What is Meaningful Interaction?
June 26, 2012
I recently cared for a 96 year old woman who was rehospitalized for a recurrent infection (identifying details altered to…
GeriPal Turns 3: The Training Wheels Come off
June 22, 2012
Today is GeriPal’s third birthday. This news may bring welcome relief to some of our readers as we have finally…
Choosing Wisely: AGS’s List Open for Recommendations
June 21, 2012
AGS and AAHPM are teaming up with over a dozen other medical specialty societies to participate in the second wave…
Blogs to Boards: Question 17
June 18, 2012
We realize that we have been a little slow to post the Blogs 2 Boards questions up on GeriPal and…
The Role for Acupuncture in COPD Management
June 12, 2012
About one in 10 adults older than 40 years of age have COPD. For these individuals dyspnea is the primary…
Emergency Departments as a Place for End-of-Life Transitions
June 6, 2012
I have always been struck by the question of where individuals would prefer to die. You know, the one where…
“He will definitely not survive” – I do not think it means what you think it means
May 30, 2012
Photo Copyright Annie Levy, 2008 Sorry, stuckon the Princess Bride references. At our most recent geriatrics journal club we discussed…
USPSTF Recommendations for Falls Prevention
May 29, 2012
The United States Preventative Services Task Force just released a final recommendation about falls prevention strategies in the primary care…
Rant: “Hospice and Palliative Medicine” Not Listed
May 28, 2012
Quick one here (a little too long for a tweet). I’ve been filling out re-credentialing at the hospital, and was…
A Chance to Revise the POLST
May 24, 2012
We have written a lot about POLST (Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) in previous GeriPal posts. Mostly, with great…