Geriatrician, health services researcher, mom and lover of all things primary care and geriatrics.

Joined July 2013
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/Promo…
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I haven't even started my @NHATS_NSOC 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.c… #foreverstudent #freeresource #Geriatrics #research
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ABORTION IS STILL LEGAL IN MD. Call us at 443-297-9893 if you live on or are traveling to Maryland for an abortion and need support.
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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.wi…
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"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 at #AGS22
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@halima_amjad emphasizing what people who care for older adults can to address issues and of access and marginalization in dementia care. #AGS22 @AmerGeriatrics
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Replying to @AGSJournal
@AGSJournal New Editorial Board members in the house!!! @halima_amjad @NothelleSteph & me - Women Geri Docs at the table! Thx @AlexSmithMD !!!! #AGS22 @AmerGeriatrics
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How common are chronic medications changed during acute hospitalizations among older adults? Great work by @TimAndersonMD presenting @nu_pepper Grand Rounds. @NMGeriatrics
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.
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Many caregivers also suffer from social isolation nyti.ms/2uqnBgz
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20yr gap in life expectancy a few streets apart in Baltimore. HANDLS cohort to study #healthdisparities Michele Evans @BWScholars2017
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Outcomes of In-Hospital CPR: Not as Rosy as Some May Say goo.gl/fb/h7Xbk
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