Alaska’s elderly population is growing at a rapid rate while facing a range of challenges that can be distressing, and physically impairing. While the most common ailments faced are heart disease and Alzheimer’s & dementia, these are followed closely by depression, which often goes undiagnosed. How can we better assist our elders with the range of physical and emotional changes they are facing?

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HOST: Dr. Jillian Woodruff

GUESTS:

Ken Youngberg, LCSW, a licensed clinical social worker providing mobile mental health care in Soldotna

Ade Akindipe, DNP, MBA, NP-C, Akins Mobile Health, a mobile health care provider and clinical consultant in Anchorage

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LIVE BROADCAST: Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at 10 a.m. AKDT

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