4Ms Brochure
In this guide, learn how to improve your health by talking to your health teams about the 4Ms: What Matters, Mind, Mentation, Medications, Mobility.
Source: Catch-On
https://catch-on.org/
Daughterhood The Podcast: For Caregivers
"Daughterhood The Podcast: For Caregivers" is hosted by Rosanne Corcoran, who's journey into caregiving began with a dementia diagnosis of her fiercely independent mother. The monthly podcast cultivates a dynamic group of subject matter experts to help listeners navigate these uncharted, and many times, tumultuous waters and provide insight into navigating the healthcare system, resources, support, and community to those caring for their loved ones.
Source: Daughterhood The Podcast, 2022
Geriatric Oncology
In this GeriPal podcast (44:53 minutes), Melisa Wong, a geriatric oncologist, and Louise Walter, a geriatrician and leader in cancer screening for older adults, talk about the shifting landscape of geriatric oncology, including: 1) How to think about cancer screening in older adults, moving beyond a one-size-fits all age-based approach to individualize cancer screening decisions.
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?