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Krista Harrison, PhD
@kristalynharrison.bsky.social
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Social scientist | how to make end-of-life less terrible | hospice, pal care & home care for older adults with serious illnesses, dementia | policy & aging research at UCSF | All views my own

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/krista.harrison
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Callback to the @geripal.bsky.social #thickenedliquidschallenge #ags2025 #WeAreGeriatrics #litreview

Commonly used but data sparse for dysphasia in hospitals and nursing homes. “Thin” evidence for mortality reduction and patients dislike
Picture of conference ballroom with presenters at the front Slide summarizing outcomes for observational study on thickened liquids in hospitalized older adults with dementia
May 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Sing-along state of the science at #AGS2025 by @alexsmithmd.bsky.social @kencovinsky.bsky.social @ewidera.bsky.social complete with light sticks at 8:45 am

#WeAreGeriatrics
May 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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In case anyone at #AGS2025 is on #gerisky… first 24h in Chicago involved a Cubs/Giants game (and amusing rivalry between @kencovinsky.bsky.social and @lwaltermd.bsky.social) and my first @deprescribeus.bsky.social meeting!

#WeAreGeriatrics
May 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Delighted to see @lwaltermd.bsky.social receive the Hal Luft Mentoring Award at @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social #HSR Symposia today. She’s describing building a culture of mentoring in @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social, which has certainly made my career possible
Louise Walter, Division Chief of UCSF Geriatrics, receiving the Hal Luft Mentoring Award. Hal Luft, Joanne Spetz and Abigail, stand in the wings
April 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Someone’s always watching #catsofsky #dogsofsky
Cricket, a ~1yo rescue dog, maybe McNab breed - mostly black with blue Merle bib and paws, sits tall and at high alert in front of a stain glass window Sunny, a nearly 1yo rescue cream tabby, sits on a cat hammock attached to the slider stared down at the camera
March 31, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Friday respite: goats and herding dogs and runs and sunrises and green grass
McNab dog on leash with goats used for managing vegetation in the background behind a fence on a sunny day with green grass McNab dog off leash during a run overlooking Sausalito’s Richardson Bay on a particularly gorgeous morning Sunrise over a Bay with pastel swirly clouds and a rustic oversized chair overlooking the view - lots of green grass
March 22, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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At least one thing accomplished today: finished untangling a huge mess of yarn I made two months ago, no thanks to child or cats (cats being the reason there are two yarn balls instead of one)
Entire skein of very tangled merino cranberry-colored yarn, on ruggable and my son’s knee Former yarn tangle finally converted to semi-neat yarn balls after 2 months of slow effort. Two yarn balls, because one of our cats chewed on the yarn during the process
March 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Great to be part of this project, led by Dr. Meredith Bock (of @remohealth.bsky.social) and Dr. Lauren Hunt!

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Graph from Figure 1 of manuscript, showing Proportion of All Hospice Enrollees With Alzheimer Disease (AD), Parkinson Disease (PD), or Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB) as a Primary Diagnosis, 2010-2020. Shows a huge increase in AD in hospice between 2013-2016 and slow gradual increase in PD and DLB
March 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Wishing you many opportunities for rest and naps this weekend
Two caps nap in vertically stacked hammocks attached to a glass slider door, a dog naps in a dog bed on the floor to their left
March 15, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Our research group in @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social keeps trading notes on how we are taking care of ourselves in these chaotic times. I’m trying to do 10 minutes of art a few days a week, per @wendymacnaughton.bsky.social @drawtogetherstudio.bsky.social

Tonight’s effort
Mediocre water color and pen drawing of a Sumo orange
March 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Stripes on stripes on a lazy Sunday
Orange striped tabby relaxing on a table in sunbeam striped by blinds. Black cat sitting on floor and staring at camera
March 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Wishing us all space for restoration moments today, like a nap in the sun in a hammock
Orange cat curled up on hammock stuck to a slider with sunlight and trees in the background
March 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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This picture sum up how I feel about the news these days…

#catsofsky
Large orange cat hides under vintage drysink while being stalked by black cat
March 6, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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When you don’t want to eat alone and have 2 siblings waiting to take over your meal #catsofsky #dogsofsky
A border collie-blue heeler mix dog and an orange cat watch a black cat eat breakfast. Photo from above looking down
March 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Guess I’m trying #europePMC today since I need to finish a grant and #pubmed is down for me again… lots of intermittent reports of this over the weekend and for #nih websites generally. #pubmed is an online library of research, most of it taxpayer-funded
Downdetector website showing reports of NIH website & resource outages in the last day or two Photo evidence showing pubmed cannot connect to server
March 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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#caterday - Moon is claiming all the socks🌒
March 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Catching up on news podcasts and sunrise hike/runs with Cricket #dogsky
Sunrise view of Richardson bay in Marin headlands McNab dog with a tennis ball on a trail
February 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Reprieve / recovery: #cat snuggles and #drawtogether art per #WendyMac in per her substack - circle doodles inspired by the artist Hiroyuki Doi

#norulesinart
Black young cat snuggled on blue turquoise plaid blanket next to yellow journal with a circle doodle that artist Wendy Mac said is “inspired by the artist Hiroyuki Doi1. After losing his brother suddenly in 1980, Doi was devastated with grief and unable to move. He wasn’t a trained artist, but he found himself picking up a pen, and only thing he could bring himself to do was draw circles. But once he started drawing circles he couldn’t stop. He said drawing the circles proved him “relief from the sadness and grief” he felt. “
February 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Timeline break: Cricket training for backpacking season and cherry blossoms
Black dog with white speckled paws wears a blue dog pack and stands on top of a hill with a view of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge Cherry blossoms framed against a deep blue sky
February 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Our new paper in @agsjournal.bsky.social compares dementia end-of-life caregiving experiences. Labor of love to use poetic analysis in this secondary analysis of qualitative data, comparing #prion & #ADRD #dementia types, and develop a new conceptual model #hapc #neuropal
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Two poems created from interview data from research participants Conceptual model comparing end-of-life experiences with dementia caregiving for short vs long duration disease experience
February 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Can’t get anything done? Local to the Bay Area? Check out our local public school silent auction this week! If you need escapism there’s houseboat vacations, ski weeks, sushi meals, sailing lessons. There’s also art for making your home cozier! paybee.io/@riseup94965@5
February 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Grantwriting surprise gifts from great friends: “Positive Potato: I may be a tiny potato but I believe in you. Go do your thing!”

#research #grantwriting #geripal
Picture of a green ceramic cup of multicolor erasable pens, with a knit potato with a face and holding a sign that says “Positive Potato: I may be a tiny potato but I believe in you. Go do your thing!”
January 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Adventure kittens Moon and Sunny #whiskerswednesday #catsofbluesky #catsofgeripal
January 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Thanks to @ewidera.bsky.social for teaching @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social how to use this app - distraction from grant proofreading into an apparent void.
January 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM