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…
Brain Death: A Podcast with Robert Truog
October 1, 2020
In 1968 a committee at Harvard Medical School met to lay down the groundwork for a new definition of death,…
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…
Reducing serious fall-related injuries: an interview with NEJM STRIDE Study author Tom Gill
September 17, 2020
Every year, about a third of older adults fall. About one in five of those falls result in moderate to…
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,…
Family Meetings for Patients with Serious Illness: Podcast with Eric Widera
September 10, 2020
No dear listeners and readers, that is not a typo. Eric Widera is indeed our guest today to discuss his first…
The Perfect Storm of COVID‐19 in Nursing Homes: A Podcast with Joe Ouslander
September 3, 2020
COVID-19 has created a perfect storm in nursing homes. As noted in a recent Journal of the American Geriatrics Society…
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…
Ageism in the Time of COVID: Podcast with Louise Aronson
July 28, 2020
In this week’s GeriPal podcast we talk with Louise Aronson, author of the Pulitzer prize finalist Elderhood (listen/read our podcast with Louise on her…
Advance Care Planning should be revisited proactively during the COVID-19 Pandemic
July 20, 2020
Jennifer L. Giddings, DNP, CRNP, FNP-BC Erik K. Fromme, MD, MCR, FAAHPM I had just started my first job…