GeriPal

MARCH 2, 2023

I also heard that if you look at all individuals in the US, about 4% of individuals are taking one of the gabapentinoids, 10% over 65. One in five individuals with dementia and behavioral problems are on valproic acid and the evidence base for valproic acid for dementia behavioral issues is really zero.

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GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

I think some of that is from some of my thinking about maybe what I can potentially think about with the individual to support them. ” Eric: And I remember from my last podcast, Ashwin, it was about individualizing our approach to loneliness too, right? I would say that I primarily skew my questioning towards isolation.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

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: .

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GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

There have been multiple subsequent government reports on nursing home care, most recently was about eight, nine years ago from the OIG. Part of it’s what Mike was saying, it’s accountability as a country, as a nation and as the government. This is a problem that’s existed for decades. What are they accountable for?

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GeriPal

MAY 12, 2022

So, we formed this organization called Pain and Palliative Care Society in the Northern Kerala city of Kalakkad based in the government medical college. But when I retired from government service, I left Kalakkad in 2002. Raj: We are not limited by definitions because we started our first non non-government organization.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

I think some individuals thought there was cherry-picking of stories that made it seem like hospice is this bad thing, that it’s taking advantage of vulnerable individuals and it didn’t talk enough about the good things that hospice does. On the other side, there’s another group that thinks, you know what?

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

link] PEACH Good Wishes Program A program that provides meaningful gifts for unhoused individuals who are terminally ill. We talk a lot about people being unhoused, which I think takes the blame away from the individual and kind of de. Naheed 20:04 And you know, the key to this conversation is not to put the onus on individuals.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

So it started off for individuals with a terminal illness. And so now for March, 2024, the government still has said they’re planning to expand it for mental illness conditions. All of the evidence shows that for mental illnesses in individual cases of mental illness, we cannot make those predictions. Eric: Thank you Bill.

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GeriPal

MARCH 16, 2023

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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GeriPal

DECEMBER 7, 2023

was supported by the fossil fuel industry , because it shifted responsibility for change from industry to individuals. So if you look at government websites about heat for example, it’s got a line of buttons across the top with affected populations, outdoor workers, athletes and older people are in there.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

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.

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GeriPal

APRIL 20, 2023

What are the structural factors and individual factors that contribute to homelessness? ” On that grand rounds, you differentiated structural factors from … I forget what the word was, individual- Margot: Individual risk factors. Why do we say “over 50” is “older” for homeless persons, why not 65? Margot: After 50.

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The regulated cannabis marketplace brings in billions of dollars in revenue into state and federal governments, with predictions that cannabis sales will exceed $53 billion by 2027. Rescheduling increases the ability to research cannabis to determine the physical and mental impacts of cannabis use.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Eric: … you’re getting paid for individual encounters, not going to people’s homes, not being paid for all of the additional support that’s needed for comprehensive cancer care. Just to let you know, Eric, we have to give the credit to our federal government. Malaz: Correct. Diane: Yeah. Malaz: Yeah.

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GeriPal

JUNE 2, 2022

So take a listen and if you want a deeper dive into some of the references we discuss on the podcast, here is a list: Medscape article on how “ COVID-19 Vaccines Work Better and for Longer Than Expected Across Populations, Including Immunocompromised Individuals”. Stat news article about variants/COVID becoming more predictable. Monica: Yes.

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GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

” And I could tell you that’s a lot for a government agency to hear. But you’ve got to make it simple and it can’t be to sort of one individual, it needs to be to a practice and that sort of thing. We hear that all the time now. Everything’s unprecedented.

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GeriPal

APRIL 17, 2025

Now to the federal government that is going way beyond what I think people truly understand. So Shalonda Young was the very first black woman to serve as the OMB director in charge of the federal government’s budget. And there was never a federal government shutdown during the Obama administration. Well played.

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