Hospice News

MAY 31, 2023

However, researchers should pay more attention to potential risks in ongoing research, according to Ladybird Morgan, a registered nurse and social worker for the palliative care company Mettle Health and co-founder of The Humane Prison Hospice Project. “I There are definitely just basic physiological cardiac risks.

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Hospice News

MAY 25, 2023

This article is based on a discussion with Anthony Spano, Director of Client Development at Netsmart and Nikki Davis, Vice President of Palliative Care Programs at Contessa Health. The conversation took place on April 20, 2023, during the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference. The article below has been edited for length and clarity.

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Hospice News

JULY 14, 2023

So, it’s definitely an area of opportunity, where there’s just much more research that’s needed related to palliative care. Health equity became a large focus for McCann-Davis early on in her career. She began as a hospice volunteer as a teenager and witnessed firsthand the disparities that exist in the serious illness space.

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Hospice News

JULY 25, 2023

It is important for older people to receive holistic care from an interprofessional team, so not just the physician but also nurses, social workers, physical therapists, and others. What are the most important things medical students or residents need to learn about treating the aging population?

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

In day-to-day practice, It’s hard to imagine providing excellent hospice or palliative care services without access to a team social worker. But are we really taking full advantage of ALL social workers have to offer our field? Summary Transcript Summary. by: Anne Kelly, LCSW, APHSW-C. Alex: And we also like to welcome-.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 9, 2022

Even the phrase “cultural competence” itself may be an oversimplification, according to Joseph Bleiberg, lead licensed social worker with the hospice care team at VNS Health. It’s definitely not defined as ‘cultural competence,’ because as soon as we think we know everything, then we’re toast. It’s not a one-time thing.”.

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Hospice News

JUNE 29, 2023

These are usually chaplains or social workers providing bereavement services, and some hospices also have clinical psychologists or therapists as part of that team. Last year federal legislation was proposed that, if enacted, would have advanced the development of an evidence-based definition of “high-quality” bereavement care.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

If enacted, the legislation would remove co-pays and patient fees for advance care planning (ACP) services, allow social workers to conduct these conversations, expand provider education about associated billing codes, and improve reporting on barriers to ACP utilization. One is removing the copay for any potential cost barrier.

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1-800-HOSPICE

APRIL 11, 2023

Defining Palliative Care To appreciate the difference between palliative care and hospice , consider the definition of palliative care offered by the Center to Advance Palliative Care: 2 Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illness. This fact leads many to conflate palliative care, hospice, and end-of-life care.

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GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

Jennifer’s study is most widely known for the “kicker” – not only did it improve quality of life, palliative care was associated with a couple months longer survival. . Areej’s study is remarkably novel in that it is, to our knowledge, the first study of palliative care during curative treatment. . hint: coping). Celine Dion. Transcript.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

David Bekelman conducted a RCT of a nurse and social worker telephone intervention (ADAPT intervention) for people with heart failure and lung disease (COPD or ILD). He also found gaps, including very few studies of patients with lung disease, and little impact of trials on quality of life. This is Eric Widera.

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NHPCO

JUNE 21, 2023

By definition, statute, and regulation, hospices provide interdisciplinary care driven by patient goals. Hospice patients receive care from a team that includes doctors, nurses, hospice aides, social workers, spiritual care providers, bereavement care professionals, and trained volunteers.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

We start off part one by interviewing Michele DiTomas, who has been the longstanding Medical Director of the Hospice unit and currently is also the Chief Medical Executive for the Palliative care Initiative with the California Correctional Healthcare Services. I’ve known Michele a long time, since the Joint Medical Program. Michele: Yep.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary Last week we talked about a trial of a nurse and social worker outpatient palliative care intervention published in JAMA. See also our accompanying editorial , first author Ashwin Kotwal who joins today as a co-host, and a podcast I recorded with JAMA editor Preeti Malani). Alex, who are our guests today?

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Eric and I are joined today on this podcast by Anne Kelly palliative care social worker to discuss these issues with Liz. Alex: And joining us as she has many times, Anne Kelly is a social worker at the San Francisco VA. Today Liz Dzeng discusses her journey towards studying this issue in detail. Welcome, Liz.

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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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Hospice News

JULY 1, 2022

An aim of the resource center is to provide a safe place for individuals to work through difficult emotions and grief, and help survivors address the physical, mental, social and spiritual impact of losing a family member or close friend, Hill continued. The 10-bed inpatient hospice facility had been in the works for more than a decade. “In

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

J Palliat Med. J Palliat Med. J Palliat Med. The last time this happened to me I immediately went on the defensive despite years of training in serious illness communication skills. Afterwards, I thought there must be a better way. Foundations for Psychological Thinking in Palliative Care: Frame and Formulation. doi:10.1089/jpm.2021.0256

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GeriPal

MAY 12, 2022

Social pain and loneliness. How definitions bind us, for example the division between chronic pain and palliative pain in much of the US. Rajagopal (goes by “Raj”), one of the pioneers of palliative care in India. Raj is an anesthesiologist turned palliative care doctor. Community-based palliative care networks . Raj: Thank you.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The way that the physician describes, the way that the nurse describes, or the social worker, or the chaplain, all of them are going to help you identify what’s important to that patient that you should be tracking. That’s definitely one area that needs to have a seat at the table and be more integrated in.

