AJN Off the Charts

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Various types of water can be used to flush enteral feeding tubes, but which type of water is best supported by evidence? (Open Access) “Changes in Sleep Quality After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review” : The authors examine the relationship between sleep quality and pain following this procedure.

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Hospice of the North Coast

MARCH 10, 2021

Force-feeding those who have lost their appetites and thirst may cause distress, even if it is well-intentioned by family or caregivers who feel compelled to get food into the patient. Wondering how to meet the unique foodservice needs of your loved one during palliative care? Harbord, MS, RDN.

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GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Diabetes is common. When I’m on nursing home call, the most common page I receive is for a blood sugar value. When I’m on palliative care consults and attending in our hospice unit we have to counsel patients about deprescribing and de-intensifying diabetes medications. Goldilocks zone). Nadine: Thank you, guys.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

AUGUST 11, 2023

This population is most accurately identified with integrated data from claims, prior authorization, pharmacy utilization, clinical feeds from electronic health records (EHR), various functional and SDOH assessments, and vendor information. Population health refers to the health outcomes of a specific group or population.

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Changing Lives Podcast

MARCH 21, 2022

Human nature compels us to nurture our loved ones in many ways, feeding being one method - however it is important to recognize that nutrition at the end-of-life is much different than how people eat prior to illness. Find out more in this week's Changing Lives podcast.

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Nurse.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This ensures that the family and the care team honor the patient’s wishes like determining do not resuscitate (DNR) status, using ventilator support, and providing enteral feedings. Hospice nurses can also document issues of personal importance. Let us help you prepare for your hospice and palliative nurse certification exam.

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Traditions Health

MAY 1, 2023

Eventually, all the muscles that a person can control are affected, forcing the person to use a ventilator and/or feeding tube. From daily living activities such as shopping, cooking, and cleaning, to more demanding activities such as bathing or feeding, caring for an ALS patient can take a toll.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 4, 2022

” So feeding them little soundbites that they might be able to take off the tip sheet and use if they had the opportunity. Or on a different topic, there was another topic on Deprescribing to Improve Troubling Symptoms, getting back to Ariel’s learnings. Eric: Now, that’s fabulous.

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GeriPal

MARCH 13, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary As far as weve come in the 50 years since Balfour Mount and Sue Britton opened the first palliative care at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Quebec, have we lost something along the way? In todays podcast we welcome some of the early pioneers in palliative care to talk about the roots of palliative care. by Kearney.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 27, 2025

What gets lost in the legitimate struggles of medical training is that youre worried about paying bills and for things like child care, feeding your family and taking care of your mental health. For some of our residents and fellows this was hugely life-changing, he said.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Summary Transcript Summary. 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? by: Anne Kelly, LCSW, APHSW-C. Transcript. Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Barbara: Yay.

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 28, 2022

While we recognize that a caregiver isn’t hired to be a personal chef, sometimes clients do not have the ability to feed themselves or would appreciate being cared for in a small way with a simple dish.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

They often have behavioral issues stemming from their disorder, their life circumstances, all sort of feeding into each other. Alex 00:15 We are delighted to welcome back Janet Ho, who is a palliative care doc and addiction medicine doc and associate professor at UCSF. Janet, welcome back to the GeriPal Podcast. Janet 00:26 Thank you so much.

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Hospice News

APRIL 9, 2025

I don’t want to see in my feed that everyone dies. Marianne Matzo is among a growing cadre of hospice professionals who are working to change the public conversation and perceptions of death. Matzo has been a registered nurse for 47 years and holds a Ph.D in gerontology. So it’s the same information, but clearly explained.

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GeriPal

MAY 12, 2022

Rajagopal (goes by “Raj”), one of the pioneers of palliative care in India. Raj is an anesthesiologist turned palliative care doctor. He is also author of the book, “ Walk with the Weary: Lessons in Humanity in Health Care ,” and was featured in this Atlantic article. Social pain and loneliness. Community-based palliative care networks .

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GeriPal

MARCH 20, 2025

To delve into these questions, we spoke with Hope Wechkin, medical director of EvergreenHealth home hospice, who authored an article describing a process of Minimal Comfort Feeding (MCF) for patients who have expressed an interest in not wanting to live with advanced dementia. Alex 00:14 We have a very full house today. Hope 00:31 Thanks.

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GeriPal

APRIL 28, 2022

However if you want to take a deeper dive, check out his website “ The Ink Vessel ” or his amazing twitter feed which has a lot of his work in it. Heck, I’m not even sure to call it a podcast, as I think to get the most out of it you should watch it on YouTube. Why, because today we have Nathan Gray joining us. Transcript. This is Alex Smith.

