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

GeriPal

And so certainly from a family’s perspective, a family caregiver perspective, the last thing we want to have when it comes to good dementia care is a diagnose and audio scenario, or in this case, some type of screening result, and then we’ll see you again in six months. It can’t be diagnosed and adios.

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

GeriPal

Just today (June 17th) as we record this podcast: Ezra Klein released a wonderful interview with Sarah McBride , the first openly transgender member of congress A judge ruled that cuts to NIH grants focused on minority groups, including transgender people, were illegal and ordered the government to restore funding.

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Demystifying the Role of HHS and ASPE in Guiding Federal Aging Policy and Priorities with Dr. Tisamarie Sherry

GeriPal

For the policy buffs and policy newbies out there, we hope this podcast is an essential primer to government in action. Because I know in the early 2000s, there was this whole thing about reporting estimation of GFR, let’s get the GFR in front of people so that we can diagnose CKD and that was the equation that was being used.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

And so I began to think about the training that I had and that there was no mental health condition that was diagnosed. In fact from the time he was diagnosed, he passed away within two and a half weeks. You can use it on one thing to either have government, individual providers, healthcare systems do one thing differently.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

As somebody who has been part of literally more non-profits than I can remember, non-profit governance structures is a pain in the ass. And even up to a year out across diagnoses, every diagnoses including neurodegenerative diseases, costs less for those enrolled in hospice compared to not. (singing) Ira: Thank you very much.

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

GeriPal

And so now for March, 2024, the government still has said they’re planning to expand it for mental illness conditions. The first one is I would want the general public and healthcare professionals to really understand actually what natural dying and death look like. Eric: Thank you Bill.

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The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine: Guest Bob Wachter

GeriPal

The results were that the chat bots got the diagnoses right and had an escalation strategy that was better than the doctors, as judged by blinded specialists reading the transcripts. You and I would listen to a suggested list of diagnoses and say, “That’s a reasonable idea. They had no idea. That’s a reasonable idea.

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