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…
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…
Communication Skills in a time of Crises: A Podcast with VitalTalk Faculty Drs. Back and Anderson
June 18, 2020
Despite being in the field over 15 years, I’ve never felt so far outside my comfort zone as as palliative…
Elder Mistreatment: Podcast with Laura Mosqueda
June 12, 2020
If you looked at the academic literature, you would think that elder abuse and neglect, collectively called elder mistreatment, did…
Outsized Impact of COVID19 on Minority Communities: Podcast with Monica Peek and Alicia Fernandez
June 4, 2020
This was a remarkable podcast during this moment in which our country is hurting in so many ways. Today’s topic…
Rationing of Scarce COVID-19 Drug Treatments: A Podcast with Drs. DeJong, Chen, and White
June 2, 2020
The question of who should get limited supplies of drugs that treat COVID-19 is not a theoretical question, like what…
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: Podcast with Laura Petrillo
May 30, 2020
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. They are revolutionary and transforming cancer care. They shrink tumors and extend lives. Plus they have a…