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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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Health and Wealth Shocks: Lauren Hunt, Rebecca Rodin, Tsai-Chin Cho

GeriPal

And the government can do something about that?!? And it was her conceptual, like incorporation of functional decline, some measure of functional decline along with a serious illness diagnosis that you’re utilizing here. Eric 42:13 What do you want the government to do? You got a magic wand?

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

GeriPal

I think to some extent, the county doesn’t necessarily know what they don’t know about geriatrics, just like I don’t necessarily know what I don’t know about the county and local government and national government and state government. They’re afraid of losing their independence.

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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. The typical utilization of inappropriate hospitalization and emergency room and total cost of care. Just to let you know, Eric, we have to give the credit to our federal government. But it was also later on in the disease.