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Green Practice News: April 2025

My Green Doctor

According to the 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown, mortality caused by extreme heat events increased by 53.7% Earth Day is an opportunity for medical professionals to lead the conversation on how sustainability directly affects health. The healthcare sector contributes 8.5% Need help planning an event? of total U.S.

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

GeriPal

For the policy buffs and policy newbies out there, we hope this podcast is an essential primer to government in action. And so there was a report in 2009 by the Institute of Medicine saying that we need to equip all of these individuals in caring for older person in an evidence based manner. We talk about: . difficile infections.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

link] PEACH Good Wishes Program A program that provides meaningful gifts for unhoused individuals who are terminally ill. And this is really traumatic event for his street family and the street community that he knew. We talk a lot about people being unhoused, which I think takes the blame away from the individual and kind of de.

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

GeriPal

Those disruptive events or shocks often portend a major decline in function from which people with dementia never fully recover. Today we talk about disruptive events, or health and wealth shocks. And the government can do something about that?!? Alex 03:41 Okay, so today we’re going to talk about disruptive events.

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Aging and Climate Change: Karl Pillemer, Leslie Wharton, & Ruth McDermott-Levy

GeriPal

was supported by the fossil fuel industry , because it shifted responsibility for change from industry to individuals. And so any additional stressor such as heat or an extreme weather event or having to move from your home because of a climate related disaster can really tax an older adult whose window of resilience is more limited.

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Writing for the Lay Public: Rosanne Leipzig and Louise Aronson

GeriPal

And then I feel like when I’m in clinic I’m helping individuals, and you only have so much time to help so many people. On the other hand, if you’re a healthcare professional, you have a personal experience, that is a version of expertise in the public sector that doesn’t necessarily count.

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

GeriPal

I have 24,500 veterans on our caseload, 14,000 individuals with diagnosed mental health issue, 8,500 with an alcohol and substance abuse. Again, as Greg said, where the individual chooses what works best for them. Well, if you are like me, you’ve probably heard of these programs but are at a loss to know exactly what they do.