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

GeriPal

It was designed to really balance what Medicaid at the time was to provide nursing homes and Medicare is obviously health insurance. 60% of all medical costs have nothing to do with your health diagnosis. But, what you need is a community-based game there. Acute care is called acute care for a reason. You go back home.

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

GeriPal

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. But what happened when we finally… When he did get the diagnosis, it all fell into place. That never happens in CMS and other health insurance. Malaz: 1999, my friend.