
We’ve had multiple GeriPal episodes about treatments for dementia, including aducanumab (here, here, and here) and lecanemab (here). As today’s…
What would it take to transform dementia care? While a lot of hope and money is being put into new…
Two major shifts are transforming the landscape of hospice. First, private equity firms are gobbling up hospices. As Melissa Aldridge,…
The science of balancing safety and independence of older drivers has come a long way. Some key points from our…
You have a patient with dementia severe enough that she cannot recognize relatives. She falls and breaks her hip. Should…
Most studies in geriatrics have used metrics such as survival time or disability in activities of daily living as their…
The FDA label for the amyloid antibody aducanumab (Aduhelm) started off exceedingly broad, basically including anyone with Alzheimer’s disease, but…