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Should you have a coach? Greg Pawlson, Beth Griffiths, & Vicky Tang

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We make a diagnosis. I can either tell you, “Here’s what I want you to do and know,” or I can just give you a book and say, “Go read it.” You have to, A, have done a geriatrics fellowship and, B, had some ongoing and passed the geri board. The ICF has lists of certified training programs.

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

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The ability to appreciate, recognize, and engage with music is preserved even until late stages of dementia, and Theresa is examining how music can be useful from the time of diagnosis, not only for the person with dementia, but their caregivers. I am not a board certified. I am not a certified music therapist.

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Telehealth vs In-Person Palliative Care: A Podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson

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Additionally, here are some of the resources we talked about during the podcast: Eduardo Brueras editorial that accompanies the JAMA paper titled Improving Palliative Care Access for Patients With Cancer Our podcast on Stepped Palliative Care with Jennifer Temel, Chris Jones, and Pallavi Kumar The book What’s in the Syringe?