“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…
Desktop Medicine: Here to Stay
November 21, 2010
I want to draw readers attention to a brilliant essay in JAMA by Jason Karlawish. He describes a new concept of…
KUDOS to the Palliators who took the ABMS Boards on 11-16-2010
November 17, 2010
Geripal Readers, please join us in congratulating all the Palliators who took the ABMS Hospice and Palliative Medicine Boards yesterday.…
A novel therapeutic intervention: More time with patients
November 15, 2010
What would happen to the quality of patient care in the United States if we had more time to spend…
Sex and Aging
November 14, 2010
Photo by Patrick Q It’s time to get comfortable with the notion that older Americans have satisfying sexual relationships. Studies…
Autonomy for Frail Elders
November 14, 2010
What does autonomy mean to a 95 year old woman with disability, dementia, and heart failure residing in a nursing home? Beauchamp…