1-800-HOSPICE

JUNE 20, 2023

Amidst the physical, emotional, and spiritual challenges faced during this delicate time, social workers emerge as invaluable members of the hospice interdisciplinary team. Understanding the Role of Social Workers in Hospice Care Social workers in hospice care possess a unique set of skills that complement the medical care provided.

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Seasons Hospice

JUNE 27, 2023

Dignity Is Everything In end-of-life care, maintaining dignity is of utmost importance. It involves honoring individuals’ inherent worth and value, even during their final stages of life. In end-of-life care, preserving dignity is incredibly important.

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Seasons Hospice

APRIL 8, 2021

There’s a swirling cloud of confusion and questions when it comes to end-of-life documentation. Those with life-limiting illnesses must resolve financial and medical questions before they are no longer able to make those important decisions. . Looking for hospice care? What Is End-of-Life Documentation?

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Hospice Nurse Hero

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

One of these skills is understanding and completing hospice GIP documentation. In this article, we’ll explore why you need to learn General Inpatient (GIP) documentation and explore patient scenarios where GIP might be necessary. Plus, I’ll explain when GIP care is appropriate and when it’s not.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

That CNA, that nurse, that social worker, that chaplain feels supported in the field by this robust tool. We aren’t learning their needs. We aren’t learning their understanding of what’s going on. We know that technology is certainly a double-edged sword. .”

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

In this Voices article, Josie Aquino, Director, Product Management, VNS Health talks about how VNS Health is using data and analytics to improve end-of-life care. Additionally, she discusses VNS’s outcomes-driven approach to end-of-life care, and how they are helping other organizations employ a similar approach.

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GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

So if I remember that study correctly, so it was a randomized control trial that was published in the New England Journal of palliative care plus usual care, versus just usual oncological care. So our outpatient palliative care team does not have psychiatrists or psychologists or frankly, social workers.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

It was started by a social worker who really saw some gaps in care with those at end-of-life, particularly those with chronic long-term illness, having important conversations. We do conversations on goals of care and advanced care planning as well. What the social workers are … Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

What we did was ask clinicians earlier in the ICU stay for very sick patients to document prognosis, and for those who they thought would survive, to document six-month functional prognosis. That’s a pretty big palliative care study. We have our social workers and our psychologists and we know how to manage these symptoms.

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GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

So when I was in my last year of pulmonary critical care fellowship, we had two week elective. Kate: And I kept saying, I want to do end of life care research with Scott Halpern and that’s what I did. You’re not hiring a bunch of social workers or nurses or docs to do it.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

And yet, I think for everyone who’s elderly, which is anyone who’s my age or older, I would say it’s very important and ought to be part of an annual exam that we ought to be asking that, and documenting it in the chart. I think Bob also noted documenting it. Eric: Anybody else’s thoughts on that?

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

You said something about your research in this area this morning pertaining to views of that term, end of life or end-of-life care. ” Or for a social worker, “Where are we going to discharge them to?” Alex: Well, let me just ask one more, sticking with this, Karen. Karen: Sure.

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Hospice of the North Coast

AUGUST 25, 2023

Key Takeaways The approach of hospice care is centered on offering comfort, support, and an enhanced quality of life for individuals with terminal illnesses. The hospice care team comprises medical experts, social workers, chaplains, and volunteers who collectively address the needs of patients and their families.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 15, 2024

But new research has shown that when elected officials use the term chinese virus, that term went viral over social media and that was clearly associated with hate and anti-asian sentiment and anti-asian behavior. If my doctor asked me about anti aging hate, it would show me that they cared.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

How did you get interested in end-of-life care, palliative care, and some of the work around dignity that you are really well known for? So it can create a generativity or legacy document, that will be given to that individual so they can bequeath it to loved ones. Here’s a little bit.

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GeriPal

JULY 13, 2023

They found a difference of 4% in documented goals of care discussions. At its heart, it’s always been a brief, hopefully one page document that can be delivered to clinicians and or patients to get them thinking about topics related to goals of care discussions. This was just really in your usual documentation.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 29, 2022

The reintroduced [Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA )] has seen a long haul, but it’s still rolling through the process and this keeps it in front of our legislators. PCHETA will really help us to grow, improve and sustain the hospice and palliative care workforce long-term.

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