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Advance Care Planning Discussion: Susan Hickman, Sean Morrison, Rebecca Sudore, and Bob Arnold

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And especially for those who may have nontraditional families. I think if you’re from a nontraditional family, it’s very important to make sure that people understand who you would want to talk to. We also saw a lot of conflict in families because of that. Bob: So I think it’s important. Rebecca: Agreed.

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Gabapentinoids – Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Tasce Bongiovanni, Donovan Maust and Nisha Iyer

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And for that reason, there was actually an enormous lawsuit, and the manufacturer was fined, now I think 20 years ago, in the millions and millions of dollars for off-label prescribing. These are families who are in distress. Eric: Although pregabalin, right, more misuse of pregabalin out in the community. Is that right?

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Aging and Climate Change: Karl Pillemer, Leslie Wharton, & Ruth McDermott-Levy

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Leslie Wharton is a leader in the 26,000 member grassroots organization Elders Climate Action , which organizes older adults to create communities engaged in making a difference at local, state, and national levels. What’s our role in changing the healthcare system, in our own healthcare system.

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COVID Updates: A Podcast with Peter Chin-Hong and Lona Mody

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The impact on families. And because MRNA vaccine someone nimbly manufacture, they can say hey, let’s just make a vaccine based on what’s currently circulating. But turns out that Jan1 and its family are all very similar. And I was like, I don’t see much in the community right now. The impact on.