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Transforming the Culture of Dementia Care: Podcast with Anne Basting, Ab Desai, Susan McFadden, and Judy Long

GeriPal

Her most recent book is Dementia Friendly Communities: why we need them and how we can create them . Her most recent book is Creative Care: a revolutionary approach to dementia and elder care . And that’s why we need this community support, I think. She created TimeSlips which we talk about in our podcast.

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Medical Cannabis Revisted: A Podcast with David Casarett and Eloise Theisen

GeriPal

David is a physician who wrote the book “ Stoned: A Doctor’s Case for Medical Marijuana ” and gave a TED talk on “ A Doctor’s Case for Medical Marijuana ” that was watched over 3 million times. And, David, I’m going to start off with you because you wrote an entire book about this. Eric 06:53 I loved your book.

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

GeriPal

Knowing that the community is really underrepresented in sort of our knowledge, what we do, how we provide care that’s truly inclusive and welcoming. For instance, our indigenous communities, such as some of our indigenous communities use the Term two spirit, to identify their sexual orientation and also sometimes their gender identity.

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Palliative Care in India: M.R. Rajagopal

GeriPal

He is also author of the book, “ Walk with the Weary: Lessons in Humanity in Health Care ,” and was featured in this Atlantic article. Prognosis communication and the subtle ways we may communicate it without intention. Community-based palliative care networks . I have written about it in the book.

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Normalcy, Introspection, & the Experience of Serious Illness: Bill Gardner, Juliet Jacobsen, and Brad Stuart

GeriPal

He has a book, which I have read, Facing Death, and we will discuss Facing Death: Spirituality, Science, and Surrender at the End of Life. So she had them early in diagnosis and then a little bit later. I had a chance PSA, got diagnosed after a biopsy and it was like I read about in the book, it just blew the walls out of my house.

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

GeriPal

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. What’s your favorite book? She has a new book coming out, but keep going.

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Public Facing Education via Social Media: A Podcast with Julie McFadden, Matt Tyler, Sammy Winemaker and Hsien Seow

GeriPal

She covers topics on death, dying, and hospice from a hospice nurse perspective, and she also has a book coming out called “ Nothing to Fear: Demystifying Death to Live More Fully ,” which is now available for pre-order. Her book is called Nothing to Fear. Eric: And just a quick note, Sammy too on TikTok and on Instagram.

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