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

GeriPal

That screening influences kind of further treatment, actually, probably more importantly, patient outcomes. And when I asked the patient, well, what happened, the test was sprung on them. And then the family tells me they can’t keep an appointment, they can’t manage their finances. Nate 06:04 Right.

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Group ACP and Equity: Sarah Nouri, Hillary Lum, LJ Van Scoy

GeriPal

It does seem that if communities, particularly historically marginalized communities, are interested in ACP, that fact should carry some weight in how resources are allocated to research and health care financing. LJ: So that was kind of where I came down, I don’t know what Hillary and Sarah…what you guys thought? Yeah, I agree.

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Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

GeriPal

Joan: A lot of my work comes out of my clinical practice. That’s a problem in our healthcare financing system. Nursing homes are subsidized by their Medicare, by their rehab patients. Ruth: And if that is considered a skilled intervention, it could be reimbursed. We didn’t respond.