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Researchers Uncover Widespread Disparities Affecting Rural Hospice Caregivers

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Lagging supportive services around social determinants of health and limited access to hospice and palliative care are driving disparities among rural family caregivers. These determinants, along with the natural stressors of palliative and end-of-life caregiving, disproportionately impact their emotional well-being.”

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‘Elegant, Expert Care’: The Emergence of Neuropalliative Services

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In recent years, more neurologists are realizing the need for specialized palliative care for this population. A budding specialty Guidelines for palliative medicine of any kind are relatively recent, Dr. Farrah Daly, owner and founder of Evenbeam Neuropalliative Care, LLC, told Palliative Care News.

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New CMOs for Hospice of the Chesapeake, Care Synergy; HopeWest Taps New VP

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Fetzer is currently system medical director for palliative care and hospice services at Illinois-based Ascension Health. Fetzer was previously associate medical director at Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care, now part of the AMITA Health system. He served in the same role prior to that at Optum Hospice since 2010.

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Stepped Palliative Care: A Podcast with Jennifer Temel, Chris Jones, and Pallavi Kumar

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Summary Transcript CME Summary If palliative care was a drug, one question we would want to know before prescribing it is what dose we should give. On today’s podcast, we talk about finding an evidence-based answer to this dosing question with three leaders in palliative care: Jennifer Temel , Chris Jones , and Pallavi Kumar.

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Why Patients with Lymphoma Are Less Likely to Receive Hospice

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Hospice Improves Quality of Life Hospice has been associated with improved quality of life at the end of life and reductions in the risk of psychiatric illness among bereaved caregivers. Patients in hospice have fewer rehospitalizations, fewer intensive care unit admissions, and lower costs. J Clin Oncol.

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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

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Our task is simple, we are going to be sampling each of these hot chicken wings while we ask Eric and Alex questions related to Palliative care and Geriatrics. And I’ve said, just because I’m a Palliative care doc does not mean that you should give me a short trip. They’ve all been laid out for you.

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Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

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On today’s podcast we dive into drivers of invasive procedures and hospitalizations in advanced dementia by talking to some pretty brilliant nursing and nurse practitioner researchers focused on dementia, geriatrics, and palliative care in nursing homes: Ruth Palan Lopez, Caroline Stephens, Joan Carpenter, and Lauren Hunt. Transcript.