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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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How Palliative Care Is Changing in Today’s Health Care Environment

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However, he also emphasized the challenge of deploying skilled professionals to the home-based arena, where he said the best providers typically have combined skills in primary care, palliative care and even geriatrics. “We The integration of technology into palliative care services and research is also on the rise, according to experts. “In

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

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David Bekelman conducted a RCT of a nurse and social worker telephone intervention (ADAPT intervention) for people with heart failure and lung disease (COPD or ILD). He also found gaps, including very few studies of patients with lung disease, and little impact of trials on quality of life. This is Eric Widera.

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How Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Built an Award-Winning Palliative Program

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Wu added that with only 10 members, the palliative care team is “small but mighty” and includes physicians, a nurse practitioner, a nurse social worker, a pharmacist, a chaplain and an administrator.

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Brigham Young Geriatrician: Physician Residents Need to Learn Hospice Principles, Senior’s Specific Needs

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Physicians in training need greater exposure to geriatric training in order to better grasp the needs of older patients, including during transitions to hospice, according to Dr. Julia Lowenthal, a geriatrician from Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

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Advance Care Planning Billing Rules Impede Equitable Access

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Deborah Freeland, assistant professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern Medical School, Division of Geriatric Medicine, in Texas. Currently, this includes only physicians, physician assistants, clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners, along with clinical social workers. “If

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Psychological Issues in Palliative Care: Elissa Kozlov and Des Azizoddin

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Summary Transcript Summary In our podcast with palliative care pioneer Susan Block , she identified the psychological/psychiatric aspects of palliative care as the biggest are of need for improvement. As she said, when you think about the hardest patients you’ve cared for, in nearly all cases there was some aspect of psychological illness involved.