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Leveraging U=U Interventions for Black Women With HIV

Physician's Weekly

The researchers recommended including community members in intervention design, healthcare systems, and policies. U=U is a very relevant and necessary message that should be part of any intervention that addresses ART adherence, viral load suppression, stigma, and mental health.

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

GeriPal

Knowing that the community is really underrepresented in sort of our knowledge, what we do, how we provide care that’s truly inclusive and welcoming. For instance, our indigenous communities, such as some of our indigenous communities use the Term two spirit, to identify their sexual orientation and also sometimes their gender identity.

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Normalcy, Introspection, & the Experience of Serious Illness: Bill Gardner, Juliet Jacobsen, and Brad Stuart

GeriPal

He studies the mental health system in the ways in which it has failed children and adolescents, and he writes about his experience with cancer in a blog, the Billgardner.substack.com, Billgardner, one word. So she had them early in diagnosis and then a little bit later. We have a Canadian theme going. Brad: Yeah.

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What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

GeriPal

Alex: Self-administer and psychiatric illness is not considered a qualifying diagnosis. The last time we had you on the podcast, Bill, you talked about your cancer diagnosis and a personal experience with MAID, which you also, we’ll have a link to your blog post too about this as well. So they have to self-administer. Eric: Yeah.

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

GeriPal

Alex: We’ve got a lot to talk about…what states are doing and cities are doing to support older adults in the community. It was designed to really balance what Medicaid at the time was to provide nursing homes and Medicare is obviously health insurance. But, what you need is a community-based game there.

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Stepped Palliative Care: A Podcast with Jennifer Temel, Chris Jones, and Pallavi Kumar

GeriPal

So, for example, everyone who was diagnosed with an advanced or metastatic lung cancer had a prognosis on the order of months. Within eight weeks of diagnosis of advanced disease. Eric 16:38 So everybody was diagnosed with an advanced lung cancer sometime in the last twelve weeks and then they were randomized. Eric 29:20 Yeah.

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

GeriPal

With your journey, with your dad’s journey- Diane: They could have diagnosed him earlier. They could have diagnosed him earlier. But what happened when we finally… When he did get the diagnosis, it all fell into place. So that’s I think diagnoses. But it was also later on in the disease. Diane: Yeah.