Joe Ouslander

Professor at the College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton Florida. I work on improving care for vulnerable older adults.

[Joe Ouslander @JOuslander]

I heard about this trial on the news this morning. The "significant" differences did not look clinically meaningful to me. The relative difference always looks good, but the absolute difference looks very small.

[American Geriatrics Society @AmerGeriatrics]

Today, @AmerGeriatrics published a new framework for understanding the intersection of structural racism and ageism in healthcare in @AGSJournal

#geriatrics #equity #ageism

Read more: https://t.co/YAImE77s06

[Debra Saliba, MD,MPH @DebraSalibaMD]

“Hospitals are bad places for #olderadults”

Patients aged 75+ report worse care experiences than those 55-74. In @AGSJournal we highlight a need for #geriatric models of care to ensure high quality patient centered care for #older inpatients.

https://t.co/4KBiQ2GRpR

[Eric Widera, MD @EWidera]

1 in 6 adults with chronic medical conditions experienced persistent loneliness attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rates were highest among individuals living below the poverty line or identifying as Hispanic/Latinx (where it was 1 in 4). #geriatrics
https://t.co/jxAARliFNi

[Joe Ouslander @JOuslander]

@AlexSmithMD @AGSJournal @AmerGeriatrics @kazberouk @EWidera Another cover image for JAGS

[ACEP Geriatric Sect @GeriatricEDNews]

Is absence of evidence = evidence of absence in #GeriEM? See #OpenAccess philosophical debate https://t.co/DwvZFttVqD in @jem_journal @EMGeriPearls @AGEM_SAEM @theGEDC @AAEMRSA @aaeminfo @AmerGeriatrics @UCSDHealthAging @LizGoldbergMD @katren_tyler @replynickel @GeriEMEurope

[Joe Ouslander @JOuslander]

@carofonsecamd @AlexSmithMD As William Osler said-listen to the patient, they'll give you the diagnosis. I just sling the bull with patients and I learn and observe a lot of what I need to know. Then I do the relevant exam. Read my medical school classmate Dan Wolpaw's essay "The virtues of irrelevance".

[Joe Ouslander @JOuslander]

@GeriPalBlog @klharrisonPhD @AlexSmithMD @EWidera This is a fantastic podcast and lays bare the thoughts of many who have busy lives and also try to be successful in academic medicine. Thanks. JO

[GeriPal - A Geriatrics & Palliative Care Podcast @GeriPalBlog]

We talk with @klharrisonPhD, academic hospice & palliative care researcher, about her essay published in JAMA about coping with personal grief from the deaths of her dad and step-dad within 5 months of each other.

Episode https://t.co/qd972RvcaO - hosts @AlexSmithMD | @EWidera

[HealthinAging.org @HealthInAging]

Researchers found that COVID-19 death rates were more than three times higher at U.S. nursing homes with the highest proportions of Black and Hispanic residents, compared to those with mostly white residents.

https://t.co/B4AGFrpWbJ

[JAGS @AGSJournal]

Incorporating Outcomes that Matter to Older Adults into Surgical Research. #geriatrics https://t.co/c6Weruruf7

[Joe Ouslander @JOuslander]

@phillic58 I agree. There will need to be a simplified version. The last thing we want to do is to scare residents, families and staff.

[Ken Covinsky @geri_doc]

Amen

[JAGS @AGSJournal]

Aged Care Emergency (ACE) program supports nursing homes to reduced hospital admissions and ED visits by 20%. Collaboration between ED, nursing homes, ambulance and primary care is required. #geriatrics https://t.co/QbR88VHIEn

[Joe Ouslander @JOuslander]

@ml_barnett @DavidCGrabowski The NIA is sponsoring one trial that I know of specifically in Nursing Homes

[Joshua Uy MD @joshuy]

@DavidCGrabowski I have no idea how I missed this but this is by far the best thing I’ve read on how to improve NH’s. I’m texting to my fellows. I love the proposal for more clinicians. Isn’t that obvious to anyone else? And wage minimums and pass throughs.

[JAGS @AGSJournal]

Billed Advance Care Planning visits were relatively uncommon among Medicare decedents (6.3%), but their occurrence was associated with less intensive End‐of‐Life Care utilization. #geriatrics #palliativecare #HAPC https://t.co/yD9J0Uomy1

[JAGS @AGSJournal]

Harms and Benefits of Subcutaneous Hydration in Older Patients: Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis. #geriatrics #HAPC https://t.co/nuG4zEsksx

[JAGS @AGSJournal]

Fall‐Related Hospitalizations in Nursing Home Residents Co‐Prescribed a Cholinesterase Inhibitor and Beta‐Blocker. #geriatrics https://t.co/dkjAfBbPGw

[CDC @CDCgov]

Masks can help prevent the spread of #COVID19 when they are widely used in public. When you wear a mask, you can help protect those around you. When others wear one, they can help protect people around them, incl. you. https://t.co/jkWwZTfWSS #WearAMask #DoYourPart #WorldMaskWeek