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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

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laugher] Alex: And, so we put them together and I feel like there’s been a real coming together of the Geriatrics and Palliative care communities and sort of cross-fertilization between the two and efforts between the two. So, I’m super proud of being able to reach out to people in rural communities. Lynn: Great.

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Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis: Podcast with James Deardorff and Sei Lee

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I you use the Lee Schonberg prognostic index for community dwelling older adults you will be directed to the tool, and it will automatically place the life expectancy at the calculated prognostic estimate. . And so many older adults with diagnosis of osteoporosis have never received any therapy for it. See screenshot below.

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

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But we know that 30% of all decedents who are Medicare beneficiaries either die from dementia or have an existing diagnosis of dementia, which is something we talk about quite often, Joel and I. Fifty percent have a diagnosis in their record of decedents have dementia. That provision was taken out of Obamacare back in 2007, 2008.