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Medical Music Mondays: Back in a SCFE

PEMBlog

Lyrics [Verse] The ice cream fell off the cone today A year of leg pain, now my left hip gave way Orthopedic surgery is booked for tomorrow Never seen hip X-Rays bring one kid such sorrow [Chorus] I got me a SCFE! Slipped capital femoral epiphysis I got me a SCFE!

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Social Workers as Leaders on Palliative Care Teams: A Podcast with Barbara Jones

GeriPal

And we’ll tell you the scope of practice, and this is top of license, and this is how you can best utilize a social worker and, no, actually that skillset belongs over here.” What does this diagnosis mean to you? You begin with psychosocial assessment and care. And you feed the medicine in. Who’s important to you?

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

There’s a book called The 36-hour day for dementia caregivers. But what happened when we finally… When he did get the diagnosis, it all fell into place. The typical utilization of inappropriate hospitalization and emergency room and total cost of care. There’s a reason that’s in… How many prints?

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As Federal Health Grants Shrink, Memory Cafes Help Dementia Patients and Their Caregivers

Physician's Weekly

Losing Memory, and Other Things, Too Kennedy’s diagnosis led him to retire, ending a decades-long career as a software engineer at the University of Scranton. They have given him purpose, Kennedy said, and help him cope with negative emotions around his diagnosis. Socializing can also become more difficult after diagnosis.