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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 so, again, that is getting better with increased use of take home doses for people. But nonetheless, the methadone clinic system is entirely separate from the rest of the healthcare system. Or one of the Lancet journals on age-friendly care for older adults with substance use disorder. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™.

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Advance Care Planning Discussion: Susan Hickman, Sean Morrison, Rebecca Sudore, and Bob Arnold

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Susan: I’ll just say, I think that could happen outside of the healthcare setting pretty easily and frequently does. So it’s an example of something that can start outside of the healthcare system and move its way in. I have done a lot of work on POLST and nursing homes and I’ve seen POLST forms.