by: Alex Smith @AlexSmithMD Every once and a while, a new innovation comes along that makes you go, “Wow!” or,…
by: Alex Smith @AlexSmithMD and Rebecca Sudore @PrepareForCare Do you have Spanish-speaking patients? If you do, then point them toward…
by Laura Petrillo (@lpetrillz) When Brittany Maynard announced her plans to end her life on November 1st, the news rippled…
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD Do you think age-related hearing loss is important in hospice and palliative care? We’d like to…
by: Laura Petrillo (@lpetrillz) There is increasing interest around the country in documenting patient preferences for life sustaining treatment, with…
I’m hearing a lot of questions about whether someone with frailty, debility, or adult failure to thrive can still be…
We just spent the last several days learning facilitation skills at the VITALtalk faculty development course. This truly amazing course…
It’s pacemaker week here at GeriPal. What’s pacemaker week you ask? It’s a fun filled week of posts on pacemakers…
What do the following three things have in common: The Paris Air Show The World Table Tennis Championships The Hospice…
Any who has had a loved one who sustains a hip fracture knows that these are life changing if not…