Hospice News

JUNE 2, 2022

This article is based on a Q&A session with Jason Banks, Senior Director of Post Acute Sales at nVoq, during the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference. Hospice News: Jason has an incredible background in post-acute care that we’re going to talk about today. Banks: I ran a hospice and palliative 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. .

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Similarly Jessica Zitter, an intensivist and palliative care doctor analogized the inevitable clinical momentum toward highly aggressive intensive care in US hospitals as a conveyor belt. At the end we also pay tribute to Randy Curtis, senior author on this paper and mentor to Liz. Welcome, Liz. Liz: Thanks. Liz: Right.

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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. And people are getting life sentences. Did I get that close?

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Shining Light Hospice

MARCH 27, 2023

Hospice services can be provided at home or in inpatient facilities with staff experienced in end-of-life care. The Role of Medical Professionals in Hospice Care Primary care physicians are often the first point of contact for patients seeking hospice services.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

** In the last several years, I’ve seen more and more articles about end-of-life doulas ( like this NY Times article from 2021 ). Despite this, in my 20-year career as a palliative care physician, I have yet to see a death doula in the wild. Eric: Again, we’re going to be talking about end-of-life doulas.

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GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

In the US, geriatrics “grew up” as an academic profession with a heavy research base. 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. When should people get palliative care?

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