Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe 100th GeriPal Podcast Special - It's a Celebration
On today's podcast we take a moment to celebrate 100 episodes of the GeriPal podcast. Yes, 100 episodes that have covered everything from cranberry j…
6 years, 1 month ago
Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: Discussion of a Multinational Trial with Lieve Van den Block
Nursing homes are a tough place to do palliative care. There is extremely high staff turnover, physicians are often not present except for the occasi…
6 years, 1 month ago
Allowing for Chemotherapy in Hospice: A Podcast About Concurrent Care With Vince Mor
A recent study by Vince Mor published in JAMA Oncology found that veterans with advanced lung cancer treated in Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centers…
6 years, 2 months ago
Health Navigators Improve Dementia Care: Podcast with Kate Possin and Sarah Dulaney
Do you remember the scene from the movie The Graduate where Ben's dad says, "One word: Plastics"? Well, I write this blog post from the National Pall…
6 years, 2 months ago
Architecture and Medicine: Podcast with Diana Anderson and Emi Kyota
Before we get into this week's topic, would you please take 1 MINUTE to complete this GeriPal survey! It will really help us out. We swear, only 1 mi…
6 years, 2 months ago
Opening the Black Box of LTACs: Podcast with Anil Makam
What happens in Long Term Acute Care Hospitals, or LTACs (pronounced L-tacs)? I've never been in one. I've sent patients to them - usually patients w…
6 years, 3 months ago
Geroscience and it's Impact on the Human Healthspan: A podcast with John Newman
Ok, I'll admit it. When I hear the phrase "the biology of aging" I'm mentally preparing myself to only understand about 5% of what the presenter is g…
6 years, 3 months ago
Becoming an Advocate for Older Adults: A Podcast with Joanne Lynn
Joanne Lynn, a geriatrician and palliative care physician who leads Altarum's work on eldercare, wrote a recent JAGS editorial titled The "Fierce Urg…
6 years, 3 months ago
Hiding Behind High Value Care: A Podcast with Vinny Arora and Chris Moriates
You're the attending physician on a teaching service. Your resident says we shouldn't order a CT because CT's are over-used for this condition, and r…
6 years, 3 months ago
The life of individuals with moderate dementia: A Podcast with Krista Harrison
On this weeks podcast, we talk with Krista Harrison about the life of individuals living with moderate dementia, as well as what we know about their …
6 years, 3 months ago