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250,000 Preventable Deaths Every Year: Why Climate and Health Must Be Funded Together

My Green Doctor

And yet, the global health sector receives less than 1% of all climate adaptation finance. Without closing this gap, healthcare systems everywhere will struggle to meet rising demands, especially in vulnerable communities where climate change is accelerating inequality and suffering. So what’s the path forward? Alcayna et al.

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

GeriPal

Sarah Nouri, Hillary Lum, and LJ Van Scoy argue that diverse communities are asking for ACP. Sarah Nouri gives an example from her work in the LGBTQ+ community of a trans woman who was buried as a man because existing laws/rules did not protect her wishes. I would like to request the Friendship Train by Gladys Knight and the Pips.

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

GeriPal

And several times now, I read the notes and it’s just that someone has copied the contact information for someone into that note, but no one has actually contacted them or confirmed that they would want that person present. I’m not going to talk about finances. You’re like, “Oh, that’s not my place.

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New Prognostic Models for Older Adults: Alex Lee, James Deardorff, Sei Lee

GeriPal

As a springboard for this conversation we discuss new prognostic models developed to predict (simultaneously) mortality, disability, and mobility impairment ( Alex Lee first author, JAGS ) and mortality for people with dementia residing in the community ( James Deardorff first author, JAMA IM ). . Eric: Well, let me push you on that.

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Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Podcast wtih Connie Cole, Kathleen Unroe, and Cari Levy

GeriPal

You know, I work in the VA and we have somebody who doesn’t have the finances to support a stay in a nursing home and they’re on hospice. It’s a very, I think, appropriate amount that people end up using that particular benefit. And it’s amazing. And so there was a lot of misconceptions around palliative care.

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

GeriPal

Ruth: Decision-making processes, we saw the lower nursing homes tended to have a clear process for advanced care planning and for decision making to include families in an informed decision. ” Ruth: Yes, you could say that if somebody had all the information they needed and chose a form of treatment, then yes, that’s a difference.

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

GeriPal

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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