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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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This includes transportation, driver’s license, parks, volunteerism, housing, and of course health and human services. 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. They touch every single system.

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

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Eric: And looking back at that time, what do you think the healthcare system could have done to help with that? With your journey, with your dad’s journey- Diane: They could have diagnosed him earlier. They could have diagnosed him earlier. So that’s I think diagnoses. And we find out, oh, there is no demand.