Hospice News

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Unfortunately, most patients do not routinely make advance plans for their care in the event that they are diagnosed with a serious or life-threatening illness,” Collins said in a statement. The legislation would also “expand eligible providers that can bill for such services,” according to the bill’s language.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Cruetzfeldt added that it makes sense for a neurology practice to have embedded social workers and other palliative care specialists to ensure the best care for their patients. Anyone who experiences a life-altering event should receive palliative care,” Cruetzfeldt said. “I

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Hospice News

JULY 26, 2024

We’ve gotten creative in doing events that benefit veteran causes and raised money through all these different things that are put into the pool of helping us with the costs of running our veteran programs — which is primarily the staffing cost,” Graveran told Hospice News. So if they see a social worker coming in, they may not be receptive.

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Hospice News

MAY 12, 2025

The company is currently in the process of hiring new registered nurses, hospice aides/CNAs, social workers, patient care secretaries, chaplains and community representatives. VITAS average daily census rested at 22,336 patients at the close of the first quarter this year.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This is according to Amber Ash, pediatric hospice and palliative care social worker at Ohio-based Hospice of the Western Reserve. More than half of women and roughly 60% of men reported experiencing at least one traumatic event in their lifetime in a National Comorbidity Study (NCS).

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2022

Hospice of Southern Maine’s is also onboarding social workers Elizabeth Leclaire and Sara Olmsted, as well as Maria McCann as bereavement support counselor. The hospice hired Neil Cormier as an IT support specialist, Kimberley Dallaire as its billing supervisor and new events coordinator Kimberly Curless.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

These community partnerships have become a key strategy to address social determinants of health, improve health equity, and educate the public about hospice and palliative care. Sinai Health System, said at the event. Knowing where and how to start has been a hurdle for some hospices as they develop and deploy targeted initiatives.

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Seasons Hospice

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Palliative care teams often include doctors, nurses, social workers as well as counselors who specialize in spiritual and emotional support. What Is Palliative Care? When having a loved one that is dealing with a terminal disease, you may come across the option of Palliative care. Why Choose Palliative Over Curative?

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JULY 18, 2024

I wouldn’t have been able to engage in any of this national work without the local support of Lauren King, social worker and dear friend. I hope that we can break the silos of institutions to offer educational events to anyone interested in learning. Who has most influenced your work and how have they shaped your contributions?

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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. In todays podcast we welcome some of the early pioneers in palliative care to talk about the roots of palliative care. by Kearney. I promise its short. Canadians are welcoming.

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GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

We start each podcast with a song in part to shift the frame, taking people out of their academic selves and into a more informal conversation. Well, todays guests love music at least as much if not more than me, and they each make a strong case for music as medicine. Look for Jenny to potentially appear on the show Americas Got Talent (no lie).

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

She is a guest host and she’s a palliative care social worker. Alex 00:31 And we have Kate Duchowny, who’s a social epidemiologist and assistant professor at the University of Michigan, where it is freezing cold. So there’s an event or a series of events. I guess that’s an event.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2024

People who were seriously ill and their caregivers had to contend with many important issues and events occurring simultaneously. The issues identified in the report exist across the country. Access to hospice and palliative care is perceived as lacking. Some patients with serious illnesses didn’t get enough help with managing their pain.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary In May we did a podcast on KidneyPal (the integration of palliative care in renal disease) , which made us think, hmmm… one organ right next door is the liver. Maybe we should do a podcast on LiverPal? (or or should we call it HepatoPal?) Alex 00:12 This is Alex Smith. Eric 00:13 And, Alex, who do we have with us today?

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Hospice News

JUNE 7, 2024

Our social workers play a particularly big role for our palliative care support, because there is such fragmentation in the health care system. Established in 1981, the nonprofit provides care across the Martha Vineyard island in Dukes County, Massachusetts. We actually started in 1981 as a nonprofit organization in a rented trailer.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The emotional toll of caring for the seriously ill contributes to high rates of burnout among palliative care workers. Burnout is a state of complete mental, physical and emotional exhaustion. Symptoms of burnout can include depression, compassion fatigue, stress and anxiety, and apathy, both in general life and towards work tasks.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Often podcasts meet clinical reality. That’s why we do this podcast- to address real world issues in palliative care, geriatrics, and bioethics. But rarely does the podcast and clinical reality meet in the same day. Lynn Flint, author of the NEJM perspective titled, “Rehabbed to Death,” joins Eric and I as co-host.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

We can co-invest in resources, whether they’re nurses, care managers, social workers. We have an algorithm that can help identify which patients are at risk of having adverse events and which are approaching end of life. agilon health CMO Dr. We bring insights. We can bring powerful data and care pathways.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

We discuss the principles of harm reduction, social determinants of health, and trauma informed care. Summary Transcript CME Summary I was very proud to use the word apotheosis on todays podcast. See if you can pick out the moment. I say something like, Palliative care is, in many ways, the apotheosis of great palliative care. Homelessness?

