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…
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…
Should We Shift from Advance Care Planning to Serious Illness Communication?
February 24, 2022
There is a lively debate going on in academic circles about the value of Advance Care Planning (ACP). It’s not…
Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis: Podcast with James Deardorff and Sei Lee
February 17, 2022
My mom is an Asian woman in her 70s with osteoporosis. She tried an oral bisphosphonate and had horrible esophagitis. …
Structural, Institutional, and Interpersonal Racism: Podcast with Deborah Ejem and Deep Ashana
February 3, 2022
In prior podcasts we talked about racism and COVID, lack of diversity in the palliative care workforce, racial and ethnic…
End Stage Liver Disease: Podcast with Jen Lai, Ricky Shinall, Nneka Ufere, and Arpan Patel
January 27, 2022
Patients with end stage liver disease and decompensated cirrhosis have an average life expectancy of 2 years without transplant. Outcomes…
Medicare Advantage, Special Needs Plans, and the Hospice Carve-In: A podcast with Dr. Claire Ankuda and Dr. Cheryl Phillips
January 20, 2022
More Health Policy this week! Today, we discuss “SNPs” but this is not a podcast about haircuts during the pandemic…
Medicare Advantage and the “Medicare Money Machine”: A podcast with Dr. Don Berwick and Dr. Rick Gilfillan
January 13, 2022
Investor money and venture capital funding is pouring into Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. Enrollment in MA plans has more than…