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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? Should she be treated non-operatively, with aggressive symptom management? And I came to the now I think naive conclusion that fixing and avoiding complications was the secret.

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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.” . If they’re in a major car crash, they’re going to have more long-term complications probably than a 20-year-old would. Additional Links: (A to Z – under driving). OT programs). Emmy: Yeah.

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