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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

It was designed to really balance what Medicaid at the time was to provide nursing homes and Medicare is obviously health insurance. Eric: Which is, so let’s say I am a provider, a healthcare provider taking, let’s say a nurse practitioner working in an older, a clinic that’s mainly caring for older adults.

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

GeriPal

Malaz: One day I was in internal medicine residency and I had to take care of a patient who was admitted from a nursing home with dementia. So IU, we have been able to convert our paper, Chris Callahan paper that was published in 2006, the first clinical trial that was positive. Malaz: 1999, my friend. And I was terrified.

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A Revolutionary Drug for Extreme Hunger Offers Clues to Obesity’s Complexity

Physician's Weekly

They rushed to the emergency room, fearing a dangerous bowel impaction. Soleno said in a statement it expects broad coverage from both private and public insurers and that the copayments will be “minimal.” Still, the drug’s average price of $466,200 a year is staggering even for rare-disease treatments.