GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast
308 episodes - English - Latest episode: 25 days ago - ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsA geriatrics and palliative care podcast for every health care professional.
We invite the brightest minds in geriatrics, hospice, and palliative care to talk about the topics that you care most about, ranging from recently published research in the field to controversies that keep us up at night. You'll laugh, learn and maybe sing along. Hosted by Eric Widera and Alex Smith. CME available!
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Episodes
Improving Serious Illness Communication By Developing Formulations
December 08, 2016 16:25 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBClinical formulations, something that few of us outside of mental health providers know about, but are critical in improving communication skills, especially around serious illness. Learn about them from our special guest, Dani Chammas, who makes the case that the single most valuable thing clinicians can do to improve communication is to get into the practice of developing a formulation.
The Conversation - Angelo Volandes On Video Advance Care Planning
December 01, 2016 23:56 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBOn todays podcast, we talk with Angelo Volandes about the use of video to improve advance care planning.
Cranberries and Urinary Tract Infections
November 22, 2016 22:33 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBJust in time for Thanksgiving, we are having an episode dedicated to the humble cranberry. We discuss the use of cranberries to preventing urinary tract infections with Dr. Manisha Juthani-Mehta. In addition to hearing about something called proanthocyanidin, we discuss her recent publication in JAMA on whether cranberry capsules decrease the presence of bacteriuria plus pyuria in older women living in nursing homes.
Hallelujah: Integrating Primary Palliative Care In The ICU
November 19, 2016 06:39 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBThere are a lot of ways one can imagine on how to integrate palliative care into the intensive care unit (ICU). Today, we talk with ICU doctor and researcher, Bill Ehlenback, about his recent study of a proactive palliative care rounding intervention.
Sweet Little Lies: When Is It Ok To Lie To Patients?
November 02, 2016 05:11 - 27 minutes - 24.3 MBTruth telling is an ethical pillar of medicine. But, are there instances when it is ever ok to lie? In this episode of the GeriPal podcast we explore the use of deception and lies in modern healthcare, including those sweet little “therapeutic lies” commonly used in dementia care. For more about this topic, and some good articles about it, visit GeriPal.org.
Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Mechanical ventilation in Advanced Dementia
October 27, 2016 05:42 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBThis week’s GeriPal podcast is all about mechanical ventilation in nursing home residents with advanced dementia. In particular, we discuss a new finding that use of mechanical ventilation doubled for these individuals from 2000 to 2013 without a substantial improvement in survival.
When Breath Becomes Air - A Review of a Review
October 18, 2016 18:02 - 14 minutes - 28.4 MBThe second GeriPal podcast is a book review of "When Breath Becomes Air."
Bed Alarms and why Not to Use Them
October 05, 2016 00:00 - 15 minutes - 22.9 MBThis is the first of the GeriPal podcasts focused on all things geriatrics, hospice, and palliative care.