Nowhere Else to Be
July 27, 2018
The following story is by Jennifer Heidmann, MD, FACP. She is the Medical Director of Redwood Coast PACE in Eureka,…
How to Respond to an Inpatient Palliative Care Consult Request
July 17, 2018
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD Each July we post something about an introductory topic for the new fellows. See our prior…
Top 5 Resources for Studying for the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Board Exams
May 25, 2018
We have started to get a lot of questions about how best to study for the 2018 Hospice and Palliative…
GeriPal needs YOUR feedback!
April 1, 2018
We at GeriPal have enjoyed blogging and podcasting with you. Improving care of older adults with serious illness is the…
2018 GeriPal-Pallimed Party at the Annual Assembly
February 16, 2018
Every February the questions start rolling in, “When is the GeriPal-Pallimed party?” Just so you know and can mark it…
What a Gatorade Bottle Taught Me About Functional Assessment
November 20, 2017
by: Leah B. Rorvig, MD, MS (@GeriPowerMD) On the third day after my arthroscopic shoulder surgery, I was finally alone at…
Global Palliative Care Takes the Stage
November 15, 2017
by: Jessi Humphreys, MD (@jessi_humphreys) Across the world, millions of individuals, largely from developing regions, suffer and die in pain,…
Skin Failure: A New Paradigm
October 30, 2017
by Jeffrey M. Levine MD, AGSF, CWSP Skin failure is an emerging concept that deserves wider acceptance, particularly in the…
Palliative Wound Care: A New Frontier
September 25, 2017
By Jeffrey M. Levine MD, AGSF, CWS-P I recently completed the revised chapter on pressure injuries for the Geriatrics Review…
Long Term Aspirin and the Risk of Bleeding Complications in Older Adults
September 11, 2017
by: Allen Tong MD As a geriatrician, removing unneeded or inappropriate medications from a patient’s drug list is something that brings…