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Cultivating Resilience for Caregivers

Hospice of the North Coast

Radical acceptance is NOT approval, but rather wholly and totally accepting with our mind, body, and spirit that we cannot change the present situation, even if we do not like it. Try to look beyond what you are perceiving right now and be open to whether there is a new perspective you could see on what is being presented. Resilience.

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Patient Protectors

Chicago Caregiving

Caregiving Magazine is committed to publishing a diversity of opinions. When I showed up to visit my client and presented my HIPAA form, I was told that it is hospital policy to not allow visitors to the unit unless they are family and pre-approved. I presented that documentation and asked to see my client’s records.

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PROP’s Disproportionate Influence on U.S. Opioid Policy: The Harms of Intended Consequences

Pallimed

PROP Appears on the Opioid Policy Scene In 2011, a group of internists, including Michael Van Korff, Andrew Kolodny and Roger Chou, co-authored an article that modern palliative care physicians would recognize as a “warning shot (6)” in the world of opioid policy (7).

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

No, I mean, I think I had the initial feeling or thought about this being present after I learned about it and were thoughtful with senior mentors about it. Were those just things that you picked up on that didn’t quite need a scale? You just knew it? Thomas: Yeah, yeah. I did actually go back in and administer scales at least one time.