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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

GeriPal

Should she be treated non-operatively, with aggressive symptom management? We think there are some cases, certain kinds of illnesses or conditions or operations, where people have the surgery and never get out of bed again. What does it mean for functional status, symptom management, location of care? Eric: Yeah.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

We learned this and much more, and I had a great time making engine noises singing the Woody Guthrie song “driving in my car.” . Love to talk about also in the serious illness population. That may feel like a minor point, but I think we get it, in any delivering bad news or talking about serious illness. OT programs).

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