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Trauma-Informed Care: A Podcast with Mariah Robertson, Kate Duchowny, and Ashwin Kotwal

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She is a guest host and she’s a palliative care social worker. So there’s an event or a series of events. So there’s an event or a series of events. Kate 04:53 As well as how they cope with that event. I guess that’s an event. Alex 00:07 We do. Welcome back, Anne.

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The Roots of Palliative Care: Michael Kearney, Sue Britton, and Justin Sanders

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Alex Smith Links Link to the McGill National Grand Rounds Series on Palliative Care , Michael Kearney as initial presenter, and registration for future events. She started her career as a nurse and probably her heightened that worked against her. What should we do as nurses, as physicians, as social workers, as chaplains?

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Palliative Rehab?!?: Ann Henshaw, Tamra Keeney, and Sarguni Singh

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And so I became more interested in what are the outcomes of patients with cancer when they do go to a nursing facility? Why do we not have more palliative care access in nursing homes? They’re really great, the palliative care social worker and chaplain. Has this patient been out of bed?

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

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Through a series of events, I started working as a consultant to the Department of Corrections in around 2006, and I was assigned to the California Medical Facility. We have nurses who have extra training in palliative care. We have medical social workers who support the patients. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Michele.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

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So in some ways, it was an iatrogenic event. There was also a second event in that the pressures chosen weren’t the ideal ones. I mean, obviously nobody fed her the pill with the intention of choking her, but it wasn’t like suddenly she had another event out of the blue because she had a bad heart. Bill 16:01 To.

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Hospice for Dementia

Shining Light Hospice

The signs are more obvious as they can interfere with work, socialization, and daily function. Patients will have difficulty remembering current events as well as their own personal past history. Patients may forget even their closest loved one’s names, memories shared in a lifetime, current and past events, and even where they are.

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Prognosis Superspecial: A Podcast with Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley

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Next, we talk with James Deardorff about whether we can accurately predict nursing home level of care in community-dwelling older adults with dementia. Alex 16:46 On time to nursing, needing nursing home level of care. That just leads to issues that can make home care very difficult for these individuals.