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…
Driving a Cultural Shift in the End Of Life Experience: A Podcast with Shoshana Ungerleider
December 4, 2020
What does it mean to create a cultural shift to the end of life experience? Is it even possible? How…
Time to Benefit of Statins for Primary Prevention: A Podcast with Lindsey Yourman and Sei Lee
November 20, 2020
How long does it take to see a benefit of statin therapy for primary prevention of cardiovascular events in adults…
Age Friendly Health Systems: Podcast with Julia Adler-Milstein and Stephanie Rogers
November 13, 2020
An age friendly health system is one in which everyone, from the doctors to the nurses to the people cleaning…
State of Heart Failure & Palliative Care: Podcast with Haider Warraich
October 23, 2020
There are a lot of large numbers that involve heart failure, starting with the sheer number of patients diagnosed (6.5…
Advance Care Planning is So Right: Podcast with Rebecca Sudore and Ryan McMahan
October 8, 2020
Last month we published a podcast with Sean Morrison that garnered a great deal of attention, in which Sean Morrison…
Why You Should Never Mix Miralax (PEG) with Starch Based Thickend Liquids
October 3, 2020
By: Matthew Gonzales and Eric Widera Many of us in the GeriPal community are dubious about the benefits of using…
It’s Time for Comprehensive Dementia Care: Podcast with Lee Jennings and Chris Callahan
September 25, 2020
Chris Callahan (of Indiana University) and Lee Jennings (University of Oklahoma) have some righteous anger. Why do we have comprehensive cancer…
Virtual Resources for Older Adults during the COVID19 Pandemic
September 15, 2020
by: Kahli Zietlow, Serena P Wong, and Mitchell Heflin In a recent telehealth visit, a patient presented alongside her husband,…
Advance Care Planning is Wrong: Podcast with Sean Morrison
August 27, 2020
Advance Care Planning · Ethics · Geriatrics · Health Policy Action Committee (HPAC) · Palliative Care
Sean Morrison dropped a bomb. It’s a perspective I’ve heard before from outside of palliative care, most clearly by bioethicists Angie Fagerlin…