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

GeriPal

So I think we’re poised now with the guide model and with the evidence we have about healthcare utilization, impact on caregivers, course of dementia, comorbidity management and all of that. Anna 34:53 Well, our dementia careware cognitive health assessment, that program trains people to think about three things, a symptom.

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Palliative Care for Mental Illness: A Podcast with Dani Chammas and Brent Kious

GeriPal

It’s one of the core things that we think about palliative care is you got the physical, psychological, social and spiritual symptoms. So here in California, if somebody uses end of life options, wants to die, and I’m doing their mental health assessment, I do have to make sure that they have decision making capacity.

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