#hapc22 1/2 DO NOT miss AAHPM on-demand session➡️ODS5 "If You Don’t Ask, You Don’t Get It: Implementation of a Discrimination Screening Question During Palliative Care Inpatient Consults".

When a patient requests to drink cold ice water before removing high-flow nasal cannula (to withdraw life support), that will be the last one in his life. - Don't thicken it. - Make sure he gets what he wants. - Don't ask anybody. It won't take long. Go get it by yourself.

How common are chronic medications changed during acute hospitalizations among older adults? Great work by Tim Anderson presenting Northwestern Pepper Center Grand Rounds. NM Geriatrics

JAGS New Editorial Board members in the house!!! Halima Amjad, MD, PhD Steph & me - Women Geri Docs at the table! Thx Alex Smith, MD !!!! #AGS22 American Geriatrics Society

"Egregious" & shameful disparities in dementia dx, care, & research for Black/Hispanic older adults, who are MOST impacted. Could we PLEASE spend $50k/yr/person getting these vulnerable older adults good care, & shelve 'mabs til this is fixed?? Halima Amjad, MD, PhD at #AGS22

Halima Amjad, MD, PhD emphasizing what people who care for older adults can to address issues and of access and marginalization in dementia care. #AGS22 American Geriatrics Society

Rather than immediate care needs at the time of disease onset, the spending associated with a clinical diagnosis of dementia may reflect a health care crisis, during which the dementia is recognized as a contributing factor. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

I haven't even started my National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) workshop and already am learning so much! For example, I just learned about this amazing resource for images!!! They even have age-positive icons!!! ageingbetter.resourcespace.com/pages/home.php… #foreverstudent #freeresource #Geriatrics #research

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Medicare Advantage in 2022: Enrollment Update and Key Trends kff.org/d175b72/ In 2022, _48%_ of all beneficiaries are in MA. Profit is highly motivating.

Healing relationships are the missing ingredient in US healthcare--patients & professionals benefit when relationships prioritized. #EHR #burnout #joyinmedicine The Patient and The Practitioner in the Age of Technology: Promoting Healing Relationships cme-learning.brown.edu/PromoteHealing…

@MedPedsDoctor agreed, wish we could shift the balance! focusing on high utilizers helps residents tie the two settings together #meded

T3: Helping trainees turn complaints about the system into projects and help them identify the first step and who to talk to #meded

T3 Melissa Dattalo agreed! Faculty clinic leaders are key! #meded

T3: Faculty can help residents navigate the politics they may not understand which can serve as barriers #meded

Thanks all, this was fun! #meded

20yr gap in life expectancy a few streets apart in Baltimore. HANDLS cohort to study #healthdisparities Michele Evans BWScholars2017

Many caregivers also suffer from social isolation nyti.ms/2uqnBgz

Thanks for the inspiration, I am resurrecting my twitter account! @JasonFlattUCSF BWScholars2017

Honored to have met these brilliant women this week! BWScholars2017 x.com/bwscholars2017…