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Transforming the Culture of Dementia Care: Podcast with Anne Basting, Ab Desai, Susan McFadden, and Judy Long

GeriPal

In fact, for some individuals the dementia is a gift, with the loss of memory for what might have upset you 20 minutes ago, and so we see people who come in and they are presented with TimeSlips’ engagement activity, or some other kind of arts activity, or a conversation with Ab, and somehow what had been distressing them has faded away.

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Digital Skin Care: Top 8 Dermatology Apps

The Medical Futurist

Self-care and telemedicine for patients The options of teledermatology services, as well as self-care platforms, are soaring. 2) iDoc24 The award-winning dermatology service is present in more than 160 countries and is available in 7 languages. If there were ever a time to join us, it is now.

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Telehealth vs In-Person Palliative Care: A Podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson

GeriPal

Lynn 31:56 One little detail that stood out to me, which really rang true to real life, was that caregivers were actually less present during visits in the video visits. Because on one level, you could make the argument that with the caregiver not being present, perhaps there’s a breakdown in communication. So look for that.

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Prognosis Superspecial: A Podcast with Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley

GeriPal

Eric 10:03 So you’re worried that maybe if you’re doing telemedicine, you wouldn’t be able to accurately engage functional status. So snaps to Ricky, but he presented this case to us of a person who had had a heart operation. So that was reassuring that pts can be accurately determined through a video visit.

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