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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

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They’re going to get older, they’re going to struggle with geriatric conditions, and they’re going to need palliative services and eventually end-of-life care. Alex: … in other words, than you might be in a Medicare-regulated hospice facility? Michele: So that number’s really growing. Michele: Yeah.

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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

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What’s the difference between end-of-life doula and a hospice volunteer? Beth: It depends on the volunteer. Hospice volunteers do lots of things. Even a hospice volunteer, there are downsides because now you got to train hospice volunteers. Eric: I got to ask the question then.

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Evidence-Based Messaging for Serious Illness Care: A Podcast with Tony Back and Marian Grant

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It was my experience as a hospice volunteer that maybe leave the corporate world and go to nursing school and ultimately become a palliative care nurse practitioner. Medicare, on their brochures, frail hands. In that, again this is GeriPal Podcast, geriatrics falls into the same boat. And frail hands does not do it.