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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

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And often, people had to drive an hour to go to their clinic, and then since- Eric: Every day, driving an hour, driving back two hours a day, just in transportation to get your methadone once a day, every day. But nonetheless, the methadone clinic system is entirely separate from the rest of the healthcare system. Katie: Yep.

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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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This includes transportation, driver’s license, parks, volunteerism, housing, and of course health and human services. Eric: Which is, so let’s say I am a provider, a healthcare provider taking, let’s say a nurse practitioner working in an older, a clinic that’s mainly caring for older adults.