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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. Don, welcome to GeriPal. Welcome back, Abby. Abby: Thank you. Abby: Thank you. So glad to be here. Shunichi, welcome back to GeriPal. Shunichi: Thank you for having me. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

JUNE 15, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has tremendous potential. We talk on this podcast about potential uses of AI in geriatrics and palliative care with natural language processing guru Charlotta Lindvall from DFCI, bioethicists and internist Matt DeCamp from University of Colorado, and prognosis wizard Sei Lee from UCSF.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 26, 2022

They have so many more insights using technology from telehealth and telemedicine that’s feeding into that mobile device, which is so powerful for them. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

So, in front of us today, we have a variety of hot sauces and chicken wings. They’ve all been laid out for you. Our task is simple, we are going to be sampling each of these hot chicken wings while we ask Eric and Alex questions related to Palliative care and Geriatrics. Alex: Great Eric: These are the questions submitted by our audience?

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

How does the geriatric assessment lead to improved completion of advance directives, when the assessment doesn’t address advance care planning/directives at all? How does palliative care fit into all this? Precision medicine? What groups are being left out of trials? Welcome to GeriPal, John. John: Thank you. Alex: Terrific.

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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.

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GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

For a deeper dive, check out some of these other studies and resources we talked about in the podcast: The Influence of Nursing Home Culture on the Use of Feeding Tubes. The Lived Experience of Providing Feeding Assistance to a Family Member with Dementia. Archives of Internal Medicine 2010. Rehabbed to Death. Transcript. Bring it on.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Alex 00:03 This is Alex Smith. Eric 00:04 And Alex, we have somebody in the room with us. Alex 00:07 We do. We have Anne Kelly, who’s back with us today. She is a guest host and she’s a palliative care social worker. Welcome back, Anne. Anne 00:14 Thanks. Happy to be here. Alex, who do we have with us on Zoom? Ashwin 23:46 Yeah.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

And Katie, I was going through your Twitter feed, and a tweet I noticed was this one, “All opioid guidelines caution long-term use in people with active substance use disorder.” Katie, welcome back to GeriPal. Katie: Oh my gosh, can’t believe I’ve been here more than once now. Bragging rights. That was from our what?

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GeriPal

MAY 9, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary On today’s podcast, we’ve invited four hospice and palliative care social media influencers (yes, that’s a thing!), all of whom focus their efforts on educating the general public about living and dying with a serious illness. Hsien, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Hsien: Hey, great to be here. Sammy: Thank you so much.

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Hospice News

APRIL 15, 2025

Every call or message creates a case that feeds into our newly developed dashboard. They also apply their specialized knowledge of hospice pharmacology to support hospice nurses to caring for individual patients. We are committed to enhancing the customer experience with our dedicated training and quality teams.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Daniel eventually passed away about eight years ago, but not before he was placed on that trach and peritoneal dialysis and feeding tube and many other interventions and, all the while, not really focusing on what he wanted as a good quality of life. Dr. Benton has a master’s degree in medical ethics and a doctorate in public health.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Eric 02:37 Feeding the beast, Matthew, feeding the beast [laughing] Alex 02:41 All right, here’s a little bit. Eric 00:05 And Alex, who do we have with us today? Because I think we have someone special, a guest host. He’s in Boston. He’s a medical director of H ebrew S enior L ife outpatient clinic at Newbridge.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

It’s going into an intensive care unit and getting feeding tubes and ventilators and all this stuff that isn’t going to change anything. This is the subject of Connelly’s recent book, The Journey’s End: An Investigation of Death & Dying in America. But they don’t always understand what that means.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Hypnosis: uses and how to get training via the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis. Janet is the author of the 4th edition of the book Comprehensive Guide to Supportive and Palliative Care for Patients with Cancer, along with co-authors Molly Collins and BR Daubman. Janet, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. That’s the main thing.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Alex 00:15 We are delighted to welcome Jane deLima Thomas, who was a co-fellow with me back in the day in palliative care. Jane, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Jane, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Jane 00:37 Thank you so much for inviting me. Ishwaria, welcome to GeriPal. Ishwaria 00:59 Such a pleasure to be here. Thanks for having me.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

To provide context, we are joined by Karen Steinhauser, a social scientist at Duke who has been studying spirituality for years (and published one of the most cited papers in palliative care on factors considered important at the end of life , as well as one of my favorite qualitative papers to give to research trainees ). Lexy: Great to be here.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Alex: A feeding tube. Alex: We are delighted to welcome Jacky Kruser, who’s a pulmonary critical care doctor and health services researcher at the University of Wisconsin. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Jacky: Thank you. It’s a pleasure. He’s at the University of Pittsburgh. Bob, welcome back to GeriPal. Bob: The fish.

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Elizz

MAY 1, 2019

pain, headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, poor appetite, difficulty feeding, sleep problems, itching, fatigue, difficulty breathing, etc.). By sharing information surrounding end-of-life care, it will help build a collective understanding and establish great communication. What the palliative care team needs to know.

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Elizz

MAY 1, 2019

pain, headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, poor appetite, difficulty feeding, sleep problems, itching, fatigue, difficulty breathing, etc.). By sharing information surrounding end-of-life care, it will help build a collective understanding and establish great communication. What the palliative care team needs to know.

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