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Social Workers as Leaders on Palliative Care Teams: A Podcast with Barbara Jones

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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? Summary Transcript Summary. by: Anne Kelly, LCSW, APHSW-C. Alex: And we also like to welcome-.

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

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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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Key Palliative Care Trends to Watch in 2024

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Today, many palliative programs are supported by philanthropic donations or treated as a loss leader that can feed referrals to other services like hospice care. Palliative care is an evolving field. Rising demand In 2024, demand will continue to rise, driven by a number of factors.

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Payers to CMMI: We Need a Standardized Definition for Palliative Care

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The common thread across health plans, [accountable care organizations (ACOs)] and across state Medicaid and Medicare agencies is really that the core team includes a physician, a nurse, a social worker and a spiritual care professional, and that pharmacists play a key role in medication management.

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Rush Medical Center’s Caring for Caregivers Program

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In addition to quantifiable financial pressure, in-home elder care has other costs for caregivers, according to Ellen Carbonell, LCSW, caregiver programs consultant in the department of Social Work and Community Health at RUSH University Medical Center, told Palliative Care News.

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Comics and Humor in Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nathan Gray

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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. The fact that my cartoons, thanks to social media, I’m able to sort of get them out there in front of people. Why, because today we have Nathan Gray joining us. Transcript.

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HSPN Palliative Care: Fireside Chat with Contessa and Netsmart

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This article is based on a discussion with Anthony Spano, Director of Client Development at Netsmart and Nikki Davis, Vice President of Palliative Care Programs at Contessa Health. The conversation took place on April 20, 2023, during the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference. The article below has been edited for length and clarity.