Older adults who MDs have decided should be admitted to the hospital are spending hours, even more than a day, in ERs waiting for beds to open up. With deleterious impacts. My latest. cnn.com/2024/04/26/hea…

In our cross-sectional analysis of 10,966 nursing homes, we found those that fell below critical staffing levels (ie <3 hrs per resident-day 😳), were associated with higher inappropriate antipsychotic medication use. ChatDPT CMSGov NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing AARP Policy JAMA Network Open

Review summarizes current best practices for risk stratification, clinical assessment, and selection of risk reduction interventions for falls in community-dwelling older adults. ja.ma/4aZ9kwc

Superb and infuriating piece by UC San Francisco colleague (& great writer) Louise Aronson about how her mom's clear, documented wish to avoid aggressive care at the end of life was ignored by a medical team locked into a we-did-this-so-we-must-do-that spiral. NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

You are invited to the next webinar of the Global Frailty Network FSS Wednesday, May 8th, 2024, 12 PM ET. Dr. Matteo Cesari, MD, PhD from the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland will present 'Frailty and Intrinsic Capacity.' Please REGISTER at mhs.webex.com/weblink/regist…

Learn more in this #SystematicReview by Aaron Yao & colleagues how efficacy of clinical interventions varies by frailty levels in older adults.

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Reflecting on the # of patients admitted s/p #falls makes me wonder:

What if we (society/NIH/more) put as much efforts towards fall #prevention & rehab as we do for cardiovascular prevention/rehabilitation?! 🤔

Our article (acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M2…) was featured in the ACP 2024 meeting session 'Recent Articles That You Should Know About.' Thank you! Annals of Int Med Ariela Orkaby MD MPH Brigham and Women’s Division of Aging Brigham and Women’s Research

Now, deputy editor Dr. Stephanie Chang is discussing the Effect of Yoga on Frailty in Older Adults: A Systematic Review acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M2… #IM2024

If you missed the inaugural 'Geriatrics for Surgical Clinicians' course in March, it's not too late to participate! Get access to the recordings here: bit.ly/GeriSurgRecord
*recordings not eligible for CE credit*

Today: Harvard Medical School Lifestyle Medicine Journal Club meets by zoom for a presentation by Dr. I-Min Lee on physical activity, 10,000 steps, and trackers. Journal Clubs are a great way to connect faculty from across your institution. Harvard University Harvard Medical School Harvard UniversityChanSPH

Fantastic NEJM video on managing stages of dementia! This is what I try to cram into my weekly 4-hr Geriatrics clinic with our Internal Medicine residents 🫠

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📢 Top line results from the PERFORM-TAVR trial presented today at #ACC late breaking clinical trials💥

12-week home exercise + nutrition intervention meaningfully improved physical performance in frail TAVR patients

TAVR alone (usual care) not so much…Take home: treat the…

Study (N=163) finds women professors did 75% of internal service work; men 25%. Women viewed it as compliance or an investment; men dodged with evasiveness or used barter. Yet men did 50% of external service work. Nanna Mik-Meyer
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Can geriatrics education help with uncertainty? Here, @LoewenthalMD and authors find that IM residents face increased uncertainty and moral distress when caring for older adults and more importantly, PROPOSE SOLUTIONS! #geriatrics #agefriendly #meded
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Great to be featured in ACP Internal Medicine physicians spotlight!

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crazy! GLP-1 agonist reduced motor disability in Parkinson's disease

The how and why loneliness is bad for your health, a new nature feature
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A new study in Annals found that guidelines for managing high BP in hospitals are inconsistent and lack clear targets or recommendations for asymptomatic patients, potentially impacting patient care: ow.ly/OGe850R7uPz Tim Anderson