Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) – What every Geriatrician and Palliative Care Clinician Should Know
Three months ago we did a podcast with Randy Curits about his recent diagnosis of ALS in March and what…
Three months ago we did a podcast with Randy Curits about his recent diagnosis of ALS in March and what…
It’s GeriPal’s 200th episode. Yup, we started the podcast in 2016 and over the years we have grown from basically…
The great resignation is upon us. One in five health-care workers has left their job since the pandemic started. Geriatrics…
I don’t consider myself spiritual. For some in palliative care, this would be considered heresy as we are told “everyone…
“The take home message of this study is NOT that primary palliative care does not work.” So says Yael Schenker of…
Time-limited trials. We’ve all probably used them before. We meet with patients and families. We agree to either start or…
Randy Curtis, a paragon of palliative care research, was diagnosed with ALS in March. Randy is in a unique position…
Palliative care has a diversity problem. The workforce of palliative care looks nothing like the patient population that we care…
We have made remarkable progress in reducing the use of feeding tubes for patients with advanced dementia.This has been due…
While palliative care most traditionally grew up with a strong association with cancer care and end-of-life care, more and more…