Hospice News

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Mobile technology is not just used for documentation, but it’s really an integrated workflow for the caregiver at the bedside. They have so many more insights using technology from telehealth and telemedicine that’s feeding into that mobile device, which is so powerful for them. What drew you to this field?

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Hospice News

APRIL 15, 2025

This allows nurses to identify potential contraindications immediately and document their decisions for pharmacists, reducing unnecessary follow-up calls and improving workflow efficiency. Every call or message creates a case that feeds into our newly developed dashboard.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Or is it the primary care document, who’s busy doing other things too, who probably won’t have the time to do a comprehensive geriatric assessment? How does the geriatric assessment lead to improved completion of advance directives, when the assessment doesn’t address advance care planning/directives at all? Precision medicine?

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Certainly SOME of those avoided hospitalizations, CPR, and ICU stays were due to documentation of those orders in the POLST. And whether tube feeding should be on there, that’s never an emergency decision. Because we haven’t done our job to document the value of what we’re doing. Welcome, Abby. Good to know.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

And Katie, I was going through your Twitter feed, and a tweet I noticed was this one, “All opioid guidelines caution long-term use in people with active substance use disorder.” Katie, welcome back to GeriPal. Katie: Oh my gosh, can’t believe I’ve been here more than once now. Bragging rights. That was from our what?

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Daniel eventually passed away about eight years ago, but not before he was placed on that trach and peritoneal dialysis and feeding tube and many other interventions and, all the while, not really focusing on what he wanted as a good quality of life. Dr. Benton has a master’s degree in medical ethics and a doctorate in public health.

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High Peaks Hospice

APRIL 16, 2022

no feeding tube, but open to antibiotics) and your Health Care Proxy names the person who will follow those wishes and make decisions. The majority of people, even those who are seriously ill, haven’t talked about or documented their wishes. A living will is an advance directive that speaks to what care you want or do not want (i.e.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 5, 2023

You’ve had three documented conversations to “clarify code status.” Alex: We are delighted to welcome Jacky Kruser, who’s a pulmonary critical care doctor and health services researcher at the University of Wisconsin. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Jacky: Thank you. It’s a pleasure. Bob, welcome back to GeriPal.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

To provide context, we are joined by Karen Steinhauser, a social scientist at Duke who has been studying spirituality for years (and published one of the most cited papers in palliative care on factors considered important at the end of life , as well as one of my favorite qualitative papers to give to research trainees ). Lexy: Great to be here.

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GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

Alex: But moving on from Jim Carrey and Dumb and Dumber, Samir, I wanted to ask you, someone once taught me, it’s possible it’s Joel, I’m not sure, someone once said that research is the meticulous documentation of the blatantly obvious. You’ll have a feeding tube. Alex: But I’m talking about-. Joel: Yeah.

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Hope Hospice

APRIL 28, 2020

Do you and your loved ones have an advance healthcare directive as well as the other documents necessary for managing legal and financial issues (e.g., This couple did not have advance healthcare directives nor were documents in place that would enable the wife to handle her husband’s independent financial accounts and property.

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Hope Hospice

APRIL 28, 2020

Do you and your loved ones have an advance healthcare directive as well as the other documents necessary for managing legal and financial issues (e.g., This couple did not have advance healthcare directives nor were documents in place that would enable the wife to handle her husband’s independent financial accounts and property.

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Hope Hospice

APRIL 28, 2020

Do you and your loved ones have an advance healthcare directive as well as the other documents necessary for managing legal and financial issues (e.g., This couple did not have advance healthcare directives nor were documents in place that would enable the wife to handle her husband’s independent financial accounts and property.

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

He, his Twitter feed though is brilliant. Lauren: And then in the ED, you intubate and then you figure it out later or the patient never had an advanced care planning document and now the family’s making the decision and it’s really hard to watch your loved one die. That will be the last one in his life. Eric: Yeah.

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Home Care Pulse

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The answer to that question determined whether the beer went down the feeding tube or was a savor and spit process. The patient is asked about their pain level and the clinician documents the current pain level. Sunday dinners involved feeding four generations. H ospice and Palliative Care Month has arrived.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 30, 2022

Recognizing abnormal observations: What your caregiver decides to document can prove to be detrimental to their protection, the client’s health and safety, and your agency’s liability. Take the guessing game out of client records by clarifying which types of information your caregivers are expected to document on each caregiver visit note.

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GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

Potential that documenting advance directives without a robust conversation about prognosis might have led to these findings. Jennifer 17:26 Documentation of end of life preferences. And we looked at newly documented end of life preferences. My goals will differ if I think I probably have 2 years to live vs 10 years.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

So one that the primary outcome was supposed to be documentation, which it improved documentation, it wasn’t powered to actually look at any utilization or hard outcomes. Painstaking work to go through each outcome and really characterize and document what works and what doesn’t. Summary Transcript Summary.

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GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

Areej 03:50 So at the state of the science, I was actually presenting a study that was focused on addressing sexual health concerns in transplant survivors, and I actually told the story of the state of the science for those of you who were there. She was off immunosuppression, her disease was in remission. So it was more of a social visit.

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