GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded back in 2000 that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening for dementia in older adults. If so, how do we screen and who do we screen? What should we use to screen individuals? Cognitive screening.

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Screening Primary Care Patient-Centered IT 119

GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Social connections impact our health in profound ways, whether it is the support we receive from family and friends in navigating serious illness, the joy from shared social activities, or connecting with our community. They may have few family members, live alone. Ashwin Kotwal: Oh, wow.

IT 99

IT Community Patient-Centered Medical 99

GeriPal

AUGUST 15, 2024

Ongoing reports from patients about anti-Asian hate experiences Should clinicians screen for Anti-Asian hate? question used to screen for domestic violence. It’s both institutionalized racism where there are policies and practices by corporations, by government that create inequality. Eric 18:34 And what did you find?

Mental Health 116

Mental Health Community Screening IT 116

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Malaz: I love it.

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Patient-Centered IT Family Families 125