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Aging and Climate Change: Karl Pillemer, Leslie Wharton, & Ruth McDermott-Levy

GeriPal

So it’s just every single part of our life is affected and mental health issues. Eric: I guess, Ruth, the question for you is what’s the role of the healthcare system in all of this? Why is it up to the healthcare system? I mean, many people in their mid to older years are on certain medications.

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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

GeriPal

They found that between 2017 and 2030, they think the percentage of the population that’s 65 and up is going to triple in that 15-year period. When they think about homelessness, their mind goes to what I would call the individual risk factors, things like having a substance use disability or mental health disability.