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Normalcy, Introspection, & the Experience of Serious Illness: Bill Gardner, Juliet Jacobsen, and Brad Stuart

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He spent a long time as hospice medical director and he founded a national model of care that many of our listeners will be familiar with, AIM, which stands for the Advanced Illness Management program, which has influenced CMS policy. Brad, why did you write a book? Today we talk with deep thinkers about this issue. inaudible].

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Palliative Care Conference: A Discussion with nVoq

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Do you have a doctor and a social worker that can work on, for instance, Medicaid eligibility. Well, I don’t think we have enough time, but I probably made every mistake in the book. I had my standard two times a week nursing, one time a week social worker, once a month chaplain, once every other month music therapist.

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7 Simple Ways to Get Organized for Hospice Nurses

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For instance, if you have a patient with a lot of family “drama,” you might want to get the social worker involved so you can focus on providing nursing care while the social worker focuses on social issues. Interdisciplinary Team. Know the Visit Type.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

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There’s a book called The 36-hour day for dementia caregivers. And these care navigator, they can be community health worker with just 12 years of education. They can be a- Diane: Social worker. Malaz: Social worker, anybody. There’s a reason that’s in… How many prints?

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

And welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Ira Byock, who is a author and well-known, has written several books about hospice, inspired many to go into the field, and is the founder of- Ira: The Institute for Human- Alex: The Institute for Human Caring. Reading Ira’s article, it essentially was the VITAS Medical Director job description.

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