Promise & Pitfalls of AI: Will AI transform #Healthcare ? Is AI more empathetic than human clinicians (recent studies say Yes). Will AI de-skill clinicians? + much more. Guest Bob Wachter, Chair of Medicine at UCSF.

Episode bit.ly/GeriPalEp307 - hosts Alex Smith, MD | Eric Widera, MD

Progress in Pharmacologic Management of Neuropsychiatric Syndromes in Neurodegenerative Disorders (JAMA Neurology 2024) - 'Detection and characterization of NPSs in patients with NDDs is the foundation for excellent care' - jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

🧠 Have you seen the World Delirium Awareness Day webpage?

🔗 deliriumday.com

➡️ Resources for pts & carers, professionals, educators, etc.

'Guideline Recommendations on Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia: A Systematic Review' (JAMDA 2024) - jamda.com/article/S1525-…

Thiago Avelino-Silva, MD, PhD (Thiago J. Avelino-Silva), current T32 fellow, and his mentee Raif Restivo Simão won the Best Abstract Award at GERP 2024 ( #Geriatrics and Gerontology Conference of Sao Paolo)! Learn more: medicine.ucsf.edu/news/thiago-av…

United in our mission, geriatricians like Dr. Covinsky (@geridoc) & Dr. Sei Lee from UCSF Geriatrics shined in Brazil 🇧🇷 for #GERP24 ! SBGG-SP

Our passion drives us to enhance care for older people, striving for a better future for aging societies. #GeriatricsBeyondBorders 🌍

'Minimal clinically important difference in Alzheimer's disease: Rapid review' (A&D 2024) - 'For patients with mild AD, a change of +3 on the ADAS-Cog, +2 points on CDR-SB, −9 points on the iADRS, or −2 points on the MMSE was considered meaningful' - alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/al…

Most people with #dementia have #multimorbidity . Learn more at our ISTAART Basics webinar

📅 This Wednesday at 3pm GMT (will be recorded)

📝 Registration (free for ISTAART members): alz.org/research-webin…

Hope to see you there!

🚀 We are launching!
In light of the World Delirium Awareness Day, we want to give back: Introducing the Delirium Hub, powered by PIPRA – an online platform for everything on delirium prevention and management - free of charge for healthcare professionals! 🌐

📢 Pre-register

Tomorrow (Mar 13, 2024) is World Delirium Awareness Day. Join one of these great #delirium events happening around the world! deliriumday.com/events
#WDAD2024 iDelirium NIDUS Delirium Network

What is #delirium superimposed on dementia (DSD)? How does it affect delirium diagnoses?
Join NIDUS Delirium Network & Dr. Rich Jones on March 27 and learn more. tinyurl.com/ys4nx3dw

Baseline cognitive impairment is common among older adults undergoing inpatient surgery. Approximately 70% of patients with baseline cognitive impairment were missing delirium preventive interventions. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

Now free to read in JAGS - Eric Widera, MD's brilliant commentary, 'Who gets to decide what it means to have alzheimer's disease?'

agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…

What is #delirium superimposed on dementia (DSD)? How does it affect delirium diagnoses? Join
NIDUS Delirium Network & Dr. Rich Jones on March 27 and learn more. tinyurl.com/ys4nx3dw

One of the most fun GeriPal episodes we’ve recorded. Hot ones style! Around the 6th hot sauce we hit new levels of panic and alertness. Works for eliciting straight from the heart answers to listener questions.

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Delirium can be a maze with many paths leading in, but did you know medications often hold the key? From prescribed to over-the-counter, how we take, start, or stop them can trigger delirium onset. Let's advocate for thorough medication history reviews. Check out American Geriatrics Society

Exciting news! 🎉🎬'Land of the Young' by #AtlanticFellow Zach Bandler just won the prestigious American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition, handpicked by none other than Francis Ford Coppola himself! Congratulations, Zach! 🙌zoetrope.com/contests/scree…