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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

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Meg is a researcher and professor of Gerontological Nursing and a Geriatric Nurse Practitioner in the School of Nursing at UCSF. Association of Sensory and Cognitive Impairment With Healthcare Utilization and Cost in Older Adults. My own work focuses on hospitalization and health utilization over time.

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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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The idea was to create a robust community-based infrastructure that could help older adults succeed in their homes and communities, whether they were healthy, how to keep them healthy or they were at imminent risk of emergency room visits, hospitalizations, or nursing home placements. But, for a majority, it’s a first time event.

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Jumpstarting Goals of Care Convos: Erin Kross, Bob Lee, and Ruth Engelberg

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[laughter] Bob: That’s what happens when junior faculty get invited on the podcast [laughter] Eric: So we’re going to be talking about the article that just came out in JAMA on a priming intervention for goals of care conversations in hospitalized patients with serious illness. Three hospitals all within the UW medicine system.