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How to get the preventive care you need!

Vida Family Medicine

Many people only think of going to the doctor when they are sick, but having an annual wellness visit is a great way to make sure your health is on track and that you are up to date on any preventive health needs you might have. If you already have a chronic disease- there is still plenty of prevention you can do!

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

GeriPal

Because how that is approached can have lasting effects on relationships, unfortunately. 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. Eric: Yeah. “How are things going?”

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

GeriPal

Yet that person could very well have a financial incentive to, you know, make a decision a certain way to keep the, the bed filled or what have you. So those types of relationships, clergy, non family members, we talk about, I think cohabitating unmarried couples. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose.