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

GeriPal

We didn’t have medications that were effective with a few side effects. And this is not about treating dementia as a disease of the brain in isolation from the person. I heard this beautiful thing the other day, which was to an electronic medical record, I am not a whole person. They have complex medical regimens.

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

GeriPal

These are patients who had a pre-existing chronic disease, very broadly defined. COPD, heart failure, solid oncology, hematologic malignancy, dementia, ALS, interstitial lung disease, several others. I treat patients with acute leukemias and related diseases, so I kind of know some of this from my own clinical practice.