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Hospice News
MARCH 11, 2024
Embedding palliative care-trained social workers in hospital emergency departments can help health care providers effectively serve some of the most vulnerable patients. She is also editor of the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work, second edition. “:At Sinai Beth Israel. It helps them feel less helpless.”
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? by: Anne Kelly, LCSW, APHSW-C. Transcript. Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Barbara: Yay.
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Traditions Health
MARCH 13, 2024
He became such a good friend, and that’s when I realized I was called to do this job.” “Here for a reason” After 12 years of serving as a hospice social worker, Ketchum still feels it’s her calling. Like filling out paperwork, preparing funeral arrangements, and facilitating long-term placement needs.
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Not only have daily clinical visits in the last week of life improved, so too have bedside presence from other interdisciplinary team members such as social workers and chaplains, she stated. Identifying patients a little sooner with technology can allow those patients to have longer and more visits at the end of life,” Arnold said.
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). And finally, too, as a new researcher and postdoctoral fellow, I’m hoping that the best is yet to come for palliative care, research, and work. David: Yeah.
Hospice News
MAY 20, 2022
If enacted, PCHETA would support hospice and palliative care training programs for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and chaplains. In order to preserve access to this care, our bill would strengthen training and education opportunities for individuals working in these fields.”. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.)
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
We often hear this kind of general term “caregiver support.” If you can’t do that, the only alternative that we have in our system is to pick up the phone and call somebody, to go to the emergency room or go to long-term care. And secondly, nurses are best at doing nursing, and social workers are best at doing social work.
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