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

GeriPal

So like as an example, in New York State, if someone has no healthcare proxy that they’ve designated, there is a legal structure by which we can assign a surrogate, whereas other states don’t have that same structure. You know, baby boomer generation started to turn 65 and older back in 2011. Yael 10:52 Yeah.

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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. What it found is that healthcare providers are better at identifying people that are connected more than disconnected. Ashwin Kotwal: Oh, wow. What would it be?

IT 99
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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.

IT 115