Hospice News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A dearth of coordination or integration between rehab teams and palliative care teams routinely forces some patients into a cycle between the hospital and the nursing home in their last year of life. There are many people who are walking this tightrope in the nursing facility.”

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Palliative care Palliate 2006 Medicare 292

GeriPal

DECEMBER 8, 2022

We discussed it with today’s guests Heather Coats, palliative care NP-scientist, and Thor Ringler, poet. Many links: VA Presents: My Life, My Story: George: A Voice To Be Heard on Apple Podcasts. Eric’s blog post on Dignity Therapy from 2011. Summary Transcript Summary. Narrative medicine? Wonderful work. SPONSOR: .

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Palliative care Palliate 2011 Healthcare 254

GeriPal

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Alex: Today we are delighted to welcome Heather Coats, who’s a palliative care nurse practitioner and scientist and Director of Research at the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, or HPNA, an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado and Schutz College of Nursing. This is Eric Widera.

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Palliative care Palliate Healthcare 2011 215

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Jerry: Probably for the reason a lot of people go into geriatrics, close relationship with grandparents, volunteered to work in a nursing home as a high school student, just felt really good about being around old people and not having a problem with it. Ryan: I started in 2011. Why did you go into it? How long ago?

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