Dr. Desiree Pardi: Reconciling Her Life and Her Death
April 9, 2010
The New York Times recently ran an article titled “Helping Patients Face Death, She Fought to Live”. The article told…
Meaningful Activities For Persons With Dementia
April 8, 2010
All Posts · Care Managers · Dementia · Education · End-of-Life · Geriatrics · Long Term Care · Mental Health · Palliative Care · Seniors
There is a lot of focus on what elders with dementia can’t do. But what about more discussion of what…
Palliative Care Nursing: Quality Care to the End of Life, 3rd ed. – a Book Review
April 5, 2010
Palliative Care Nursing Quality Care to the End of Life, Third Edition Marianne Matzo, PhD, GNP-BC, FPCN, FAAN (Editor) Deborah…
Need your input on a potential JPM Series on Geriatric Palliative Care
April 4, 2010
We need your help in identifying key topics for new inter-disciplinary JPM series: Idea: To create a regular series in…
What Would Don Berwick Do? Obama’s Real Plan for Health Care Reform
April 2, 2010
OK, Congress has passed insurance reform. But President Obama’s proposed nomination of Don Berwick (pictured) to head CMS says a lot…
Does Having a Sense of Purpose Prevent Alzheimer Disease?
March 30, 2010
At our most recent UCSF Division of Geriatricsjournal club, we had a very lively discussion about an article examining whether…
Explaining Palliative Care: Matching Treatment to Patient Goals
March 29, 2010
I was consulted recently about an elderly woman who refused surgery for a large bowel obstruction from a colonic mass…
Q&A with Jeff Gordon – Author of “A Death Prolonged”
March 25, 2010
Many terminal patients linger through their final months with a miserable quality of life and too often with extreme levels…
Jennie Chin Hansen: New CEO of the American Geriatrics Society
March 22, 2010
All Posts · American Geriatrics Society · Geriatrics · Health Policy · Long Term Care · Nursing Homes · Seniors
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) gave us good reason to be optimistic about the future of our organization when it…
Social Workers Are Awesome
March 15, 2010
In 1927, Francis Peabody remarkedthat “The secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient.” Medicine…