Singing while you walk and learning to communicate between the towers of academia
December 13, 2010
As a geriatrician and an ethnomusicologist, I have had ample opportunity to observe the impact of music upon gait among…
Telemonitoring: Sounds Great. But it doesn’t work.
December 12, 2010
Telemonitoring is a novel disease management strategy that sounds wonderful. But just because something sounds wonderful does not mean it…
Older Adults and Quality of Life are New Topics in Healthy People 2020!
December 9, 2010
Healthy People 2020 has been released, and there is good news for GeriPals. (See Ken’s post soliciting suggestions from GeriPal readers…
Sex and drugs (with or without rock and roll)
December 7, 2010
Annals of Internal Medicine published an interesting articletoday on sexual activity in 75 to 95 year-old men. Using data from…
AND orders: A Confusing Conjuction that Attempts to Allow a Natural Death
December 6, 2010
Paula Span has an excellent article out today in the NY Times titled “D.N.R. by Another Name.” In it, she…
“Allow Natural Death”???
December 6, 2010
I want to alert readers of a fantastic debate that just started at the New York Times New Old Age Blog about…
New Dementia Performance Measures: Opportunity for Public Comment
December 5, 2010
The AMA Physician Consortium For Performance Improvement has released a draft set of performance measures for persons with dementia. The…
Substance Abuse in Late Life
December 4, 2010
The house next to mine was busted for running a meth lab yesterday. Scary – our whole neighborhood could…
The Legacy of SUPPORT: 15 years later
November 30, 2010
November 2010 marks the 15th anniversary of the publication of the SUPPORT Project, the largest study of end of life…
Palliative Care and Accountable Care Organizations – A Call for Comments
November 27, 2010
Accountable care organizations (ACO’s) are coming with a goal of creating a health care system that delivers higher quality care…