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Developing an intervention to assist older patients communication with their GP practice after discharge from hospital [Community based participatory research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective The GP-MATE study has built a new intervention for family medicine and patients/carers through co-design. Our intervention aims to assist older patients/their carers to have better communication with their family medicine provider about their care after discharge, thereby improving patient safety outcomes.

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

GeriPal

Joe 18:38 Yeah, you know, it’s interesting, Soo, I’m doing a county by county visit here in Minnesota where I actually give a presentation on the basics of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. We talk about diagnosis, et cetera, but it’s almost more of a community conversation. Eric 40:07 Okay, I got a question.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

More GPs = Higher Life Expectancy Did you know that people in areas with more GPs live longer ? Studies from the USA showed that adding one GP per 10,000 inhabitants was associated with 2-5 fewer deaths 5 , 6 and 4 fewer hospitalizations 5 annually. 11 , 13 Over time, GPs come to know their patients well.