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Welcome to Sachs Realty – Real Talk on Real Estate and the Housing Market Hosted by Real Estate Commentator and Maryland Real Estate Broker, Todd Sachs On our podcast channel, we break down what’s really happening in the U.S. housing market. Home price trends, mortgage rate updates and forecasts, job market conditions and outlook, and inflation tracking, are just a few of the topics we cover affecting American homeownership. If you’re a homebuyer, seller, investor, landlord, or just passiona ...
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A geriatrics and palliative medicine podcast for every health care professional. Two UCSF doctors, Eric Widera and Alex Smith, invite the brightest minds in geriatrics, hospice, and palliative care to talk about the topics that you care most about, ranging from recently published research in the field to controversies that keep us up at night. You'll laugh, learn, and maybe sing along. CME and MOC credit available (AMA PRA Category 1 credits) at www.geripal.org
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On today’s podcast, we talk about an innovative specialized primary care model for older veterans called the Geriatric Patient Aligned Care Team (GeriPACT) program. It’s designed with smaller patient panels and enhanced social worker and pharmacist involvement, and its approach is aimed at improving care and outcomes for our aging population. We un…
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With all the attention focused on Alzheimer's biomarkers and amyloid antibodies, it’s easy to forget that comprehensive dementia care is more than blood draws and infusions. On today’s podcast, we buck this trend and dive into the complexities and challenges of comprehensive dementia care with the authors of two pivotal articles recently published …
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In today’s podcast we talk with Eric Wong, geriatrician-researcher from Toronto, and Thiago Silva, geriatrician-researcher from Brazil, about the comprehensive geriatrics assessment. We spend the first 30 minutes (at least) discussing what, exactly is the comprehensive geriatric assessment, including: What domains of assessment are essential/mandat…
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On a prior podcast we talked with Todd Semla and Mike Steinman about the update to the AGS Beers Criteria of potentially inappropriate medications in older adults (Todd and Mike co-chair the AGS Beers Criteria Panel). One of the questions that came up was - well if we should probably think twice or avoid that medication, what should we do instead? …
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Health care trainees rotate through a variety of different settings. ICUs, hospital wards, and outpatient clinics. If they're lucky, they might even spend time in a nursing home. But on today’s podcast, we’re adding one more setting to that list: your local art museum. In this thought-provoking episode, we explore how art museum teaching is being i…
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In his book, “Why We Revolt,” Victor Montori decries the industrialization of healthcare. We’ve become a healthcare factory, beholden to health systems motivated by profit. In particular, he laments the loss of the “care” aspect of healthcare. Clinicians are under the clock to churn through patients. Patients are tasked with doing work outside of t…
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Most health care providers understand the importance of goals-of-care conversations in aligning treatment plans with patients’ goals, especially for those with serious medical problems. And yet, these discussions often either don't happen or at least don't get documented. How can we do better? In today’s podcast, we sit down with Ira Byock, Chris D…
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Is the U.S. real estate market on the brink of a massive correction? In this explosive episode, Economist, Harry Dent, breaks down why home prices could crash by 60% or more, as the real estate bubble finally bursts. Rising interest rates, surging debt, declining affordability, and mass layoffs are converging and fast. Harry dives in historical dat…
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What is death anxiety? We spend the first 15 minutes of the podcast addressing this question. And maybe this was unfair to our guests, the fabulous dynamic duo of palliative psychiatrists Dani Chammas and Keri Brenner (listen to their prior podcasts on therapeutic presence and the angry patient). After all, we invited them on to our podcast to disc…
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Why are we in a housing bubble today? According to Author, Todd Sheets, it all began in 1998! It caused the 2008 housing market crash, and it looks to be happening again. Todd Sheets Links: Website - https://toddsheetswriter.com Book - https://toddsheetswriter.com/2008-what-really-happened-understanding-the-great-financial-crisis/ Substack - https:…
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🎙️ New Episode: “Mass Layoffs & What’s Really Going On” with Amanda Goodall Mass layoffs are sweeping across industries again, but what’s driving it, and what does it mean for workers, leadership, the economy, and the housing market? In this eye-opening conversation, Employment Expert Amanda Goodall joins us to break down the real causes of corpora…
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The Florida Housing Market Crash EXPOSED! The Media Finally Admits the Truth In this episode, we dive deep into the Florida housing market crash and the recent shift in the media’s narrative. After months of denial, major news outlets are finally acknowledging the signs of a real estate downturn in the sunshine state. From skyrocketing inventory an…
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What’s the ideal blood pressure target for older adults with hypertension? Should we aim for a systolic BP of 120 mmHg in all older adults, as suggested by the SPRINT trial? Or should we be more flexible—especially for those who are frail or among the oldest old? This week on the GeriPal Podcast, we explore the nuances of managing blood pressure in…
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In this episode Economist Peter St. Onge breaks down how the the U.S. economy should work, how it’s failing everyday Americans, and what needs to change. From inflation and interest rates to wages, housing affordability, and the wealth gap, we explore how the system unbalanced and needs to be rebalanced to work for you. Perfect for first-time homeb…
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In this week’s episode, we dig into two deceptively simple questions: When does someone become a cancer survivor, and should palliative care be in the business of caring for them? Spoiler: It’s more complicated than it seems. We’ve invited two palliative care doctors to talk about survivorship with us: Laura Petrillo, a physician-researcher at Mass…
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June Lunney famously characterized the end of life functional course of people with dementia as a slow dwindle over time. Tom Gill later found that people with dementia do indeed have persistent severe disability throughout the last year of their lives. But from our clinical work, many of us are familiar with people with dementia who experience sud…
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Happy Pride Month GeriPal listeners! Transgender issues are in the news. Just today (June 17th) as we record this podcast: Ezra Klein released a wonderful interview with Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of congress A judge ruled that cuts to NIH grants focused on minority groups, including transgender people, were illegal and orde…
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If you’re anything like me, you might find the process of what happens to patients when they visit a radiation oncologist somewhat mysterious. During my training, I didn’t receive much education about radiation oncology, and I’m not entirely sure what some of the terms mean (hypofractionated means fewer sessions, right?). Well, today’s podcast aims…
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The need for better palliative care in nursing homes is significant. Consider this: the majority of the 1.4 million adults residing in U.S. nursing homes grapple with serious illnesses, and roughly half experience dementia. Many also suffer from distressing symptoms like pain. In addition, about 25% of all deaths in the United States occur within t…
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Have any of you watched the movie “The Notebook”? At the end, one of the characters, who has dementia, experiences an episode of lucidity. When I watched it, between tears (I’m a complete softie) I remember thinking, “Oh no! This will give people false hope! That their loved one is ‘in there.’ If only they could find the right key to unlock the loc…
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