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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? What hasn’t been shown, Eric, is that if you apply tools like this, clinical outcomes down the road are better for patients. We talk about diagnosis, et cetera, but it’s almost more of a community conversation. Who should get it if anyone?

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Vaccine Misinformation, Pseudoscience, & the Frailty of Community Health

Physician's Weekly

As a family physician, my days are filled with caring for individuals and families across the lifespan and in multiple healthcare settings. I spend other days meeting with legislators or advocacy groups to discuss policy and how it may impact patients’ health, as well as physicians’ ability to care for them.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

These individuals may become unrepresented, meaning they lack the capacity to make a specific medical decision, do not have an advance directive for that decision, and do not have a surrogate to help. How should we care for unrepresented individuals in inpatient and outpatient settings? Is the patient in your descriptor?

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

Initially, it was just because there weren’t really answers for my patients. But then once it was open, started seeing a lot of other populations: not just our own hospital population, but a lot more just community members calling with concerns about driving. “When can I get back to driving?” Eric: Yeah. Alex: Yeah.

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The Benefits of Preventive Care

Vida Family Medicine

Following the recommended vaccine schedule is a safe and effective way to keep yourself, your children, and your community healthy. Most people are familiar with the childhood vaccine schedule, but there is a recommended schedule for adults as well. At Vida Family Medicine we are currently accepting new patients.