GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

Through a series of events, I started working as a consultant to the Department of Corrections in around 2006, and I was assigned to the California Medical Facility. In many cases, the families were the victims of the crime. And we’ve really tried to serve that hospice mission of serving the patient and the family.

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GeriPal

MARCH 2, 2023

2006 Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. I also heard that if you look at all individuals in the US, about 4% of individuals are taking one of the gabapentinoids, 10% over 65. These are families who are in distress. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Review. Annals of IM. This is Eric Widera.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Malaz: I love it.

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