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Report: Mental health crises spike among youth

Medical Xpress

Emergency room visits for mental health crises spiked among children, teens and young adults from 2011 to 2020, researchers from UConn School of Medicine and other institutions report in the May 2 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

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Storytelling in Medicine: A Podcast with Liz Salmi, Anne Kelly, and Preeti Malani

GeriPal

So my piece is really reflections around caring for my mom who died toward the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, and the influence of my work in hospice and palliative care and the perspective that I brought to my care for her in that time. Because, for example, we get a lot of pieces on wellness and mental health.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

The idea was to create a robust community-based infrastructure that could help older adults succeed in their homes and communities, whether they were healthy, how to keep them healthy or they were at imminent risk of emergency room visits, hospitalizations, or nursing home placements. To Susan’s point.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

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.” Diane: Fantastic.