I would love the input of GeriPal readers on an issue. The commonly used phrases, “demented patient,” or “demented person,”…
The American Academy of Neurologyrecently released a very useful guideline on the evaluation of driving risk in patients with dementia…
There is a lot of focus on what elders with dementia can’t do. But what about more discussion of what…
We need your help in identifying key topics for new inter-disciplinary JPM series: Idea: To create a regular series in…
At our most recent UCSF Division of Geriatricsjournal club, we had a very lively discussion about an article examining whether…
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) gave us good reason to be optimistic about the future of our organization when it…
In 1927, Francis Peabody remarkedthat “The secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient.” Medicine…
We recently discusseda study that described the common practice of obtaining screening mammograms in women with dementia. We considered how…
There is a very interesting study in the January issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society that characterizes…
I just read Chris Feudtner’s brief piece, “The Breadth of Hopes,” in the New England Journal. Among other things, the…