Advance care planning tool PREPARE, now in Spanish!
November 2, 2014
by: Alex Smith @AlexSmithMD and Rebecca Sudore @PrepareForCare Do you have Spanish-speaking patients? If you do, then point them toward…
Don’t just do something, stand there… why it’s too soon for talk of physician aid in dying
October 28, 2014
by Laura Petrillo (@lpetrillz) When Brittany Maynard announced her plans to end her life on November 1st, the news rippled…
Do you think hearing loss is important in hospice and palliative care?
October 3, 2014
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD Do you think age-related hearing loss is important in hospice and palliative care? We’d like to…
New POLST reflects evolution of how we talk about life sustaining treatment
September 28, 2014
by: Laura Petrillo (@lpetrillz) There is increasing interest around the country in documenting patient preferences for life sustaining treatment, with…
Can Someone with Debility or Adult Failure to Thrive still be Admitted to Hospice?
September 25, 2014
I’m hearing a lot of questions about whether someone with frailty, debility, or adult failure to thrive can still be…
Using the Skills Learned at VITALtalk to Take Out the Trash
September 14, 2014
We just spent the last several days learning facilitation skills at the VITALtalk faculty development course. This truly amazing course…
Who is more likely to get a pacemaker, someone with or without dementia?
September 3, 2014
It’s pacemaker week here at GeriPal. What’s pacemaker week you ask? It’s a fun filled week of posts on pacemakers…
Preparing for the hospice and palliative medicine board certification exam
July 25, 2014
What do the following three things have in common: The Paris Air Show The World Table Tennis Championships The Hospice…
Life and Death After Hip Fractures in Older Nursing Home Residents
July 24, 2014
Any who has had a loved one who sustains a hip fracture knows that these are life changing if not…
After Pronouncing
June 30, 2014
The following post is adapted from something I read at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Geriatrics, Palliative, and Extended Care…