Dr. Lingsheng Li received a KL2 Scholar Award from the UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Career Development Program. #geriatrics #HPM #palliativemedicine #ucsf geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/lingshe...

We had a blast at our Division meeting with Geriatrics Jeopardy, created by Mary Tran! Congrats to Team Stephanie on the win 🎉 Thanks to all who played—play the game with your friends here: geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/geriatr...

Join the Northern CA Coalition for Social Connection’s first #SocialConnectionWeek! Celebrate community, fight loneliness, & spark inclusion. @ashwinkotwalmd.bsky.social Register & learn more: geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/norther...

Congratulations to Evie Kalmar, MD, MS who recently graduated from the 2024-2025 Teaching Scholars Program!

A podcast on medical billing & coding? Yes! Billing isn’t hard. Know your worth & bill for it, even if the visit doesn't FEEL hard as it can help pay for team members who often can't bill, and it benefits the patients.   👉 Post: bit.ly/GeriPalEp373 😀 Hosts: Drs. Alex Smith and Eric Widera

Join Dr. @annachodos.bsky.social on Tuesday, Sept. 16 (12–1 PM via Zoom) as she shares the latest strategies in dementia prevention, early diagnosis, and models of care to support patients and caregivers for SFVA/ZSFG Medical Grand Rounds. Join via zoom:  tiny.ucsf.edu/DOMGrandRounds

Dr. @mikesteinman.bsky.social was featured in the @nytimes.com highlighting his work on safer alternatives to AGS Beers Criteria medications. Read more about his insights! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/h...

Moving essay! "Entering patient rooms on crutches, my clumsiness trumpeted my disability, and my facial grimace communicated how intimately I shared their pain. I was in the trenches with them, navigating the same rugged terrain of disability+vulnerability" jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

💜🧠🌻 My team is participating in the Alzheimer's Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer's for the nearly 7 million Americans living with the disease. Join us on October 18th, or support us with a donation! #Walk2EndAlz #ENDALZ act.alz.org/site/TR;jses...

How hospice falls short Families often most in need help of hand on help with caregiving. Yet hospice provides remarkably little help with caregiving. Great viewpoint Caregiving Under the Medicare Hospice Benefit jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

In honor of my grandparents who inspired PREPARE For Your Care (prepareforyourcare.org), I would like to wish all the grandparents a Happy Grandparents Day. #GrandparentsDay

GeriPACTs bring specialized team-based care to older veterans with complex needs - smaller panels, geriatric training & more social work/pharmacy support. But are they better than standard care? #medsky 👉 Blog post: bit.ly/GeriPalEp372 😀 hosts @alexsmithmd.bsky.social | @ewidera.bsky.social

Congrats to Dr. @lingshengli.bsky.social on receiving an NIH pilot award to improve surrogate decision-making for care partners of Chinese-speaking older adults with serious illness! #geriatrics

Join @alzassociation.bsky.social & @ucsfmac.bsky.social for a free Spanish seminar on Alzheimer’s, Sat 9/20, UCSF Mission Bay. Shared by Sandra Green & Dr. @kristalynharrison.bsky.social. Register: tinyurl.com/ForoSobreAlzheimer

Mitchel Erickson reminds us that true diversity includes age-related access—ensuring people of all ages can enjoy our communities, coasts & trails. 🌿 #AgeFriendly #Inclusion geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/mitch-e...

🧠 Pub: Learn about the National Dementia Workforce Study (NDWS) & how we designed surveys of providers across home care, assisted living, & nursing facilities to understand how workforce training & conditions impact care quality.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🎉 DOM #Mentorship Incubator Cohort of 25 new DOM inspiring clinician-educators & physician-scientists starting their careers @ucsfhealth.bsky.social @zsfgcare.bsky.social. Wisdom on Finding Your Academic Niche frm Dr Fang @ucsfdhm & StressFree Productivity from Dr Rogers @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social

Drs. @maliberti.bsky.social, @kencovinsky.bsky.social, Thiago Avelino-Silva (@geritjas.bsky.social) & colleagues validate an informant-based tool to improve hospital dementia detection. @agsjournal.bsky.social agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Drs. Irena Cenzer, @ashwinkotwalmd.bsky.social & colleagues developed and evaluated a brief social isolation measure in the Health & Retirement Study @agsjournal.bsky.social #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Dr. @melisawongmd.bsky.social’s Lens Study, with co-Is Drs. @lwaltermd.bsky.social & @alexsmithmd.bsky.social and support from the Pepper Center, has received an NCI R37 award to study function, cognition & quality of life in older adults with advanced lung cancer.

Do Dementia Care Management Programs Work? We’ve invited David Reuben & Greg Sachs to talk about their two respective trials, published in JAMA — D-CARE and IN-PEACE. #medsky 👉 Full episode: bit.ly/GeriPalEp371 😀 hosts @alexsmithmd.bsky.social | @ewidera.bsky.social #dementia #dementiacare

In hospitals, dementia often goes unseen. We validated the informant-based Clinical Dementia Rating, showing that listening to caregivers offers a reliable way to detect cognitive impairment at the bedside @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Join the Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s this fall across NorCal! 🌻 Shared on behalf of HEARD Study lead @kristalynharrison.bsky.social —raising awareness & funds for Alzheimer’s care & research.

🌞🎶 The UCSF Geriatrics team gathered in @alexsmithmd.bsky.social's home for our Annual Welcome Picnic! Music, laughter, great food & warm camaraderie made it a joyful welcome for new faculty, fellows & staff. 💛 Thanks for hosting, Dr. Smith!