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Hospice News

APRIL 25, 2022

Anecdotally, as I was driving from the facility here for this session, I [received] 14 text messages of people wanting to join us; medical resources, social workers that are coming word of mouth from the people that were here today. To get one of those six months ago, I had to spend my weekend on Indeed actively looking.

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Traditions Health

MAY 1, 2023

In this article, we review the definition of ALS, common ALS symptoms, and how you can better help and support your loved one by seeking the assistance of hospice care services. Being knowledgeable of possible ALS symptoms in advance can help you know what to expect and prepare for the inevitable transitions of the disease. What is ALS?

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

Melissa: It’s definitely true that that’s the incentive under nonprofit and for-profit. Melissa: There definitely is, and I think one of the things with the type of research that I do and my colleagues here do is that we’re doing large population-based data, looking nationally. Melissa is a Health Services Researcher.

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GeriPal

MARCH 9, 2023

Legalization is moving forward in several states , following the lead of Oregon and Colorado. FDA is considering approval, shifting away from Schedule I restrictions, paving the way for use in clinical practice. Potential use in palliative care , chronic pain , and for mood disorders is tantalizing. Research is exploding.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Alex: And a voice that will be very familiar to our listeners, a dynamic and enthusiastic social worker in palliative care at the San Francisco VA, Anne Kelly. And one quibble with that of course is that we think the definition of capacity is that it’s task and context specific. Welcome back, Anne. Welcome back, Lynn.

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GeriPal

APRIL 27, 2023

Furthermore, direction to external websites is not an endorsement from AAHPM or HPNA, or the Annual Assembly. Palliative Care the Next Generation: How the Service May Grow and Evolve AccentCare , a portfolio company of private equity firm Advent International, is another example. We’ve got a very large palliative care practice,” Rodgers told PCN.

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Hospice News

MAY 23, 2023

A growing cadre of hospice and palliative care clinicians and experts are becoming proponents of psychedelic therapy when appropriate for individual patients — and their families, according to Ladybird Morgan, a registered nurse and social worker for the palliative care company Mettle Health and co-founder of The Humane Prison Hospice Project.

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Pallimed

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

I’m definitely seeing this a fair amount in our palliative care clinic with our seriously ill patients and their families, who remain highly motivated to stay away from COVID. Celebrate the work they are doing to do this when this happens! People have been very creative, having drive-by birthday celebrations at homes, etc.

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GeriPal

APRIL 28, 2022

If you look back to some of my cartoons from late in residency, they showed just how dehumanized I felt and definitely give windows into how dehumanized I imagined my patients to be. The fact that my cartoons, thanks to social media, I’m able to sort of get them out there in front of people. Nathan: Hello, excited to be here.

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GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

Clinical growth of geriatrics programs has lagged academic research, despite the rapid aging of the population. . Palliative care, in contrast, saw explosive growth in US hospitals. The National Palliative Care Research Center (NPCRC)and Palliative Care Research Cooperative (PCRC)were founded in part to meet this need. By diagnosis?

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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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The Nurse Break

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Not just for the bereaved, Bearing the Unbearable will be required reading for grief counselors, therapists and social workers, clergy of all varieties, educators, academics, and medical professionals. You Can Heal Your Life, the definitive bestselling book on self-healing, has transformed the lives of millions of people.

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Living With Hospice

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

So, as kids would say, definitely my bad! My immediate thought was that while we do answer those questions in an episode here on the podcast. Unfortunately, typically, I'm wrong and I have not been clear in the fact that the topic that I'm covering came from a listeners question.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Most of the debate seems rather wonky, as honestly it feels like we are getting stuck in the weeds of semantics and definitions, like what counts as ACP versus in the moment decisions. And I think social workers, advanced practitioners, nurses, really feel comfortable giving functional prognoses more so than time-based prognoses.

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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

MARCH 24, 2022

I feel like we talked about this before, so I don’t want to sound like a broken record, but I maybe will sound like a broken record to get back to what is the definition of advance care planning? I think I’m heartened by the fact that over the last decade or so, the definition of advance care planning has evolved.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

You’d imagine that as a seasoned palliative care doc, I’d have a pretty good definition by now of what “maintaining dignity” or “loss of dignity” means, but you’d be sadly wrong. Alex: So it was motivated essentially by an effort to understand and palliate the sources of suffering that were leading people to choose to end their own lives.

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