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UCSF Geriatrics @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social · 3h

👏 Congrats to UCSF Parnassus Emergency Dept for earning **Level 1 Geriatric Emergency Dept Accreditation (GEDA)** — the gold standard in elder care! Thanks to our incredible team for leading the way! 💙 #AgeFriendlyCare

UCSF Geriatrics @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social · 10h

Exciting news! 🎥 Dr. @annachodos.bsky.social launches **GERI Videos: Brain Health Topics**, a new mini series for clinicians on dementia care. Watch the first video, *“What is Dementia?”*: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCXw...

GERI Videos: What is Dementia?

This video provides an overview of dementia and some common neurodegenerative diseases that cause dementia. Understanding these basics is the first step in supporting people living with dementia.

www.youtube.com

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Rebecca Sudore @prepareforyourcare.org · 6d

Happy International Day of #OlderPersonsDay! Take the opportunity to talk with your loved ones about their medical wishes. They’ll thank you! Visit prepareforyourcare.org and our new program PREPARE for THEIR Care to how to talk to others.

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Rebecca Sudore @prepareforyourcare.org · 7d

🩺 It's Health Literacy Month! All our PREPARE materials are targeted toward the 5th grade reading level! Discover how to plan step-by-step with our easy-to-read materials @ PrepareForYourCare.org. Let's prioritize informed decisions! #HealthLiteracyMonth #PlanForHealth

PREPARE

Helping People Have a Voice in Their Health Care

PrepareForYourCare.org

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Stephanie Rogers @serogersmd.bsky.social · 26d

Conversational AI in healthcare is full of promise, but also risk. Clinicians + tech experts must partner to ensure tools are accurate, ethical, & safe for patients. Oversight + workflow integration are key. Great read: flowlinehealth.com/blog/voice-a...

Who Holds the Risk? - Flowline Health

Flowline Health enables providers to engage patients at scale, improving outcomes and streamlining care delivery.

flowlinehealth.com

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Ken Covinsky @kencovinsky.bsky.social · 22d

What happens when older patient gets admitted to hospital from ER but hospital has no beds? Often they "board" on stretcher in ER Hallway Great article describes this terrible experience from patient perspective "Hallways Feel Like Homelessness" agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Hallways Feel Like Homelessness: The Geriatric Boarder Experience

Older adults who are admitted to the hospital but boarding in the Emergency Department (ED) can have varied experiences depending on whether they board in an ED room, a hallway, or in a room in a ded....

agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Meredith Greene MD (she/her) @geri4life.bsky.social · 21d

Here’s the new YouTube link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3wx...

saveaidsresearch.bsky.social @saveaidsresearch.bsky.social · 21d

Technical glitch, the livestream has restarted with Diane Havlir, Mike Reid, and Andriy Klepikov who will share insights into topics as diverse as ending AIDS and improving community health, AI & HIV, and delivering HIV services in Ukraine.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3wx...

24 Hours to Save AIDS Research

www.youtube.com

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Meredith Greene MD (she/her) @geri4life.bsky.social · 21d

Join us on streamyard streamyard.com/watch/U4vdGE...
YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3wx...
Facebook twitch
Hour 22!!!! #saveaidsresearch

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Meredith Greene MD (she/her) @geri4life.bsky.social · 21d

Listening to #HIV and #aging this hour!

Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 21d

Come cross the finish line with us this morning in our quest to save AIDS research. We have some terrific speakers to end our marathon! Go to saveaidsresearch.org or join the livestream now on You Tube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3wx....

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GeriPal Podcast @geripal.bsky.social · 20d

What makes a "good death"? We dive into landmark studies: Karen Steinhauser on pain, peace & awareness; Edison Vidal & Rasa Mikelyte on UK/Brazil dementia views—choice vs. faith. Key: Listen to patients! #medsky

👉 Post: bit.ly/GeriPalEp374
😀 hosts @alexsmithmd.bsky.social | @ewidera.bsky.social

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GeriPal Podcast @geripal.bsky.social · 13d

Geriatricians Houman Javedan & Vicky Tang discuss Preoperative Assessments for Older Adults, emphasizing CGAs, frailty screening, and the Geriatric Surgery Verification program to optimize outcomes. #medsky

👉 Post: bit.ly/GeriPalEp375
😀 hosts @alexsmithmd.bsky.social | @ewidera.bsky.social

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Ken Covinsky @kencovinsky.bsky.social · 12d

Excellent article: Best practices for the use of artificial intelligence in medical education

Educational Strategies for Clinical Supervision of Artificial Intelligence Use | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Educational Strategies for Clinical Supervision of Artificial Intelligence Use | NEJM

Many learners are more facile with the use of large language models in medicine than their supervisors are. The authors provide an approach to clinical supervision that can mitigate the perils and ...

www.nejm.org

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UCSF Geriatrics @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social · 19d

Dr. Lingsheng Li received a KL2 Scholar Award from the UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Career Development Program. #geriatrics #HPM #palliativemedicine #ucsf

geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/lingshe...

