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Gun Violence

Maine Academy of Family Physicians

Additional free firearm resources available at: The BulletPoints Project provides clinical tools for doctors and medical educators to help prevent firearm injury. Read the American Journal of Public Health article, " T alking About “Firearm Injury” and “Gun Violence”: Words Matter." LINK to article

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

GeriPal

I have 24,500 veterans on our caseload, 14,000 individuals with diagnosed mental health issue, 8,500 with an alcohol and substance abuse. I think it can be tempting to kind of silo it to, oh, that’s just aging and independent services. 60% of all medical costs have nothing to do with your health diagnosis.