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. Hospice physicians may also have additional certifications such as geriatrics, oncology, or palliative care to demonstrate their knowledge of this field.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Abhilash Desai, MD , geriatric psychiatrist, adjunct associate professor in the department of psychiatry at University of Washington School of Medicine, and poet! She directs UCSF MERI’s patient, family, and clinician support with classes and consultation on resiliency, well-being, and grief. Anne, welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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Nursing home Books Chaplain Caregiver 200

GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

In addition to being a palliative and hospice RN, she is the Executive Director for Goodwin Hospice , a large non-profit hospice that added end-of-life doula care to their services in collaboration with Jane and John’s doula organization, Present for You. I was alone with her in the end of a long hallway at a nursing home health center.

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Hospice volunteer Presentation Palliative care Palliate 243

GeriPal

JULY 14, 2022

Imagine that you are the medical director of a large (>150 bed) nursing home. Two-thirds of the patients in the home now have COVID-19. The other physicians who previously saw patients in the nursing home are no longer coming to your facility because you have COVID positive patients. Summary Transcript Summary.

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Long-term care Grief 2020 Medical director 275