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

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Summary Transcript Summary The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded back in 2000 that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening for dementia in older adults. If so, how do we screen and who do we screen? What should we use to screen individuals? Cognitive screening.

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

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Summary Transcript CME Summary Its another deprescribing super special on today’s GeriPal Podcast, where we delve into the latest research on deprescribing medications prescribed to older adults. Eric 00:04 And Alex, we ve got another deprescribing super special with us today. This is Eric Widera. Alex 00:03 This is Alex Smith.

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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

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So I make the point, they often say, “Oh, you have this special population,” like pediatrics, where it’s 10% or something. Because a lot of my colleagues, who are like transplant coordinators for example, are asking, “Can you help us better screened for which older adults would be fit enough to go for transplant?

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

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The article we discuss today, also published in JAMA , addresses these two gaps. If I remember correctly, I think the average was, people were screening positive for depression in this study. I guess, I’d say, and I said this in the article, we saw more movement on the FACT-G subscales of social and emotional quality of life.

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The Nature of Suffering: BJ Miller and Naomi Saks

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Alex: I wonder when we talk about it, because we’ll have links to both Eric Cassell’s argument, and we mentioned another article from Tate. Eric Cassell’s article, The Nature of Suffering, that you might think suffering would appear in the definition of palliative care. Pain Manag Nurs. doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2023.11.004.

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Music as Medicine: Jenny Chen, Tyler Jorgensen, & Theresa Allison

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And I was looking for articles, and I wasn’t seeing as many as I expected. Jenny 04:45 Like, the last article was, like, 10 years ago. My voice is nothing special. Eric 11:13 And, Tyler, that’s why I loved your article at J Gym on bringing music and benefits to patients at the bedside. Alex 09:00 Not true.

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Palliative care for cancer: Podcast with Jennifer Temel and Areej El-Jawahri

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Alex: And we are also delighted to welcome Areej El-Jawahri, who is an oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital as well, who specializes in blood cancers. And I just want to highlight, Jennifer has a great JPSM article that just came out. I had it on my screen. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Jennifer. Jennifer: Thanks.

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