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

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And yet we’re also in a different place in diabetes monitoring and management. 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.

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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

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What are the structural factors and individual factors that contribute to homelessness? We would drill down on the tenth differential diagnosis of medium vessel vasculitis, and then we would discharge them back out to the streets. Why do we say “over 50” is “older” for homeless persons, why not 65? We would admit them to the hospital.

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

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This is a particularly interesting topic because we know that individuals with dementia have a high rate of entering nursing home. That just leads to issues that can make home care very difficult for these individuals. So you’re kind of the guest host today. Why did you do that paper, James? James 17:03 Yeah, I think so.

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