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

GeriPal

The idea was to create a robust community-based infrastructure that could help older adults succeed in their homes and communities, whether they were healthy, how to keep them healthy or they were at imminent risk of emergency room visits, hospitalizations, or nursing home placements. And then, the system responds in turn.

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

GeriPal

But what happened when we finally… When he did get the diagnosis, it all fell into place. They can be nurse if you want to. They can be advanced nurse practitioner. The typical utilization of inappropriate hospitalization and emergency room and total cost of care. They can be a- Diane: Social worker.

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In a First, Trump and GOP-Led Congress Prepare To Swell Ranks of U.S. Uninsured

Physician's Weekly

The trip would result in a prostate cancer diagnosis. Government-backed universal coverage has eluded U.S. George, who has a 9-year-old daughter, said she “has no idea” how she can repay the debt from the emergency room visit. CLARKESVILLE, Ga. policymakers for decades. No central entity exists in the U.S.