09.21.2023
Clinical Alerts
09.21.2023
Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons
Evidence has been mounting about the importance of the geriatric assessment for older adults with cancer. The geriatric assessment has been shown in two landmark...
09.21.2023
Sedentary Behavior and Incident Dementia Among Older Adults
In a retrospective study of adults with sedentary lifestyles this recent study sought to determine if there is an association between sedentary behavior and risk...
08.24.2023
An evidence-base for the implementation of hospital-based palliative care programs in routine cancer practice: A systematic review
Despite global support, there remain gaps in the integration of early palliative care into cancer care. The methods of implementation whereby evidence of benefits of...
08.24.2023
Palliative Care Issues in Aortic Stenosis
Aortic stenosis (AS) is a common form of valvular heart disease that is graded based on cardiac testing. Despite improvements in access to aortic valve...
08.24.2023
Decision-making About Dialysis: Beyond Just Dialysis or Death
Nearly half of the persons receiving dialysis in the United States are aged 65 years or older. Kidney failure occurs most frequently in older adults,...
07.12.2023
Diabetes in Late Life: GeriPal Podcast
In this GeriPal podcast, Nadine Carter, a current hospice and palliative care fellow, Alex Lee, an epidemiologist at UCSF and Tamryn Gray from the Dana-Farber...
07.12.2023
End-of-Life Care Considerations for the Hispanic Patient in the United States
The Hispanic population in the United States is growing and is now its largest ethnic minority. By 2035, it is expected that nearly 1 in...
07.12.2023
CDC Signs Off on RSV Vaccine for Older Adults
The CDC gave a green light to two new vaccines to protect against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, in older adults. CDC Director Rochelle P....