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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

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Join us as we dive deeper into these studies and discuss the implications for clinical practice and patient care. Alex 14:45 And is it ethical to do a placebo taper in real world clinical practice? Ethical and practical. Eric 15:32 Could do this in clinical practice. I guess those are the questions.

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Improving Hospital Care for Older Adults through Acute Care for Elders (ACE Units): Kellie Flood and Stephanie Rogers

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If you want to do a deeper dive in ACE units, check out some of the following articles: The original NEJM paper on ACE units from 1996. Not every hospital or every health system is the same physically or financial incentives or which clinical programs exist and patient demographics. Kellie: Yes.

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Dysphagia Revisited: A Podcast with Raele Donetha Robison and Nicole Rogus-Pulia

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Nicole: I was just going to add that I think a helpful analogy for me has been to think about our clinical assessment, sort of like if a physical therapist just stood at the door with their ear up to the door to listen if a patient fell, and then made a recommendation plan for exercise. Eric: Great. Raele: Blind Melon. Alex: (Singing).

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

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Was there any mention about the impact that hearing loss has in communication or what we should do about it in clinical practice? COVID-19, masks, and hearing difficulty: Perspectives of healthcare providers. And one of the parts of that was actually doing physicals for the students and putting them in job placements.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

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There’s an article about her in New York Times. And this is, of course, an old and foundational idea about clinical practice. The post Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional.

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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

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The ones who are publishing interesting articles are easy as we knew MAID is always going to be a controversial topic. Anne: Which episode of the GeriPal podcast has most significantly changed your clinical practice? So, we did try to get some breadth of guests on our show. We mentioned her name before. Alex: Thank you.

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How to Make an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis in Primary Care: A Podcast with Nathaniel Chin

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They actually published a really good article in December on what’s the role, how should we diagnose Alzheimer’s disease in primary care? You do the history, you do a physical exam, you’re doing non specific, you know, blood tests and potentially imaging, and only after that do we even consider the role of biomarkers.