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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. Eric: One out of six hospices, so there is financial concern, not just again with hospices, nursing homes, and now physician groups. Anne: Right. Lynn: Great.

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Public Facing Education via Social Media: A Podcast with Julie McFadden, Matt Tyler, Sammy Winemaker and Hsien Seow

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We’ve invited: Julie McFadden (aka Hospice Nurse Julie ): Julie is a social media superstar, with 1.5 And then Hospice Nurse Julie. Julie McFadden goes by Hospice Nurse Julie. I’m going to start off with Nurse Julie, Hospice Nurse Julie, I think that’s your full title on TikTok.

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

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For a deeper diver into these issues, check out some of the following links: Ira’s Stat new article “Hospice care needs saving” GeriPal’s episode on the growing role of private equity in hospice care Acquisitions of Hospice Agencies by Private Equity Firms and Publicly Traded Corporations. Eric: Lack of a caregiver.

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Private Equity Gobbling Up Hospices plus Hospice and Dementia: Melissa Aldridge, Krista Harrison, & Lauren Hunt

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People with dementia make up about half of hospice admissions. And yet, we know little about the clinical experience of people with dementia in hospice. Krista Harrison found , to her surprise, that caregivers of people with dementia who died rated hospice as well as similar patients without dementia who died on hospice.

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Stories We Tell Each Other to Heal: Ricky Leiter, Alexis Drutchas, & Emily Silverman

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Alex 32:22 Geriatrics Palliative Care Podcast. And my dad and a caregiver that was helping out were really trying to push her and persuade her to get up and just transfer into a different room at least every day. The call from the hospice nurse came at 4:30 in the afternoon. Emily 32:24 There we go.

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How Hospice Supports Families

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Family members describe this caregiver role as fulfilling, rewarding, and an important part of the process. It does not help that caregivers often feel guilty for needing or wanting help and resultantly avoid the help they need. Additionally, Medicare pays 100% for home hospice with no copays or deductibles. Family Caregivers.

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

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I’m guessing some, because I’ve read a lot of articles, are social workers and nurses, past hospice nurses. Emotional support was offered in 276 visits and 88 caregivers were provided with respite, things like that. Eric: Yeah, that’s interesting because a lot of doulas, too… Well, not a lot.