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

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded back in 2000 that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening for dementia in older adults. If so, how do we screen and who do we screen? What should we use to screen individuals? Should it?

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

These individuals may become unrepresented, meaning they lack the capacity to make a specific medical decision, do not have an advance directive for that decision, and do not have a surrogate to help. How should we care for unrepresented individuals in inpatient and outpatient settings? Why not use the older term unbefriended?

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

That’s where it really gets to this individual risks and balances, individual situation. Is there a screening tool that we can use, or just questions that you ask older adults around driving safety? We and many others have tried to come up with a short, validated screening tool. I can get you guys that information.

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The Benefits of Preventive Care

Vida Family Medicine

In addition to the basic vaccine schedule that is recommended to everyone, there are additional vaccines that are recommended for individuals with certain health conditions who are immune suppressed and are more vulnerable to certain types of infections. You can find more information about recommended vaccines on the CDC website.