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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

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So, we asked my older son, Kai, who’s 18 years old, he’s an adult, “What is Palliative care?” ” And, he said, “End of life care.” ” I think we started the blog in 2007 or 2008, we were doing that up until 2016. Like us, subscribe to us on your podcast feed.

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

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You might be able to extend your life a little bit, but at what cost? So, that was maybe 20 years ago at this point and it really got me down the road thinking about advance care planning, end-of-life care, and similar consequences. That provision was taken out of Obamacare back in 2007, 2008. Eric: Yeah.