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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

GeriPal

It was started by a social worker who really saw some gaps in care with those at end-of-life, particularly those with chronic long-term illness, having important conversations. What the social workers are … Eric: Yeah. Beth: From a hospice standpoint, we obviously have the nursing support, social work chaplaincy.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

They’re really excellent, and if I have any complaint about them at all, it’s that they could have been issued in 2008, 2009. At American Geriatric Society in Orlando, got up during Amy Kelly’s talk, which was about dementia and said, “My mother cannot get hospice care because no hospice will take a chance on her.

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