Specialty Geriatrics and Palliative Care
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Advocating for a Home-Based Care Approach to Support Homebound Patients and Those Living With Dementia
A Massachusetts General Hospital researcher has developed frameworks and tools to improve home-based care for people with dementia and support their caregivers.
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Pathways Case Report: The Neurobiology of Delirium in a Septic Elderly Hospitalized Patient
A 78-year-old woman with a history of poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetic kidney disease presented to Massachusetts General Hospital for acute physical and mental decline.
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Revolutionizing Palliative Care Delivery and Access to Improve Outcomes for Patients and Caregivers
Research at Massachusetts General Hospital is shifting how integrated palliative and oncology care is delivered to support patients with cancer and caregivers.
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Mind–Body Intervention for Chronic Pain Benefits Adults 50 and Older
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers provide novel evidence that adults ages 50 and older with chronic pain benefit from a mind–body program designed to increase physical function—and show even greater benefits in pain and performance-based physical function than younger adults.
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Pathways Case Record: A Patient With Arteriovenous Malformations
A 68-year-old man with atrial fibrillation and recurrent melena was admitted with multiple episodes of dark, tarry stool and anemia. He was found to have small bowel arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). The Pathways Consult Service at Mass General investigated the etiology of this patient's gastrointestinal AVMs.
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Pneumatic Dilation for Achalasia Generally Safe in Older Adults
Braden Kuo, MD, and colleagues have demonstrated pneumatic dilation for achalasia is safer, overall, for patients ≥65 years of age than for younger patients, as periprocedural adverse events occurred in 2.6% vs. 10.9% of patients (P=0.017).
Geriatrics and Palliative Care Contributors
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Christine S. Ritchie, MD, MSPH
Director of Research, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Director, Mongan Institute Center for Aging and Serious Illness, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Advocating for a Home-Based Care Approach to Support Homebound Patients and Those Living With Dementia
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Emily L. Aaronson, MD, MPH
Assistant Chief Quality Officer, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Social Worker–led Serious Illness Conversations Feasible in the ED
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Eric L. Krakauer, MD, PhD
Attending Physician, Palliative Care Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine and Global Health & Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Addressing Global Palliative Care Disparities
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Juliet C. Jacobsen, MD, DPhil
Recent Article
Training in Serious Illness Conversations Boosts Confidence of Students, Interns -
Leah B. Rosenberg, MD
Attending Physician, Palliative Care Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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Group Report: Psychological Aspects of Palliative Care -
Margarita Alegria, PhD
Chief of the Disparities Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Prior Disability Prevention Training Promoted Resilience of Racially and Ethnically Minoritized Older Adults During COVID-19 -
Vicki Jackson, MD
Chief, Division of Palliative Care & Geriatric Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Group Report: Psychological Aspects of Palliative Care
Geriatrics & Palliative Care
The Division of Palliative Care & Geriatric Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital offers a wide range of clinical expertise including inpatient services, outpatient programs and home based programs.