Feeding Geriatrics Social worker 
Hospice News
MAY 25, 2023
Nikki Davis: I’m a nurse practitioner and have been working in geriatrics and palliative care for about 21 years now. Anthony Spano: We are very lucky to have Nikki Davis on stage, so I wanted to just open up and give her the chance to tell us a little bit about herself.
GeriPal
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
In day-to-day practice, It’s hard to imagine providing excellent hospice or palliative care services without access to a team social worker. But are we really taking full advantage of ALL social workers have to offer our field? I don’t know if this person was a social worker or not. Barbara: Yay.
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GeriPal
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
She is a guest host and she’s a palliative care social worker. And I think there’s ways that geriatrics and palliative care can kind of add an additional layer to that because we’re unique in that we can draw on the expertise of an interdisciplinary team. Alex 00:07 We do. Welcome back, Anne. Anne 00:14 Thanks.
GeriPal
MARCH 13, 2025
She retrained as a social worker, and it was while she was a social worker that she began to formulate her ideas for better kind of end of life care, which was to become hospice care, modern hospice care. And I’m sad to say it, but I don’t think doctors are gonna listen to a social worker.
GeriPal
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Because, if anybody hasn’t seen it, you’ve got a great Twitter feed that gives tons of pearls on palliative care and a lot on communication. Speaking of pearls, should we move to Shunichi’s Twitter feed? Alex: Shunichi, your Twitter feed is like haiku. What motivated you to dive into this? Eric: And Abby?
GeriPal
APRIL 4, 2024
In 1988, Cruzan’s parents requested that her feeding tube be removed, arguing that she would not want to continue in this state. On the one hand, this was unfortunate, as it meant Nancy Cruzan could not be disconnected from the feeding tube immediately. In 1990 the Supreme Court ruled…for the state of Missouri.
GeriPal
MAY 12, 2022
So, she was in a pathetic stage and she had no way of coming and seeing the mother because she had to feed the children from her earnings. And her daughter can’t come visit her because she doesn’t have money for bus fare and her husband’s an alcoholic, demanding money from her and she has to feed her own children.
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