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GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

Jennifer’s study is most widely known for the “kicker” – not only did it improve quality of life, palliative care was associated with a couple months longer survival. . Areej’s study is remarkably novel in that it is, to our knowledge, the first study of palliative care during curative treatment. . hint: coping). Celine Dion. Transcript.

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High Peaks Hospice

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

High Peaks Hospice has an immediate opening for a Hospice Social Worker in our northern catchment area. As a member of the Hospice interdisciplinary team, the primary focus of the Social Worker is to respond to the emotional and psychological needs of the patients, their families, and hospice staff. 454 Glen street.

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GeriPal

MARCH 9, 2023

Psilocybin, the most commonly used psychedelic, increases heart rate and blood pressure, which may potentially lead to cardiovascular events. Legalization is moving forward in several states , following the lead of Oregon and Colorado. Potential use in palliative care , chronic pain , and for mood disorders is tantalizing.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 5, 2024

It was like kind of a co op with this common space that different groups could rent for events and meetings and things like that. Today’s podcast is both similar and different. Similar in that the underlying theme of the power of stories. There’s something magical that happens in small group storytelling. Ricky 00:38 Great to be back.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

” I can say, “We’re going to have four recruitment events a year,” but they’re already used to that. That CNA, that nurse, that social worker, that chaplain feels supported in the field by this robust tool. Dr. Benton has a master’s degree in medical ethics and a doctorate in public health.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary Last week we talked about a trial of a nurse and social worker outpatient palliative care intervention published in JAMA. See also our accompanying editorial , first author Ashwin Kotwal who joins today as a co-host, and a podcast I recorded with JAMA editor Preeti Malani). Alex, who are our guests today?

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

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. I’ve known Michele a long time, since the Joint Medical Program. Shout out to the UC Berkeley-USCF Joint Medical Program. Did I get that close? Michele: That was perfect.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Like, just even having that and normalizing it, and, like, after 13 years of training or 15 or whatever, chaplains, nurses, social workers, patient care assistants, everyone is working in these systems that are not built to take care of them. Jane, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Jane, welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Alex 00:56 Today we are delighted to welcome Wendy MacNaughton, who is a trained as a social worker and is an author and illustrator and author of how to say Goodbye, a book of visual journalism. To learn more about CME for other GeriPal episodes, click here. This is Eric Widera. Alex 00:53 This is Alex Smith. She has a TED talk.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary If palliative care was a drug, one question we would want to know before prescribing it is what dose we should give. Give too little – it may not work. This is Eric Widera. Alex This is Alex Smith Eric A nd Alex, who do we have with us today? Jennifer 00:44 Thanks. Chris, welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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Hope Hospice

JULY 12, 2022

Hope’s hospice program also provides: Social workers to assist with medical paperwork and resources. Every member of the hospice team can support the family and patient through this process, but it is often the social worker, chaplain, or bereavement counselor who helps facilitate family discussions about grief.

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Seasons Hospice

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Hospice teams typically include physicians, nurses, social workers, spiritual counselors, pharmacists, and other trained staff who specialize in managing pain and symptoms while offering emotional and spiritual support to both patient and family during the difficult time when a cure is no longer an option.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

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. Eric 46:49 Yeah.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

We have Vickie Leff who’s Executive Director of the Advanced Palliative and Hospice Social Work Certification Program and also teaches in the UNC School of Social Work. So people are less able to have the language when the loss event actually happens. A great website for dealing with loss and grief : refugeingrief.com.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

I’m a geriatrically trained social worker and it was my grandmother. Here’s a Meals on Wheels handout and here’s a fall prevention handout, and we don’t have a social worker. But, for a majority, it’s a first time event. Greg: Yeah, great question. I got into this 31 years ago.

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GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary We are dusting off our crystal balls today with three amazing guests who have all recently published an article on prognosis over the last couple months: Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley. Why do this? James, welcome back to GeriPal. James 00:42 Thanks for having me. Welcome back to GeriPal.

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GeriPal

JULY 13, 2023

Randy died February 26, 2023. We begin today’s podcast asking his co-authors Erin Kross, Bob Lee, and Ruth Engelberg, all from the University of Washington and the Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence, to reflect on Randy and his dedication to seeing this work completed while living with ALS. Erin, welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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NHPCO

MARCH 6, 2022

The hospice and palliative care community has faced incredible challenges – from a national shortage of health care workers to a global pandemic. The 2023 NHPCO Interdisciplinary Conference will take place in April, as a virtual event and the 2023 Leadership Conference will take place October 16-18, 2023, in Little Rock, Ark.

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