Hope Hospice

JANUARY 15, 2019

Members of the Castlettes, Castlewood Country Club’s women’s nine-hole golf group, presented a ceremonial donation check in the amount of $5,000 to Jennifer Hansen, Hope Hospice CEO. Each December, the Castlettes host a charity holiday luncheon benefiting several local organizations, and Hope Hospice is always at the top of the list. This year’s event, themed “Mistletoe and Mimosas,” was co-chaired by Kala Swaminathan and Michelle Hodges.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JANUARY 17, 2019

This episode features Dr Ann Dadich (Western Sydney University, Austrailia) Specialist home-based palliative care can improve symptom management and quality of life and prevent hospitalisation at the end-of-life. There is significant variation in how home-based palliative care is delivered, even within similar jurisdictions. The clinical practices and contextual factors that enable exemplary palliative care are not well understood.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JANUARY 17, 2019

This episode features Dr Catriona Mayland (University of Sheffield, UK). The Quality of Death Index showed variability in the international provision of care for the dying. In order to improve care, we need to have validated outcome measures to assess the current quality of care. One method of evaluation is to use the views from the bereaved relatives to assess their own perceptions and as proxy measures for the patient.

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