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

GeriPal

What should we use to screen individuals? We talk about diagnosis, et cetera, but it’s almost more of a community conversation. Eric 26:16 I would also say, having tried to find a primary care doctor out there in the wild, you can’t. And there’s no continuity of care.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

The following graph shows the striking difference in premature mortality between countries with weak or strong primary care: 2. More GPs = Higher Life Expectancy Did you know that people in areas with more GPs live longer ? million people in 2018), shows that the longer you know your GP, the better off you are.