107 A Guide to Better Medical Care for Families of Aging Adults
Better Health While Aging
English - April 03, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 48.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 109 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Science Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Dr. K talks with geriatrician Muriel Gillick MD about her latest book, The Caregiver's Encylopedia: A Compassionate Guide to Caring for Older Adults.
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In This Episode:
Dr. K talks with geriatrician Muriel Gillick MD, Professor at Harvard Medical School, about her latest book, The Caregiver’s Encylopedia: A Compassionate Guide to Caring for Older Adults. They discuss:
Why it’s so important for family members to be informed and proactive
Why Dr. Gillick recommends starting by understanding your relative’s overall health state
How to recognize frailty, and why it’s essential to be aware of it
Whether frailty can be reversed by exercise, and the pro and cons of pushing an older parent to exercise
The importance of “goals of care”, and what to do when trade-offs become necessary
How to ask an older person about what matters most to them
How to let the doctors know what an older person wants from their healthcare
How to get older adults — and healthcare professionals — to value the involvement of the family member
The importance of someone in the family being able to advocate for better care
Related episodes:
086 Interview: Creating Age-Friendly Health Systems at UCSF
071 Interview: How Estimating Life Expectancy Helps Older Adults Get Better Care
Related Resources:
To buy Dr. Gillick’s book at a discount, visit this link at Johns Hopkins University Press and use code “HTWN” to save 30%: The Caregiver’s Encylopedia: A Compassionate Guide to Caring for Older Adults.
Dr. Gillick’s blog: Life in the End Zone
April 2020 post on very high COVID mortality rates in critically ill older adults
Dr. Gillick’s recent article in NY Times: Keeping Older People Safe During the Coronavirus Crisis
Discussing what matters: PatientPrioritiesCare.org
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