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Assisted Living Communities: Podcast with Sheryl Zimmerman, Kenny Lam, and Ken Covinsky

GeriPal

The songs about how saving lives is actually a pretty complicated business. Sheryl: Largely the people who live there as opposed to government funds. But why I decided to look at medical and mental health care and assisted living. And I also think it’s a little bit topical. Alex: Yeah. Eric: Nice. Alex: Good choice.

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What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

GeriPal

So we’re going to be talking about this complicated topic that a lot of people have differing opinions to and potentially very strong opinions, medical aid in dying. There was a case in BC a few months ago of a woman with mental health issues who had suffered from depression, chronic suicidality at times. Leonie: Right.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

It might have to do with a sensitivity around mental health. And given that there’s been so much broken trust because the health system has failed people experiencing homelessness so many times, I wonder if there’s a concern about that in Canada, which of course is different from the US is different.

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What We Now Know About COVID Prevention and Treatment: A Podcast with Monica Gandhi

GeriPal

Part of our recovery is mental health and seeing each other’s faces. And their death rate was so high during Omicron because they had distrust to the vaccine and distrust to the government. But boy, I think for mental health, human beings need to not only see each other, but see each other’s faces.