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How Long Can You Be in Palliative Care?

Seasons Hospice

This type of request is often made by those wishing to avoid life-prolonging treatments such as ventilation or artificial nutrition when there is no hope for recovery. Furthermore, grief associated with knowing that there is no cure for their condition can make it hard for some people to stay hopeful and motivated.

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Storytelling in Medicine: A Podcast with Liz Salmi, Anne Kelly, and Preeti Malani

GeriPal

As I went through my grief process, journaling and writing was not something I did. It’s a story about caregiving. That caregiving piece, like I want to see something actionable. How can this be, somebody who’s so deeply invested and embedded in hospice and palliative care, caregiver for her mother?