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Several Large Hospice Providers See Leadership Transitions

Hospice News

New executives have stepped into c-suite and other roles at some of the nations largest hospice organizations as 2025 kicks off. Johnson will oversee the work of Empaths several foundations Suncoast Hospice Foundation, Tidewell Foundation, Hospice of Marion County Foundation and Trustbridge Hospice Foundation.

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

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary In the early 1990’s, California Medical Facility (CMF) created one of the nation’s first licensed hospice units inside a prison. Keith per many reports, is the heart and sole of the hospice unit and oversees the Pastoral Care Workers. Eric: Wait, so Bonnie Raitt sang a song about hospice in prison?

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5 Business Ideas for an Enterprising NP

Minority Nurse

Blood products, TPN, dobutamine for heart failure, and other therapies can be administered in hospices , nursing homes, assisted living and memory care facilities, and other settings. A geriatric practice could offer services through a brick-and-mortar location, via mobile services, through telehealth , or any combination of the three.

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Hospice in Prison Part 2: An interview with the Pastoral Care Workers

GeriPal

On last week’s podcast we interviewed the medical director and the chaplain of the prison’s hospice unit (Hospice in Prison Part 1 ). We also had the pleasure to take a walk through the hospice unit garden with Mr. Gerald Hite. Eric: And Alex, last week we did episode one of Hospice in Prison. So take a listen.

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Normalcy, Introspection, & the Experience of Serious Illness: Bill Gardner, Juliet Jacobsen, and Brad Stuart

GeriPal

He spent a long time as hospice medical director and he founded a national model of care that many of our listeners will be familiar with, AIM, which stands for the Advanced Illness Management program, which has influenced CMS policy. I think this is actually bread and butter geriatrics. Bill, welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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Medical Cannabis Revisted: A Podcast with David Casarett and Eloise Theisen

GeriPal

Like, you were talking with one patient who was in hospice, and he got a lot out of medical cannabis. He actually joined a hospice. And for the listeners not watching YouTube, I’d see maybe it was the big weed magazine thing that you have in the background, Eloise, that got them talking, because it is very stigmatized.

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Writing for the Lay Public: Rosanne Leipzig and Louise Aronson

GeriPal

You write a scholarly article in geriatrics, it’s not dissimilar. And I think when groups like JAMA or JAG or the leaders of the American Geriatric Society say we have to call everyone older adult, they’re doing a disservice to all of us. Eric: Yeah, Jimmy Carter goes into hospice. So I think it’s important.

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