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

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So, the question becomes, what, if anything, should we do differently in the primary care setting to diagnose the disease? We address the following questions with Nate: Has anything changed for the primary care doctor when diagnosing Alzheimers? But these tests were never designed to diagnose. Does a good history matter anymore?

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Involving the inner circle: Emily Largent, Anne Rohlfing, Lynn Flint & Anne Kelly

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I’m not going to talk about finances. It might be a hired caregiver, it might be a social worker in the community or other person who may not identify with that word friend or family. Eric: Lynn or Anne? But there was an impact on us as a team too. You’re like, “Oh, that’s not my place. I’m the doctor.

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Health and Wealth Shocks: Lauren Hunt, Rebecca Rodin, Tsai-Chin Cho

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Eric 12:03 I’m interested in that because I hear a lot about people losing their, like, one way, like people get health issue and then lose all their finances, especially in the U.S. In the community? But also one of the reasons we want to focus on the community was that actually most people with dementia live in the community.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

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How is it financed and what comes next? If you are interested in learning more and meeting a community of folks interested in hospital-at-home, check out the hospital-at-home user group at hahusersgroup.org or some of these publications: Hospital-Level Care at Home for Acutely Ill Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

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