GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

They have a special skill, and when they see someone who needs it, they need to use it. That makes it really special for them and for me. Eric 42:11 But how much of it is like Winston Churchill, like, democracy is the worst form of government. And ed imbued in me the concept that physicians are like lifeguards. And I was.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 15, 2024

It’s both institutionalized racism where there are policies and practices by corporations, by government that create inequality. And in our reporting center, we tracked physical assaults, verbal harassment. And also physical assault from serious injuries to just kind of hearing about friends who have died from this incident.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 7, 2023

I actually wonder though, since we’re on a GeriPal broadcast, I think that people are under emphasizing the special risk of older people. 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

APRIL 20, 2023

Alex: But the longer title’s Ethno-Geriatrics and Special Populations. These were usually very physically demanding, low paid, often usually non-union work, that they worked their whole lives and were hanging on by their fingernails. Margot: Yes. The folks who were first homeless after 50 had incredibly different life stories.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

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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Doctors for America

JUNE 23, 2025

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. DFA is an organization of over 27,000 physician and medical student advocates in all 50 states, representing all areas of specialization.

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GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

And so I’m not sure if this is true for Joe or for Brooke, but even before the pandemic in our practice here, we saw somewhere around 40 to 50% of our patients via telemedicine anyway, because we have a catchment area of patients who live very far away, many of whom have a lot of physical disability and other limitations to coming in person.

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