GeriPal

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Eric and I are joined today on this podcast by Anne Kelly palliative care social worker to discuss these issues with Liz. Alex: And joining us as she has many times, Anne Kelly is a social worker at the San Francisco VA. And palliative care friendliness was definitely a very important factor to this.

Palliative care 245

Palliative care End-of-life care Palliate Article 245

GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

We have our social workers and our psychologists and we know how to manage these symptoms. Eric: We just did a podcast on creating palliative care consults. It was the default palliative care consult podcast where it was just layered on top of existing palliative care resources.

Palliative care 224

Palliative care Palliate Ventilator 2016 224

GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

So I think there’s definitely overlap with that, but I think helping patients cope, make priorities, think through their goals and values early and along the illness course does facilitate and enable better end of life decision making, including advanced care planning. And I do think that is the way of the future.

Palliative care 215

Palliative care Palliate Article End-of-life care 215

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

So, basically, with a stepped care model, the goal is to tailor care delivery to the patient’s needs while at the same time utilizing less clinician resources. How it works is that all patients will have access or encounters with the specialty trained clinician, a psychologist, a social worker, a palliative care clinician.

Palliative care 230

Palliative care Palliate Social worker Article 230