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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

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Eric: So we’re going to be talking about dementia and considerations around surgery for individuals with dementia. And then, the family, her kids got together, my wife and her brother and sister got together and said, wait a minute, mom did not want this, right? Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Samir. Samir: Thanks, Alex and Eric.

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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

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Eric: I do not want my family to listen to my podcasts. So, I generally don’t listen to the podcast afterwards, nor force them on my family. We’re willing to spend $50,000 a year for individuals for their expensive pharmacy medication. Alex: We are only on the fourth of 10. They ordered mild to hot. Eric: All right.

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Health and Wealth Shocks: Lauren Hunt, Rebecca Rodin, Tsai-Chin Cho

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Those are all things that could dramatically be a major health shock for an individual. We focus on function and mortality because these are outcomes that really are important to patients and families. Alex 14:28 Yeah, yeah. Tai Chen, any other social disruptive events? So that’s also related to marital status. And do you die?

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