In today's podcast we talk with Audrey Chun, Professor in the Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Sheila Barton, a social worker in the Geriatrics practice at Mt. Sinai.
Mt. Sinai has a HUGE outpatient geriatrics service, with a mean age of 85. We talk with Audrey and Sheila about the challenges they face in overcoming obstacles. Everything is harder now, such as how to get basic needs met for older adults isolating in the community, such as food and assistance with basic activities with daily living. Higher order concerns are challenging as well, including conducting advance care planning conversations with patients and family members over the phone, and finding a home hospice agency willing to care for a COVID positive patient. We talked as well about this article by Jason Karlawish arguing that caregivers are essential health workers who should be allowed into hospitals to care for their older at-risk-of-delirium relatives.
Oy. Tough times…
Mt. Sinai has a HUGE outpatient geriatrics service, with a mean age of 85. We talk with Audrey and Sheila about the challenges they face in overcoming obstacles. Everything is harder now, such as how to get basic needs met for older adults isolating in the community, such as food and assistance with basic activities with daily living. Higher order concerns are challenging as well, including conducting advance care planning conversations with patients and family members over the phone, and finding a home hospice agency willing to care for a COVID positive patient. We talked as well about this article by Jason Karlawish arguing that caregivers are essential health workers who should be allowed into hospitals to care for their older at-risk-of-delirium relatives.
Oy. Tough times…