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This week’s GeriPal podcast is all about mechanical ventilation and dementia. In particular, we discuss a new article in JAMA IM which concluded that the use of mechanical ventilation for nursing home residents with advanced dementia doubled from 2000 to 2013 without a substantial improvement in survival. We also talk about a recent JAGS article about integrating palliative care in the nursing home.