Drs. Lauren Hunt, @kristalynharrison.bsky.social, & colleagues published in Am J Hosp Palliat Care on how the Care Ecosystem model impacts end-of-life outcomes in dementia care. #geriatrics pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40827842/

Congratulations to UCSF Division of Geriatrics! 🎉 UCSF Health’s expert opinion score in Geriatrics rose ~11% this year—the biggest increase among the nation’s top 5 hospitals in U.S. News rankings (UCSF, Johns Hopkins, Duke, Mount Sinai, UCLA).

Meet Dr. Labubu, the cutest new addition to UCSF Geriatrics! Dr. Labubu is ready to tackle complex cases with a big heart and tiny hands. Mask on, compassion dialed up—Dr. Labubu reminds us to bring a little whimsy to our work every day!

Drs. @julia-adler-mils.bsky.social, Mitch Erickson, Todd James, @serogersmd.bsky.social, James Hardy & colleagues published in Annals of Emergency Medicine on Age-Friendly EDs—showing mCGA may reduce admissions for older adults. doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

Nandini Singh, MPH, published “Coalition Building for Social Connection” in ASA’s Generations Now as part of her RISE Fellowship. Read here: generations.asaging.org/coalition-bu...

Dr. Angela Suen authored a review on pulmonary function test interpretation in older adults, highlighting advances, limitations, and key considerations for clinicians. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Congrats to Dr. @ashwinkotwalmd.bsky.social on receiving the NWDS Pilot Award for his project on grief support in dementia care and its impact on staff well-being across care settings.

We discuss the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, what it is, benefits, JAGS study showing it's more cost-effective vs usual care, & who it helps the most. #medsky    👉 Full Ep: bit.ly/GeriPalEp370 😀 hosts @alexsmithmd.bsky.social | @ewidera.bsky.social 😀 Guests: Eric Wong & Thiago Avelino-Silva

Goals of care discussions are still taboo in many places—"Addressing this significant gap through proactive communication strategies and systemic changes is vital for ensuring truly patient-centered care." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @alexsmithmd.bsky.social @prepareforyourcare.org

Congratulations to Dr. @wjdeardorff.bsky.social for receiving a K76 Beeson Career Development Award for his grant entitled "Enhancing prognosis communication for older adults in skilled nursing facilities".

Celebrate Senior Citizen's Day with meaningful conversations about your medical preferences with your loved ones. Explore step-by-step planning at prepareforyourcare.org. #HappySeniorCitizensDay

The ASCENT Consortium, a new U54-funded initiative, will advance palliative care research nationwide. Dr. @alexsmithmd.bsky.social leads the Pilot Studies Core & Dr. @lizdzeng.bsky.social joins the REC Core.

🎉 Congratulations to Michi Yukawa, MD, on being selected to the UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Class of 2025! Celebration on Sept 17 at Cole Hall + Zoom. #UCSF #MedEd

Drs. @ashwinkotwalmd.bsky.social, Thomas Cudjoe & Mike Harper lead a *Clinics in Geriatric Medicine* issue on loneliness & social isolation, featuring 11 reviews to guide care for older adults. www.geriatric.theclinics.com/issue/S0749-...

We talk with Todd Semla & Mike Steinman about their new recommendations of Alternative Treatments to the AGS Beers Criteria published recently in JAGS. #medsky   We start with Todd's new pothole analogy😂   👉 Full episode: bit.ly/GeriPalEp369 😀 hosts @alexsmithmd.bsky.social | @ewidera.bsky.social

Dr. @ashwinkotwalmd.bsky.social spoke at ALS Nexus 2025 on boosting social connection & quality of life for people with ALS, sharing research on reducing loneliness & isolation to improve well-being.

Free Spanish-language seminar on Alzheimer’s & dementias—Sept 20, 2025, 9–12 at UCSF Mission Bay. Learn about care, resources & support.

Drs. @drklam.bsky.social, Irena Cenzer, @alexsmithmd.bsky.social, @kencovinsky.bsky.social, and @ashwinkotwalmd.bsky.social, published "Social Participation Among Older Adults Before and After Long-Term Care Facility Entry" in @jamainternalmed.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Explore Dementia Care California — your go-to resource for patients, caregivers & clinicians. Find tools, tips & CA-focused support for dementia detection, care & diagnosis: [https://www.DementiaCareCA.org]

Palliative care clinicians and #ALS specialists have slightly different views of the unmet palliative needs of patients living with #ALS, great paper by Kara Bischoff onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Art in Medical Education: How art museums can enhance empathy & awareness, and create deeper team bonds for health care professionals. #medsky   👉 Full episode: bit.ly/GeriPalEp368 😀 Hosts @alexsmithmd.bsky.social | @ewidera.bsky.social 😀 Guests: Amy Klein, Laura Morrison, and Gordon Wood

🎉 Congrats to Ellen Ingebritsen on receiving a UCSF SPOT Award! She went above & beyond to secure a key license, ensuring PREPARE lab funding. Thank you, Ellen, for your incredible work! 👏 #UCSF #SPOTAward #PREPARELab

At the 2025 ACU Conference, Dr. @annachodos.bsky.social shared insights on early dementia screening, caregiver partnerships, and care planning—highlighting work from CAP-CT, Dementia Care Aware & Clarity Pro. geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/anna-ch...

📢 New CAP-CT self-paced training now available! Learn practical strategies to better support kinship & grandfamily caregivers. Free CE/CME included. Empower your care team to provide more informed, family-centered care. Start today: dementiacareaware.matrixlms.com/user_catalog...

Thank you @nathanstall.bsky.social and Dr. Lona Mody for for their generous editorial helping to interpret results. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

New paper in @jamainternalmed.com! In it, we use data to examine a commonly held belief about what moving into a nursing home or assisted living facility (also known as a long-term care facility; or LTCF) does to your social life. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...