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Dysphagia Revisited: A Podcast with Raele Donetha Robison and Nicole Rogus-Pulia

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But estimates in community dwelling older adults are around 15%. So, we use that information to formulate a treatment plan. But again, most of my clinical practice, until recent years, has been in the acute care setting. And then when we think about our interventions, we have sort of two categories.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

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Summary Transcript Summary Social connections impact our health in profound ways, whether it is the support we receive from family and friends in navigating serious illness, the joy from shared social activities, or connecting with our community. They didn’t feel connected to the people in their broader community.

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What can we learn from simulations? Amber Barnato

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For example, we spend the first half talking about a RCT simulation study of clinician verbal and non-verbal communication with a seriously ill patient with cancer. And if the doctors still come up with different diagnoses or perceptions of what’s happening with the patient and or treatment plans, that’s all on them.