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Social Workers as Leaders on Palliative Care Teams: A Podcast with Barbara Jones

GeriPal

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? I don’t know if this person was a social worker or not. Barbara: Yay.

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Intentionally Interprofessional Care: DorAnne Donesky, Michelle Milic, Naomi Saks, & Cara Wallace

GeriPal

The many arguments, theories, & approaches across settings and conditions are explored in detail in the book they edited, “ Intentionally Interprofessional Palliative Care ” (discount code AMPROMD9). social worker, chaplain), everyone should be able to ask a question or two about spiritual concerns, social concerns, or physical concerns.

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18 best books for nurses about grief, death and loss

The Nurse Break

18 best books for nurses about grief, death and loss. Have a book suggestion? Paul Kalanithi died while working on this profoundly moving book, yet his words live on as a guide to us all. ‘A vital book about dying. A stunning book of electric honesty and passion. The following are in no particular order.

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Images of the Dying: A Podcast with Wendy MacNaughton, Lingsheng Li, and Frank Ostaseski

GeriPal

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. I won and ended up producing a little book called how to say goodbye. She has a TED talk. When were you. Alex 16:31 Oh.

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Stump the VitalTalk Communication Experts: Gordon Wood, Holly Yang, Elise Carey

GeriPal

During the podcast, we reference a newly released second-edition book that our guests published titled “ Navigating Communication with Seriously Ill Patients: Balancing Honesty with Empathy and Hope.” Alex 01:35 And welcoming back as guest host Anne Kelly, who’s a social worker in palliative care. Elise 01:34 Thank you.

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Telling the ‘Story of Hospice’ in 2023: Perspectives from 8 Industry Leaders

Hospice News

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.

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Providing Hospice Cares in a Facility during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Quarantine

Hospice 101

Hospice Social Workers, Hospice Chaplains and even Hospice Aides are now being asked to work from home, calling in and checking on patients via phone, while many hospices are even laying off team members. No-Visitor policies are in effect throughout the United States to prevent the spread of COVID19.