UCSF Geriatrics @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social · 25d

We had a blast at our Division meeting with Geriatrics Jeopardy, created by Mary Tran! Congrats to Team Stephanie on the win 🎉 Thanks to all who played—play the game with your friends here: geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/geriatr...

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UCSF Geriatrics @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social · 26d

Join the Northern CA Coalition for Social Connection’s first #SocialConnectionWeek! Celebrate community, fight loneliness, & spark inclusion. @ashwinkotwalmd.bsky.social Register & learn more: geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/norther...

Northern CA Coalition for Social Connection Launches First Social Connection Week | Geriatrics

Join the Division’s Northern CA Coalition for Social Connection, led by Carla Perissinotto, MD, MHS and Ashwin Kotwal, MD, MS, for their first Social Connection Week!

geriatrics.ucsf.edu

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UCSF Geriatrics @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social · 26d

Congratulations to Evie Kalmar, MD, MS who recently graduated from the 2024-2025 Teaching Scholars Program!

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GeriPal Podcast @geripal.bsky.social · 27d

A podcast on medical billing & coding? Yes! Billing isn’t hard. Know your worth & bill for it, even if the visit doesn't FEEL hard as it can help pay for team members who often can't bill, and it benefits the patients.

👉 Post: bit.ly/GeriPalEp373
😀 Hosts: Drs. Alex Smith and Eric Widera

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UCSF Geriatrics @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social · 27d

Join Dr. @annachodos.bsky.social on Tuesday, Sept. 16 (12–1 PM via Zoom) as she shares the latest strategies in dementia prevention, early diagnosis, and models of care to support patients and caregivers for SFVA/ZSFG Medical Grand Rounds.

Join via zoom: tiny.ucsf.edu/DOMGrandRounds

UCSF Geriatrics @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social · 27d

Dr. @mikesteinman.bsky.social was featured in the @nytimes.com highlighting his work on safer alternatives to AGS Beers Criteria medications. Read more about his insights! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/h...

Why Are More Older People Dying After Falls?

Some researchers suspect that rising prescription drug use may explain a disturbing trend.

www.nytimes.com

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Ken Covinsky @kencovinsky.bsky.social · 28d

Moving essay!
"Entering patient rooms on crutches, my clumsiness trumpeted my disability, and my facial grimace communicated how intimately I shared their pain. I was in the trenches with them, navigating the same rugged terrain of disability+vulnerability"

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

The View From 18 000 Feet

This essay describes the author’s experience with a mountaineering injury and how this immobility, frustration, and loss of autonomy provided a glimpse into patients’ persistent pain, fear, and grief ...

jamanetwork.com

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Jarmin Yeh @jarminyeh.bsky.social · 29d

💜🧠🌻 My team is participating in the Alzheimer's Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer's for the nearly 7 million Americans living with the disease. Join us on October 18th, or support us with a donation! #Walk2EndAlz #ENDALZ

act.alz.org/site/TR;jses...

UCSF Institute for Health & Aging - CARING Lab's Walk to End Alzheimer's Team Page

Support UCSF Institute for Health & Aging - CARING Lab in the fight to end Alzheimer's. Donate today to help them reach their goal.

act.alz.org

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Ken Covinsky @kencovinsky.bsky.social · 29d

How hospice falls short
Families often most in need help of hand on help with caregiving. Yet hospice provides remarkably little help with caregiving.
Great viewpoint
Caregiving Under the Medicare Hospice Benefit
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Rebecca Sudore @prepareforyourcare.org · Sep 7

In honor of my grandparents who inspired PREPARE For Your Care (prepareforyourcare.org), I would like to wish all the grandparents a Happy Grandparents Day. #GrandparentsDay

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GeriPal Podcast @geripal.bsky.social · Sep 4

GeriPACTs bring specialized team-based care to older veterans with complex needs - smaller panels, geriatric training & more social work/pharmacy support. But are they better than standard care? #medsky

👉 Blog post: bit.ly/GeriPalEp372
😀 hosts @alexsmithmd.bsky.social | @ewidera.bsky.social

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UCSF Geriatrics @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social · Sep 5

Congrats to Dr. @lingshengli.bsky.social on receiving an NIH pilot award to improve surrogate decision-making for care partners of Chinese-speaking older adults with serious illness! #geriatrics

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