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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

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Check out the Pub Crawl GeriPal post for more info, and follow #HPMParty on Twitter to keep us as we crawl! ** In the last several years, I’ve seen more and more articles about end-of-life doulas ( like this NY Times article from 2021 ). So, on today’s podcast, we try to get to the bottom of what exactly is an end-of-life doula.

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High Peaks Hospice celebrates 35 years by looking back at their beginning

High Peaks Hospice

Ann Merkel and some of the group of original High Peaks Hospice founders gathered to create a video to document the story of High Peaks Hospice’s beginnings. The Start of End Of Life Care in the Tri-Lakes Area and Expanding Throughout the Adirondacks. It would cover all medications related to comfort and.

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Evidence-Based Messaging for Serious Illness Care: A Podcast with Tony Back and Marian Grant

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Earlier this year palliative care was the correct response to the following clue on the game show Jeopardy: From a Latin word for “to cloak”, it’s the type of care given to seriously ill patients to provide comfort without curing. What’s wrong with the “pictures of hands clasping each other” as our palliative care meme?