The Bucket-List Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

And Kristy, our social worker, was busy with a few surprises. Junann brought a book she made for the ceremony so that Jerry, who can’t hear well, could read and follow along. Stephanie, the hospice nurse, made sure Jerry felt up to the ceremony. We didn’t want them to go to any trouble. This team has become part of our family.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Often podcasts meet clinical reality. That’s why we do this podcast- to address real world issues in palliative care, geriatrics, and bioethics. But rarely does the podcast and clinical reality meet in the same day. Lynn Flint, author of the NEJM perspective titled, “Rehabbed to Death,” joins Eric and I as co-host.

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GeriPal

MAY 12, 2022

He is also author of the book, “ Walk with the Weary: Lessons in Humanity in Health Care ,” and was featured in this Atlantic article. Social pain and loneliness. Rajagopal (goes by “Raj”), one of the pioneers of palliative care in India. Raj is an anesthesiologist turned palliative care doctor. Raj: Thank you. Thank you, Eric.

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Hospice News

MAY 23, 2023

Right-to-Try” laws are also on the books in 41 states and federally. Ladybird Morgan, registered nurse and social worker, Mettle Health, co-founder of The Humane Prison Hospice Project Despite the evidence showing benefits, risks do exist, and more attention should be paid to these in ongoing research, Morgan said. “I

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GeriPal

APRIL 28, 2022

The fact that my cartoons, thanks to social media, I’m able to sort of get them out there in front of people. Heck, I’m not even sure to call it a podcast, as I think to get the most out of it you should watch it on YouTube. Why, because today we have Nathan Gray joining us. His work has been published in places like the L.A.

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The Nurse Break

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

I booked into whatever hotel I could afford, and enjoyed early nights and the peace and quiet. CHNs (Community Health Nurses) work as part of a larger team incorporating medical officers, other nurses, allied health (occupational therapists, physiotherapists, dieticians, social workers), private organisations, families and colleagues.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

This blog does not intend to revisit this pathway, but to raise awareness that as healthcare professionals, we have and always will have only one chance to get it right in palliative and end of life care. What is Palliative and End of Life Care? Although palliative and end of life care are inextricably linked there are differences.

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 25, 2023

These realizations led Barbara to sit down and write, gone from my site, the little blue book that has changed the hospice industry. We love this book, especially me, I like to show off my copy. Each person seemed to be going through the stages of death in almost the same manner, and most families came to her with similar questions.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

That was the lesson I learned from reading a new book edited by Matt Loscalzo along with Marshall Forstein called “ Loss and Grief: Personal Stories of Doctors and Other Healthcare Professionals ”. Turns out, it’s maybe not. A great website for dealing with loss and grief : refugeingrief.com. Alex: This is Alex Smith. Matthew: Thank you.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

– Anticipatory corpse book mentioned several times on the podcast. And again, to step back and look at the bigger picture, there’s a book that I wrote, or I didn’t write it, goodness, I read it in my intern year, by Jeff Bishop. And when I read that book my intern year, it possessed me. Josh: I do.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Don, welcome to GeriPal. Don: Thanks for having me, Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome back Abby Rosenberg, who’s Chief of Pediatric Palliative Care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Director of Palliative Care at Boston Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School in Boston. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

MAY 4, 2023

We talk about why it’s so hard with Abby Rosenberg (chief of PC at DFCI and Boston Childrens), Nick Purol (clinical social worker at DFCI and Boston Childrens), Daniel Eison (pediatric PC doc and co-host of PediPal). But when I have, I find that they’re often some of the hardest patients to care for. Abby: Thank you. Happy to be here.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

So take a listen and if you are interested in learning more, check out these wonderful links: Harvey’s latest book is called, Dignity in Care: The Human Side of Medicine Intensive Caring: Reminding Patients They Matter Michael J. And who’s a latest book is Dignity and Care: The Human Side of Medicine. This is Eric Widera.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome to the podcast Alaine Murawski…Social worker and researcher, research study coordinator at Northwestern. One of my co-authors, Alaine Murawski, who’s a social worker, she has a lot of the similar experiences if you want to talk about it from a social worker perspective.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

Susan: Thanks so much, Alex. Alex: And we have returning, Bob Arnold, who is a palliative care doctor at the University of Pittsburgh. Welcome back, Bob. Bob: Thank you. Alex: Also returning Rebecca Sudore, who is professor of medicine at the UCSF in the division of geriatrics, and is a geriatric and palliative care doctor. Welcome back, Rebecca.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

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? But anyway.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

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. What is the role of the physicians, the nurses, the social workers in hospice?

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