Social Vulnerability and Frailty in Hospitalized Older Adults. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37662062/ Being socially vulnerable was associated with increased length of stay, having excess hospital days, and being discharged to long term care from hospital. Nice paper, led by Jasmine Mah

So excited to have been a part of this wonderful panel of geriatricians today... if you missed it, check out the upcoming breakout career sessions sites.google.com/view/geriafloa…

A recent study shows that people are more likely to retain knowledge for a longer length of time when it is presented in the form of an anecdote rather than statistics hbswk.hbs.edu/item/looking-t…

Celebrating, honoring, and serving the Veteran you are: VA is dedicated to being a leader in health care for LGBTQ+ Veterans and provides high-quality, LGBTQ+-affirming medical care in a respectful environment. bddy.me/44abQfT

So glad to see a geriatrician at the helm of JAMA Internal Medicine.

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It can be challenging to figure out how to support a family member living with #PTSD . The PTSD Family Coach app connects you with resources and tools to relieve stress to help you take care of yourself and your loved one. Download it here: mobile.va.gov/app/ptsd-famil… #VAMobile

Thank you colleen christmas & #sevilyasar for letting me speak to the newest AFAR MSTAR Johns Hopkins Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology students today! Throwback to my own MSTAR journey that cemented my ❤️ with Chitra Kavouspour Hamilton MD FACP

Always coming with the best tips to combat delirium by the bedside - remember if they can’t hear you 1) F2F 2) do not repeat louder, reword, rephrase, and enunciate Esther S. Oh Johns Hopkins Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology grand rounds Johns Hopkins Memory & Aging. #BrainMatters #thisisgeriatrics

I love everything about this story. I hope this will be the relationship I have if I have grandkids one day #AgingGoals Jessica Colburn, MD Mariah Robertson MD MPH Cynthia Boyd Mariu Duggan Liz Phung, D.O., FACP Anna Reisman Lauren Mazzurco

'There’s no unit of measure that can quantify the impact we can make at the end of life for pts in need, & for their families. & there’s no remuneration that pays more than the deep satisfaction of helping pple at their most vulnerable hours.'- Eric Last, DO, FACP
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Geriatricians in the Unites States were less likely to prescribe potentially inappropriate medications and more likely to prescribe a recommended alternative medication than similar general internists. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

This study shows that people living with dementia are less likely to have medication regimens deintensified, despite guidelines recommend more relaxed treatment targets. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

How does organizational readiness predict adoption of a caregiver training program? #ARM23 attendees can hear the answer directly from author Kasey Decosimo, MPH Everyone else read more about it here …ntationsciencecomms.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
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A crosswalk of commonly used frailty scales. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

Geriatrics Fellows Learning Online And Together (Geri-a-FLOAT), a series of virtual meetings combining education in geriatric medicine with networking and peer support, is associated with a sustained impact one-year post-curriculum. #geriatrics #meded agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

This virtual deprescribing collaborative aided in the successful implementation of both established and novel deprescribing practices across a variety of VA practice sites that care for older adults. #geriatrics #deprescribing agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

Social well-being is highly connected to health But it gets less attention than medical diagnoses when assessing prognosis. Newly developed Shah index of Social Frailty provides practical way of computing the mortality risk from social factors @SachinJShah pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

June is PTSD Awareness Month. Posttraumatic stress disorder can disrupt your everyday life. Symptoms can include withdrawing from loved ones and loss of interest in your hobbies. Learn more about additional signs of PTSD: MentalHealth.va.gov/ptsd/index.asp

Critically important data.
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