Descriptive terms for older people: older is in and elderly is out
“Never be the first to use a new descriptive term for older people nor the last to give up an…
“Never be the first to use a new descriptive term for older people nor the last to give up an…
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD In 1976, Balfour Mount published a landmark description of the first palliative care unit, in the Royal…
Nursing home residents are often sent to the hospital for care that often offers little hope of improving quality of…
Clinical formulations, something that few of us outside of mental health providers know about, but can be a critical tool…
Antipsychotics are often used to treat delirium, although the evidence behind their efficacy is pretty minimal. That evidence is…
This week on the GeriPal podcast, we talk with Angelo Volandes. Angelo Volandes is famous for his use of video…
Just in time for Thanksgiving, we are having a GeriPal podcast episode dedicated to the humble cranberry. We discuss the…
Today was a big day for palliative care. Really big. Why? Because today we have the strongest evidence to…
There are a lot of ways one can imagine on how to integrate palliative care into the intensive care unit…
This Veterans’ Day, stop and think about the World War II Veteran. The average veteran of WWII is now over…