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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

Started as a direct case manager, worked in a variety of different places including the state legislature and I’ve been with the state office now since 2006. I have 24,500 veterans on our caseload, 14,000 individuals with diagnosed mental health issue, 8,500 with an alcohol and substance abuse. Eric: And Susan?

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

So IU, we have been able to convert our paper, Chris Callahan paper that was published in 2006, the first clinical trial that was positive. So if you think about dementia, it’s on the intersection of aging stigma and mental health stigma. So they were still have one or two more years with them. And we were in the field.