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

GeriPal

I’m a dementia specialist, and so what I was experiencing was that many people were coming to see me to get a diagnosis of a very straightforward case of mild Alzheimer’s or moderate Alzheimer’s disease, whose doctors had told them there was nothing wrong with them or that their memory was better than my own, says the doctor.

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

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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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Palliative Care in India: M.R. Rajagopal

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In this podcast, we cover a great deal of ground, including: Early challenges Dr. Raj faced in pain management: access to opioids, corruption, a system that doesn’t see addressing suffering as a priority. But when I retired from government service, I left Kalakkad in 2002. It’s easier to concentrate on cure, diagnosis, cure.

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

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For the policy buffs and policy newbies out there, we hope this podcast is an essential primer to government in action. How we came about to select these articles or to have interest in this topic is really older adults are unique population that are at risk for both over diagnosis of infections as well as under diagnosis of infections.

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

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You get me with one-finger-chords on the guitar if you’re watching on YouTube (best I could manage). Alex: Self-administer and psychiatric illness is not considered a qualifying diagnosis. And so now for March, 2024, the government still has said they’re planning to expand it for mental illness conditions.

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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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Started as a direct case manager, worked in a variety of different places including the state legislature and I’ve been with the state office now since 2006. Well, if you are like me, you’ve probably heard of these programs but are at a loss to know exactly what they do. Eric: And Susan? You assess in a whole variety of different ways.

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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

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We would drill down on the tenth differential diagnosis of medium vessel vasculitis, and then we would discharge them back out to the streets. Why was I spending all this time figuring out the detailed differential diagnosis of these obscure diseases when we weren’t actually attending to what people really needed?