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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

You know, baby boomer generation started to turn 65 and older back in 2011. I think actually that’s a way to link the inpatient and the outpatient, because the inpatient measure domain 4 has a social vulnerability domain where you have to screen for social isolation. And more and more of them are aging alone as well.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

Thomas: But the person did screen and used a little bit of the and Social Network Scale and the UCLA Loneliness Scale. Like I said, the patient screened positive for it. I did actually go back in and administer scales at least one time. Ashwin Kotwal: Oh, wow.

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Redefining Alzheimer’s Disease: A Podcast with Heather Whitson, Jason Karlawish, Lon Schneider

GeriPal

Just for the audience, we’re talking about, the NIA and the AA have been doing these frameworks since what, 2011? Lon: No, that’s a straight out screen. That’s 40% or so of people in their seventies who have no cognitive impairments as screened will have a positive amyloid PET scan. Mainly for research.

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