Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Many people living with serious medical illnesses also suffer from comorbid behavioral health issues,” the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) indicated in a 2020 report. Integrating care models could help save money downstream, according to Katherine Suberlak, vice president of clinical services at Oak Street Health. “The

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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.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

Despite this, in my 20-year career as a palliative care physician, I have yet to see a death doula in the wild. We’ve invited two death doulas, Jane Euler and John Loughnane (who is also a family doc and palliative care physician), to talk about the role of a doula at the end of life. Why Beth? John: Nice to be here.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Then finally, we’re doing the same kind of thing with problem-solving in palliative care, trying to move our research up upstream outside of hospice a bit. That assumes that you have somebody at home who’s willing and able to take care of you. I propose that is the social worker.

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Shining Light Hospice

DECEMBER 24, 2021

In general, hospice care is available when patients are expected to live six months or less if their disease progresses at its typical rate. The majority of hospice care in the US is covered by Medicare, the federal health insurance program. Medicare will cover: Medical and nursing services. Social worker services.

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Seasons Hospice

MARCH 23, 2021

Social workers can help you and your loved one resolve any lingering end-of-life planning. Nursing services : RNs visit patients in residential homes, nursing homes and hospitals. All care is tailored toward the patient’s exact needs to help them to feel comfortable and pain-free.

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GeriPal

APRIL 27, 2023

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. These are excerpts – not everybody was included. Eric: What is PCHETA?

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Kindful Hospice

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Hospice care is designed for these circumstances. A patient who is starting hospice care recognizes that their illness is not responding to medical intervention. Hospice care and palliative care are often confused. However, with hospice care, there is no longer any attempt to cure the illness.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

Alex: We’re delighted to welcome back Lauren Hunt, who is a Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse Researcher, an Assistant Professor of Nursing at UCSF. I think in that way, what we see with more than half of Medicare beneficiaries dying under the care of a hospice, that expansion was potentially a good thing.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

That’s why we do this podcast- to address real world issues in palliative care, geriatrics, and bioethics. At the end of the day, I lamented that physical, occupational, and speech therapists aren’t more tightly integrated with palliative care teams. Summary Transcript Summary Often podcasts meet clinical reality.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.”

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

I’m a geriatrically trained social worker and it was my grandmother. Susan: I got my start working for a member of Congress doing constituent casework and a lot of the casework was supporting older adults with VA, Social Security, Medicare, immigration casework. Acute care is called acute care for a reason.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

If you are interested in signing the position statement “Core Roles and Responsibilities of Physicians in Hospice Care”, click here. She’s a hospice and palliative care nurse practitioner and Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at UCSF. Eric: Alex, we have some great guests with us today.

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