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Managing Urinary Symptoms and UTI’s in Older Adults

GeriPal

We also discuss Scott’s recently published paper in JAGS that showed that older men with lower urinary tract symptoms have increased risk of developing mobility and activities of daily living (ADL) limitations, perhaps due to greater frailty phenotype. . Transcript. Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. This is Eric Widera.

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New Prognostic Models for Older Adults: Alex Lee, James Deardorff, Sei Lee

GeriPal

James: Definitely not-. Eric: Yeah, this is definitely… If you grew up in the ’80s, this is the slow dancing song. We know that functional difficulties, so needing help with dressing or bathing, is an important risk factor for mortality. Eric: I love… I actually just went to New Order and Pet Shop Boys.

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Ep.17: How Home Care Agencies Can Reduce Hospital Readmissions

Home Care Pulse

Is this a, a safe home environment or this client to live in, you know, a thorough fall risk, but really a good look around the home and, you know, how can they do their ADLs? Laura Coyle ( 15:00 ): That definitely puts them at, at a higher risk. Are they safe? Do they need any equipment? Is there a negligence possibly?