GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

How important is it that we dissect all of these different ways we can deliver palliative care? Either different populations, telehealth versus in person physician NP versus physician social worker. How important is it that we really drill down into how we’re delivering that palliative care syringe?

Palliative care 247

Palliative care Palliate Social worker Caregiver 247

GeriPal

MARCH 13, 2025

Alex Smith Links Link to the McGill National Grand Rounds Series on Palliative Care , Michael Kearney as initial presenter, and registration for future events. And I’m sad to say it, but I don’t think doctors are gonna listen to a social worker. Is that how we presented ourselves? Whats in a name?

Palliative care 243

Palliative care Palliate Books Social worker 243

Hospice News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

EOLDs have had a growing presence in the serious illness and end-of-life care space, but their services are not reimbursed by Medicare or other insurance, according to Jane Euler, co-founder and chief doula of Present for You LLC. However, building these collaborations has come with financial barriers.

Hospice 280

Hospice Presentation End-of-life care Social worker 280

Hospice News

AUGUST 7, 2023

Jane Schell, section chief of palliative care and medical ethics in, division of Nephrology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), told Palliative Care New. All palliative care, no matter the setting, seeks to alleviate symptoms and pain for people living with chronic illnesses. You need nurses.

Palliative care 246

Palliative care Palliate Social worker Medicare 246

Hospice News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The Virginia-based hospice is part of Goodwin Living, a nonprofit senior living and health care organization. Goodwin Hospice formed a collaboration with end-of-life doula provider Present for You LLC roughly three years ago.

Hospice 291

Hospice Social worker Presentation End-of-life care 291

Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Executives from almost every publicly traded hospice company raised this issue in earnings calls and presentations throughout the year. Social workers saw an average 4.07% hourly wage hike, and medical directors saw the lowest rate of increase at 0.6%, the report indicated.

2022 246

2022 Hospice Medicare 2021 246

Hospice News

JANUARY 5, 2023

This limited time frame does not allow providers to address the nuances and difficulties around goals-of-care discussions with patients and families, she explained. It also presents difficult and “tricky” parameters for clinicians who “aren’t sitting at the bedside with stopwatch,” Grant said. Further, the bill, introduced by U.S.

Medicare 246

Medicare 2016 2019 Document 246

Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Palliative care, pediatric end-of-life care and end-of-life doula (EOLD) services are top of mind for hospices that are diversifying their services in 2024. Investing in PACE programming can be a heavy lift on the front end, Black stated. But it goes both ways.

2024 230

2024 Hospice Homecare End-of-life care 230

Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2024

I started advocating pretty early on that I thought it would be really beneficial to form a separate, dedicated team of nurses, physicians, social workers and chaplains to take part in this care. We are in the process of adding a massage therapist who specializes in pediatric end-of-life care.

Palliate 265

Palliate Hospice Chaplain Grief 265

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

She is a guest host and she’s a palliative care social worker. Eric 00:15 And we have three guests to help us talk about trauma informed care. So we took a look at three different domains of quality of life that are relevant to end of life care. Trauma informed care approach.

Information 160

Information Events Geriatrics Definition 160

GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

In addition to being a palliative and hospice RN, she is the Executive Director for Goodwin Hospice , a large non-profit hospice that added end-of-life doula care to their services in collaboration with Jane and John’s doula organization, Present for You. Jane, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. John: Yeah. I would add, too.

Presentation 288

Presentation Hospice volunteer Palliate Palliative care 288

GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Well, as a kick off to this year’s first in-person State of the Science plenary, held in conjunction with the closing Saturday session of the AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly, 3 randomized clinical trials were presented. And when I presented it to the transplant team, they said, “This is interesting, but we don’t need that.

Palliative care 277

Palliative care Palliate Ventilator 2016 277

GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

For example, bachelor’s degrees for social workers. When you hear, “We need more money to pay for staff,” you have to say to yourself, “Where’s the money presently going?” It needs to be presented in a way that they can understand. 160 billion a year are spent on nursing homes.

