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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

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I have 24,500 veterans on our caseload, 14,000 individuals with diagnosed mental health issue, 8,500 with an alcohol and substance abuse. To Susan’s point. Older people don’t live in the Offices for the Aging. They touch every single system. I won’t even get into problem gambling.

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Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich

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And I was an internal medicine resident. We’ve seen the stigma associated with mental health. The post Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

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Malaz: One day I was in internal medicine residency and I had to take care of a patient who was admitted from a nursing home with dementia. Eric: And looking back at that time, what do you think the healthcare system could have done to help with that? They could have diagnosed him earlier. Malaz: 1999, my friend.