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

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What should we use to screen individuals? There’s an article about her in New York Times. So there are some studies going on in that direction as well. I’m just going to screen everybody who’s over the age of 65 as part of my annual wellness visit for Medicare. Who should get it if anyone?

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

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These individuals may become unrepresented, meaning they lack the capacity to make a specific medical decision, do not have an advance directive for that decision, and do not have a surrogate to help. How should we care for unrepresented individuals in inpatient and outpatient settings? Why not use the older term unbefriended?