Nursing home 230

Nursing home Nursing Long-term care Medical director 230

GeriPal

OCTOBER 3, 2024

And finally, Wendy offers a drawing lesson and ONE-MINUTE drawing assignment to help us (and our listeners) be more present and connect with one another. First you have to be a volunteer and see what it’s like to be present at the bedside. The rules are really quite simple: Find another person. This is Eric Widera.

Books 291

Books Presentation Caregiver Hospice 291

The Bucket-List Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Teresa immediately spoke with Heather Randall, a social worker, about Nancy’s situation. Kylie Randall, daughter of social worker Heather Randall, donated makeup application. Together, they offered Nancy the opportunity to have her wedding at the Center.

Social worker 63

Social worker Chaplain Hospice care Medical director 63

GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

But I do think POLST, which I conceptualize as an advance care planning tool, really sits in between those worlds of decisions that are relevant for the present versus the few future. And I think a large part of that is we have outpatient palliative care. And it I think really highlights how that’s a very blurry line.

Palliative care 173

Palliative care Geriatrics Palliate Document 173

Minority Nurse

JULY 12, 2023

In 2020 Flores was a featured guest on the TV Show, The Doctors , sharing his expertise on end-of-life hospice care. He’s also written two books to increase knowledge of end-of-life care. I try to put my patients first by being present to them.

Nursing 95

Nursing Hospice nursing Books 2012 95

NHPCO

OCTOBER 5, 2023

During the conference at the National Hospice Foundation’s 2023 Gala, NHPCO honored the outstanding contributions of Judi Lund Person and Norman McRae to the community by presenting each of them with the Galen Miller Leadership Award. He presently serves on the NHPCO Board as Immediate Past Chair.

2002 52

2002 2023 Presentation Social worker 52

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.

Caregiver 310

Caregiver Nursing 2030 Bereavement 310

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? A hand on a shoulder without saying a single word, in a few seconds, they convey a tone of care that says, “I am here. I’m fully present. ” Eric: Yeah.

Article 246

Article Palliative care Palliate Geriatrics 246

The Bucket-List Blog

JUNE 9, 2016

Our We Honor Veterans program presented him with a framed certificate, thanking him for his service. He also got to enjoy some of the things that meant a lot to him throughout his life. He came to the Center and was given a room of his own. When he was well enough to eat, our dietary staff loved to cook for him and bring him meals.

Social worker 40

Social worker Medicare Hospice care Hospice 40

Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 11, 2024

The SPIKES Protocol: A Framework for Effective Communication: The SPIKES protocol is a widely recognized framework for delivering difficult news, especially to those with life-limiting illnesses and end-of-life care. I like to ask the patient and family if it’s ok to speak openly with everyone present.

Hospice nursing 52

Hospice nursing Hospice Nursing Grief 52

Shining Light Hospice

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Speech may or may not be present. In general, each stage progressively worsens ending in the need for total patient care. Hospice encompasses the services that are provided to a terminally ill patient to preserve dignity, provide comfort, and support at the end of life. When Is It Time for Hospice Care?

Hospice 40

Hospice Social worker Chaplain Bathing 40

Home Care Pulse

JULY 25, 2023

I’m the senior nurse educator at H C P, Speaker 1 ( 00:25 ): And you’re listening to Vision, the podcast for leaders and forward thinkers in the care industry. Today we’ll be discussing the importance of unifying the care continuum for end of life care. Speaker 3 ( 00:38 ): Hi, glad to be here.

Books 72

Books Bereavement Hospice Grief 72

GeriPal

JULY 13, 2023

And we had the date, if it was present in the EHR, to provide that context for the clinician. This really is patients with serious chronic life limiting illness who are hospitalized. Eric: How’d you define serious chronic life limiting? We grabbed, were there POLST, was there advanced directives in the EHR?

Document 198

Document Palliative care 2018 Palliate 198