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GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast

Apr 29, 2021

During the winter peak in coronavirus cases, things got busy in my hospital, but nothing close to what happened in places like New York City last spring or Los Angeles this winter.  Hospitals in these places went way past their capacity, but did this strain on the system lead to worse outcomes?  Absolutely.

On today’s...


Apr 22, 2021

We know from study after study that most older adults would prefer to age in place, in their homes, with their families and embedded in their communities.  But our health system is in many ways not particularly well set up to help people age in place.  Medicare does not routinely require measurement or tracking of...


Apr 15, 2021

There are no currently approved disease modifying drugs for Alzheimer's disease, but in a couple months that may change.   In July of 2021, the FDA will consider approval of a human monoclonal antibody called Aducanumab for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.  If approved, it will not only make this drug the defacto...


Apr 8, 2021

One of our earliest COVID podcasts with Jim Wright and David Grabowski a year ago addressed the early devastating impact of COVID on nursing homes. 

One year ago Mike Wasserman, geriatrician and immediate past president of the California Long Term Care Association, said we’d have a quarter million deaths in long term...