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Community Integration: Pushing the Boundaries for a Better World

Integrated Care News by CFHA

The plane was piloted by a native of the island, deeply committed to helping his community. What followed was a powerful expression of community and compassion. We offered trauma-informed support and helped newly displaced individuals connect with health and community resources.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

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Summary Transcript Summary The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded back in 2000 that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening for dementia in older adults. If so, how do we screen and who do we screen? What should we use to screen individuals? Cognitive screening.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

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Summary Transcript Summary Social connections impact our health in profound ways, whether it is the support we receive from family and friends in navigating serious illness, the joy from shared social activities, or connecting with our community. They didn’t feel connected to the people in their broader community.

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Anti-Asian Hate: Russell Jeung, Lingsheng Li, & Jessica Eng

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Ongoing reports from patients about anti-Asian hate experiences Should clinicians screen for Anti-Asian hate? question used to screen for domestic violence. It’s both institutionalized racism where there are policies and practices by corporations, by government that create inequality. Alex 15:37 Yeah. generation.

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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. But Ruth, I was wondering too, and you invited us to ask each other questions, so my golly I’m going to do it.

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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

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In terms of their risk, in terms of how we think of preventive health, as we think of screening, all of those things, I would turn around to the geriatricians and say, “Check your implicit bias. So the other part of that thing I would say is all of those things are true about the difference in rates between a community.

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

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Too many people do because it’s really hard to keep their loved ones at home for the cost, the enormous financial, mental and physical strain for the family. Whereas with comprehensive dementia care, what you really need is a lot of the support that is delivered in the community. Diane: Which too many people do, Malaz.