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How Hospice Supports Families

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Hospice aides can help with hands-on tasks such as bathing, dressing, and skin care. In: Huria A, Balducci L, editors: Geriatric Oncology: Treatment, Assessment, and Management. 2008 Nov;98(11):2092-8. This type of support increases caregiver confidence, which in itself can reduce caregiver fatigue. Direct Patient Support.

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Prognosis Superspecial: A Podcast with Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley

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First, we have James Deardorff, who’s a geriatrician and assistant professor at UCSF in the division of Geriatrics. We started a clinic here in 2008 at the VA, and what we found was that, you know, our median time from consult to death before we started clinic was like 18 days, somewhere around there, like somewhere around two weeks.