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

GeriPal

What should we use to screen individuals? So people who have Medicare mostly fee for service in a dementia diagnosis should have access to a care, essentially a care navigator for the duration of their condition, or at least the duration of the program. Who should get it if anyone? What happens after they test positive?

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

GeriPal

We also talk about the importance of a proactive approach to involving speech-language pathologists in the care of individuals early on with neurodegenerative diseases like dementia and ALS. So as you mentioned, dementia, there’s some research that show about 86% or 93% of those individuals will get that. Raele: Yes, of course.

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Urinary Incontinence Revisited: George Kuchel & Alison Huang

GeriPal

George 03:01 So I would say that as many clinical issues in older adults, we need to think about them in two ways. Incontinence and avoiding issues can present in an older individual, in some cases, just like they do a younger person. Biological aging or physiological aging varies from individual to individual.

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How to Make an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis in Primary Care: A Podcast with Nathaniel Chin

GeriPal

Eric 00:27 So we’re going to be talking about making the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease in a primary care setting, not specialty care, but maybe we could talk a little bit about that. How much should it change how we think about making a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease in primary care? Great to be back. Absolutely.

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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

GeriPal

We’re willing to spend $50,000 a year for individuals for their expensive pharmacy medication. We shouldn’t be mandating individuals, this should be an optional thing for individuals. Anne: Which episode of the GeriPal podcast has most significantly changed your clinical practice? Alex: Thank you.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

We start off the conversation by talking about whether patients with cancer and cancer pain are really that different, and their paper that was just published on January 11 th in JAMA Oncology showing that substance use disorder is not uncommon in individuals with cancer. Jessie: Exactly. Eric: Which brings us to an article. Katie: Yeah.

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

GeriPal

Social workers augment a team’s ability to provide whole-person care, often aiding to identify and meaningfully address the wide variety of challenges and unmet needs faced by individuals and families facing serious illness. What does this diagnosis mean to you? And sometimes social workers feel intimidated by it, too.

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