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

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And, who within ASPE guides aging policy and connects policy to every day health challenges experienced by patients and clinicians? For the policy buffs and policy newbies out there, we hope this podcast is an essential primer to government in action. So NIA and further funded this coordinating center that we call Clin-STAR.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

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They’re more, more interested in relationship centered care than the fancy medicines that you’re. And I wonder if that is key in patients, people who are experiencing homelessness as well. And that’s about half of our referrals. Government is not the 51st state. Or as we said in the podcast, abandonment.

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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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It could be in housing, it could be a standalone senior center, home delivered meals, nutrition counseling and nutrition education done by registered dieticians. And that referral can be done in real time, a soft handoff. 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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Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

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Clinicians could care for patients across state lines, could prescribe opioids without in person visits, could bill at higher rates for telemedicine than previous to the pandemic. Many patients benefited, not only those isolating due to covid, but also patients in rural areas, patients who are homebound, and many others.