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-Alex Smith Links Link to the McGill National Grand Rounds Series on Palliative Care , Michael Kearney as initial presenter, and registration for future events. First we have Michael Kearney, who’s a palliative and hospice doctor at the Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara and author of several books. Canadians are welcoming.
And importantly, our socialworker, Aunt Kelly, actually does a search and I would say 75% of the time she finds somebody maybe even higher than that, finds somebody who’s actually a surrogate. To have a socialworker who’s dedicated in many places. What’s your next step? Or do you dive deeper?
Our focus today, however, was on her most recently published book titled How to Say Goodby e. This beautiful book began as a very personal project for Wendy while she was the artist-in-residence at Zen Hospice. First you have to be a volunteer and see what it’s like to be present at the bedside. She has a TED talk.
If you were to write a book about hospice in 2023, what would you call it? To help answer that question, Hospice News asked the CEOs of eight providers how they would title a book about the state of the field today. The consistent themes could be summed up as change, challenges and mission. We’ve heard that year after year.
He was a person with schizophrenia, he was a person who used drugs and he presented in pain crisis to our shelter. So, you know, I just wanted to present a couple options and give you a sense of, you know, the background for both. And it included the social factors. Who, his name was Terry. It’s been quite a ride.
He has a book, which I have read, Facing Death, and we will discuss Facing Death: Spirituality, Science, and Surrender at the End of Life. You’re a senior author on this article in JPSM, where you interviewed some geriatricians and other people caring for older adults, nurse practitioners, socialworkers, et cetera.
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But one of the things I’m really interested in is people have agency and autonomy, so we can present them with the scenarios of best case, worst case, and they will always choose what’s most important to them. They’re really great, the palliative care socialworker and chaplain. ” She didn’t know.
She is a guest host and she’s a palliative care socialworker. Mariah 15:00 In books and literature that’s out in public, like the body keeps the score is probably one that many people have heard of, but there are others that I think talk about it more now than has been in the past. Alex 00:07 We do. Eric 27:45 Yes.
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These realizations led Barbara to sit down and write, gone from my site, the little blue book that has changed the hospice industry. We love this book, especially me, I like to show off my copy. I, I think people are a lot more open to that idea of somebody who’s not healthcare affiliated being present.
So take a listen and if you are interested in learning more, check out these wonderful links: Harvey’s latest book is called, Dignity in Care: The Human Side of Medicine Intensive Caring: Reminding Patients They Matter Michael J. And who’s a latest book is Dignity and Care: The Human Side of Medicine. I’m fully present.
Like, just even having that and normalizing it, and, like, after 13 years of training or 15 or whatever, chaplains, nurses, socialworkers, patient care assistants, everyone is working in these systems that are not built to take care of them. But the present is not because I, as an individual healthcare professional, am not enough.
Her most recent book is Elderhood. He made it very clear that he called me by looking my number up in the phone book. And he had a deadly fear of being institutionalized, based on his previous present experience. And it bothers me how the nurses are there, the physical therapists are there, some of the socialworkers are there.
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I'm not a socialworker. You know, we're just present. And Cosmos in the shade back by the trees, enjoying a nice summer nap. Something else before we start, just to be clear, I am not offering medical advice. I'm not a doctor. I am not a licensed counselor, nurse or certified medical professional. I'm here for you.
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So before we became accredited by, with the Joint Commission in their home care program, we were already receiving referrals from local physicians, nurses, socialworkers, discharge planners, at a number of different healthcare systems in the area. Brett Ringold ( 08:11 ): Yeah, absolutely.
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