Latest Episodes
054 How to Make Difficult Decisions Easier: Using Goals of Care and Benefits vs Burdens
In This Episode: Dr. K discusses a reader’s dilemma concerning his resistant 96-year-old father, and explains how using two foundational concepts — goals of...
053 Addressing Loneliness in Aging
In This Episode: Dr. K talks with Carla Perissinotto, MD, Associate Chief for Geriatrics Clinical Programs at UCSF and a nationally known expert on...
051 Innovations to Help Older Adults and Family Caregivers
In This Episode: Dr. K talks with Anne Tumlinson, an expert in long-term care and the founder of the caregiving organization Daughterhood.org. They discuss...
050 Flu Shots for Older Adults: What to Know
In This Episode: Dr. K explains what all older adults and family caregivers should know about annual vaccination against influenza. She covers: What is...
049 Better Primary Care for Older Adults: the Oak Street Health Story
In This Episode: Dr. K talks with Griffin Myers, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Oak Street Health, a Chicago-based network of primary care clinics...
048 How Cerebral Small Vessel Disease Affects Most Aging Brains
In This Episode: Dr. K explains what to know about cerebral small vessel disease (SVD), a very common brain condition linked to cognitive decline,...