Hospice News

MAY 25, 2023

You’re in a value-based model, you have to manage your resources and your workforce in that manner.

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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 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.

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Home Care Pulse

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

She could no longer feed herself, much less cook, and was dependent on others for everything. Alice has stated that she is unsure about a feeding tube but is certain she does not want a ventilator or other assistive breathing device. Do your social workers know how to access the lending closet for specialized equipment?

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Shining Light Hospice

APRIL 8, 2022

Nurses aides can assist with activities of daily living such as toileting, bathing, and feeding. Spiritual support is provided by the Hospice chaplain and social workers are also available. What Does Hospice Care Include? Each Hospice patient has a dynamic team of providers whose priority is on their comfort.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

We welcome all professions, including but not limited to physicians, chaplains, social workers, nurses, nurse practitioners, case managers, administrators, and pharmacists. It meets in-person, once a month, over nine sessions. For inquiries or to apply, please contact gayle.kojimoto@ucsf.edu. Eric: And lastly, LaVera.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

So I was really excited to bring in a couple of co-editors who were young and hip, and at the cutting edge of palliative care now, along with my collaborators: the social workers, the psychiatrist, a chaplain to really make this book relevant for now. Janet: And you could put the liquid methadone in the feeding tube, can’t you?

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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. But luckily, Anne Kelly, our social worker, was in the room with me and said the magic thing that just was the right thing to say. Transcript. Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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Traditions Health

AUGUST 21, 2023

This type of care is beneficial for patients: In need of help while recovering from an illness, injury, or surgery Recently discharged from a hospital, nursing home or rehabilitation facility Who require ongoing medical treatments at home With a disability or chronic condition like dementia, diabetes, and heart disease Your home health care team can (..)

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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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Home Care Pulse

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The answer to that question determined whether the beer went down the feeding tube or was a savor and spit process. Sunday dinners involved feeding four generations. Sometimes it meant helping a patient distinguish between the desire for the taste of beer and the buzz associated with beer consumption. Love and laughter filled the home.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

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.

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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. We just moved on to the next thing without a serious discussion about wishes.

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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. This whole idea that our worth is not equal to our productivity. We should be writing.

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The Nurse Break

APRIL 11, 2022

This includes but is not limited to, showering, toileting, dressing and feeding to ensure quality care is delivered. Such as: Disability Support Worker Clinical Trials Assistant Operating Theatre Technician Social Worker Dental Nurse Drug and Alcohol Worker Family Support Worker … the list goes on!

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Home Care Pulse

AUGUST 11, 2022

To make matters worse, hospices have lost social worker employees at a faster rate than any other health care setting in the care continuum as turnover rises to 27%. Our workers want flexibility, but they also want consistency,” said Dr. Moss. Yet it also ranks among the top 5 industries with the highest workforce shortages.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 18, 2022

For instance, you may need to touch, feed, or even bathe a patient. ” EXPERT TIP: If you have a talker, try to coordinate your visit with the home hospice aide or the social worker so that you can focus on direct patient care. Now, let’s break that down in a little bit more. Patient celebration with staff.

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Living With Hospice

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Don't wake them up to feed them or give them water or take medicine, just let them sleep, the body's doing what it's supposed to do. Important point here. I know that can be hard sometimes to watch. And we're so used to making sure that our loved one gets their meds and their food and the toileting and washing and everything on time.

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Living With Hospice

JANUARY 30, 2021

I'm not a social worker. He goes, "Mitch, we get to feed it crickets and stuff. Come on in, grab some coffee or juice, pull up a chair and let's chat. I want to remind you though, I'm not a doctor, I don't give medical advice. I'm not a nurse. I do have a lot of experience with hospice care, death and dying. How cool was that?

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Living With Hospice

AUGUST 26, 2020

I'm not a social worker. He was an awesome sounding board as well for me, when I was dealing with tough issues like DNR s and, and feeding tubes and all of those emotional issues that my wife and I had to tackle about our son on his journey. And Cosmos in the shade back by the trees, enjoying a nice summer nap. I'm not a doctor.

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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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GeriPal

MAY 9, 2024

We’re a clinician-facing podcast, nurses, doctors, social workers, chaplains, et cetera, primarily researchers. And for Matt, when you’re giving people the advice, I was listening to one about how do you talk to somebody about a feeding tube that’s for pleasure? It just flows so naturally.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

And I think social workers, advanced practitioners, nurses, really feel comfortable giving functional prognoses more so than time-based prognoses. Or the cases where someone actually said, “I never want a feeding tube.” Why did they choose to be DNR or not have a feeding tube? Rachelle: Yeah. Eric: Yeah.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

MAY 11, 2022

Foleys/Tubes -Does the patient have any tubes such as feeding tubes, CADD pumps, or Foley catheters. If the patient is on tube feedings, you will want to verify that they have feeding supplies available. Once, I had a patient who was discharged from the hospital on a new tube feeding with no supplies.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

I mean, if somebody has really bad depression and they stop eating and nobody bothers to feed them or make sure that they eat, then, yeah, they could die. We have psychologists, we have social worker who’s very attuned to these issues. But that’s not really just the depression. Eric 35:53 Yeah.

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