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Ageism + COVID19 = Elder Genocide: Podcast on nursing homes with Mike Wasserman
Episode 166
One of our earliest COVID podcasts with Jim Wright and David Grabowski a year ago addressed the early devastating impact of COVID on nursing homes. …
4 years, 9 months ago
COVID Vaccine Hesitancy in Frontline Nursing Home Staff
Episode 165
COVID has taken a devastated toll in nursing homes. Despite representing fewer than 5% of the total US events, at least 40% of COVID‐19–related deat…
4 years, 9 months ago
Expelled from Hospice: Podcast with Elizabeth Luth and Lauren Hunt
Episode 164
Hospice may not be a great match for all of the care needs of people with dementia, but it sure does help. And, as often happens, when patients with…
4 years, 9 months ago
Reframing Aging: A Podcast with Patricia D'Antonio
Episode 163
The COVID pandemic brought to light many things, including how society views older adults. Louise Aronson wrote a piece in the NY Times titled "'Covi…
4 years, 10 months ago
So you want to be a hospice medical director? Podcast with Tommie Farrell and Kai Romero
Episode 162
So what exactly does a hospice medical director do? Why do some choose to become hospice physicians? What additional training is needed, if any, be…
4 years, 10 months ago
The Problem of Alzheimer's: A Podcast with Jason Karlawish
Episode 161
Where are we with Alzheimers? Are we about to see a revolution in how we diagnose and treat it with Amyloid PET scans and the amyloid antibody aduca…
4 years, 10 months ago
Importance of Function in COVID Prognosis: Podcast with Orestis Panagiotou, Elizabeth White, and Marlon Aliberti
Episode 160
Nursing home residents have been devastated by COVID. Somewhere around 40% of deaths from COVID have been among nursing home residents, though they …
4 years, 11 months ago
LGBT Care for Older Adults and Serious Illness: Podcast with Carey Candrian and Angela Primbas
Episode 159
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) older adults have lived through a lifetime of discrimination, social stigma, prejudice, and marginaliza…
4 years, 11 months ago
Medications Safety/Quality Update: Podcast with Nagham Ailabouni
Episode 158
On the one hand, every year we are fortunate to have new medications that help older adults and people living with serious illness. New treatments f…
4 years, 11 months ago
Living with Death: A Podcast with BJ Miller
Episode 157
Most of us know we are going to die. How often though do we actually let ourselves really internalize that understanding? To imagine it? To feel …
4 years, 11 months ago