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Rush Medical Center’s Caring for Caregivers Program

Hospice News

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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AAHPM Board President-Elect Holly Yang: Hospice Regulators Need to Consider Perspectives of Bedside Staff

Hospice News

Our clinicians, especially our social workers and nurses that work in care management, try very hard to connect people to the services that they need because it is overwhelming as a family member to understand the different pieces of care and how they are financed. People want to do the care, but it’s just really hard.

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

GeriPal

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

GeriPal

But what I remember from that is at the end of your week long rotation, Michael, everybody gets a chance if they wanted to sit down with Cicely Saunders, social work nurse, doctor extraordinaire, you sit down with her. She started her career as a nurse and probably her heightened that worked against her. She put her back out.

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

GeriPal

She is a guest host and she’s a palliative care social worker. 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. Welcome back, Anne. Anne 00:14 Thanks. Happy to be here. Eric 00:15 And we have three guests to help us talk about trauma informed care.