Structural, Institutional, and Interpersonal Racism
In the GeriPal podcast (48:38 minutes), Deborah Ejem, a medical sociologist and Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Alabama Birmingham, and Deep Ashana, a pulmonary critical care physician and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Duke University, discuss structural, institutional, and interpersonal racism as well as how these different but related constructs negatively impact the care of older adults and people with serious illness.
Should We Shift from Advance Care Planning to Serious Illness Communication?
In this GeriPal podcast (49:17 minutes), Juliet Jacobsen and Rachelle Bernacki discuss the ongoing debate in academic circles about the value Advance Care Planning (ACP), how to think about definitions of ACP vs serious illness communication, what should go into high quality conversations, the evidence for and against any of this, and ultimately where we go from here. Also included is a Venn diagram of advance care planning and serious illness communication.
Source: GeriPal, 2022
Dementia and Continence (DemCon)
This website provides information to help people living with dementia to manage continence at home. It was developed by researchers at the University of Southampton and King’s College London, who worked with people affected by dementia. Funding has been from the Alzheimer’s Society and National Institute for Health and Care Research.
Source: Dementia and Continence (DemCon)
https://www.demcon.org.uk/
Aging and the ICU
Based on an earlier study finding that older adults who survive sepsis are likely to develop new functional and cognitive deficits after they leave the hospital, in this GeriPal podcast (46:44 minutes), Lauren Ferrante and Julien Cobert discuss their own research and the idea that for critically ill patients in the ICU, geriatric conditions like disability, frailty, multimorbidity, and dementia should be viewed through a wider lens of what patients are like before and after the ICU event.
Source: GeriPal, 2022
Advance Care Planning Discussion
In this GeriPal podcast (55:57 minutes) guests Susan Hickman, Sean Morrison, Rebecca Sudore, and Bob Arnold discuss advance care planning.
Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care
Age-related hearing loss affects about 2/3rd of adults over age 70 years and that self-reported hearing loss increases during the last years of life. Screening for addressing hearing loss should be an integral part of what we do in geriatrics and palliative care, but it often is either a passing thought or completely ignored. In this GeriPal podcast (49:37 minutes), Nick Reed and Megan Wallhagen discuss hearing loss in geriatrics and palliative care.
Who Should Get Palliative Care?
In this GeriPal podcast (45:18 minutes) Kate Courtright, a critical care and palliative care physician-researcher who conducts trials of palliative care, is interviewed. Kate discusses how despite how far we've come in palliative care research, we still do not have answers to some fundamental questions, such as: (1) who should get specialized palliative care? Should eligibility and access be determined by clinician referral? By diagnosis? By prognosis?
Elder Sexual Assault Technical Assistance Manual
Recognizing that the unique needs of senior victims of sexual violence are not being met, the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR) and the Pennsylvania Department of Aging partnered to administer a grant from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency to create an organized statewide approach to addressing elder sexual abuse. The overall goal of this project is to insure an appropriate response to sexual abuse that will not further traumatize the elder victim, but aid in his or her healing from the profound emotional and physical injury resulting from the sexual violence.
Putting Care at the Center 2025
Putting Care at the Center is a national conference for health and social care providers, policymakers, consumer advocates, program leaders, payers, researchers, and more who are working to improve care for people with complex health and social needs. Meet your people, learn best practices, share your experiences, and help us build the complex care field. Putting Care at the Center is the annual conference of the Camden Coalition’s National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs. Join us October 15-17, 2025 in Portland, OR with co-host CareOregon.
Tennessee Interprofessional Practice and Education Consortium Annual Conference: Call for Proposals
The Tennessee Interprofessional Practice and Education Consortium (TIPEC) will hold its annual conference on Friday, July 25 at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN. This year's conference theme is Interprofessional Practice: Bridging the Gap Between Classroom and Clinic Through Quality Assessment. The Call for Proposals is open through March 15, 2025. More information about the Call for Proposals can be found here: https://tipec.org/poster-and-presentation-submission-form/