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Diabetes in Late Life: Nadine Carter, Tamryn Gray, Alex Lee

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-@AlexSmithMD Additional Links: – Fingerstick monitoring in VA nursing homes (too common!) – Improving diabetes management in hospice – Continuous Glucose Monitoring complicating end of life care Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. What is the role of the family caregiver system, how they play a role?

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Cachexia and Anorexia in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Eduardo Bruera

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We need this type of push to make us feel that we are part of a community and we are part of a movement and things are changing because we are around. And the truth is we don’t want, I don’t want any patient or family to perceive that when Brera goes to see me, there’s a second interest, a second gain.

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Prognosis Superspecial: A Podcast with Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley

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Next, we talk with James Deardorff about whether we can accurately predict nursing home level of care in community-dwelling older adults with dementia. And just like cultural background, there are some individuals and families that would really never have their loved one enter a nursing home, choosing instead to take care of them.

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