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Have Job-Based Health Coverage at 65? You May Still Want To Sign Up for Medicare

Physician's Weekly

It also covered related pain management and physical therapy after she returned home to New York City. Had she signed up for the government insurance plan when she turned 65, Diamond could have avoided a financially perilous situation that left her unexpectedly responsible for the medical costs she incurred during that time. .”

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

What should we use to screen individuals? I don’t have access to change the levers of government. What I know is required, and I think this may be a national requirement for the D SNP beneficiaries, for people in those programs, those people who are a D SNP enrollee, dual special needs plans, which are Medicare, Medicaid.

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Rewiring the body clock: Deep brain imaging reveals unexpected complexity in jet lag adjustment

Medical Xpress

What is known is that special cells in the eye called intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) detect blue light and send signals to the SCN to reset the clock. This achievement is the result of an interdisciplinary collaboration among researchers in life science, physics, and computer science.

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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. I actually wonder though, since we’re on a GeriPal broadcast, I think that people are under emphasizing the special risk of older people. Voting and emailing congress to advocate for systemic change (e.g.

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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

GeriPal

What are the structural factors and individual factors that contribute to homelessness? Alex: But the longer title’s Ethno-Geriatrics and Special Populations. ” On that grand rounds, you differentiated structural factors from … I forget what the word was, individual- Margot: Individual risk factors.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

Too many people do because it’s really hard to keep their loved ones at home for the cost, the enormous financial, mental and physical strain for the family. He created fee for service, special fee for depression. Just to let you know, Eric, we have to give the credit to our federal government. And I talked with Jürgen.

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STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Condemns Inhumane Immigration Enforcement

Doctors for America

Detaining individuals in overcrowded, unsanitary facilities without timely access to medical care directly endangers their lives. Children and families are experiencing severe psychological distress, toxic stress, and long-term harm to physical and mental health due to forced separations and the constant threat of deportation.