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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

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Should she have an operation, and risk the pain, potential complications, and attendant delirium associated with the operation? Joel: The Brigham and Women’s Hospital likes me to say that too. Alex: And the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. And she was rushed to the hospital. She falls and breaks her hip.

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

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We learned this and much more, and I had a great time making engine noises singing the Woody Guthrie song “driving in my car.” . I’ve worked in hospital settings as an occupational therapist, inpatient rehab and outpatient rehab. Emmy: I was seeing people in the hospital setting, saying they had had a massive brain injury.

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