Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

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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Hospice News

JULY 25, 2023

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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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

We discuss the principles of harm reduction, social determinants of health, and trauma informed care. Summary Transcript CME Summary I was very proud to use the word apotheosis on todays podcast. See if you can pick out the moment. I say something like, Palliative care is, in many ways, the apotheosis of great palliative care. Homelessness?

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Hospice News

MARCH 23, 2023

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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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

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.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

That’s why we do this podcast- to address real world issues in palliative care, geriatrics, and bioethics. Summary Transcript Summary Often podcasts meet clinical reality. But rarely does the podcast and clinical reality meet in the same day. Lynn Flint, author of the NEJM perspective titled, “Rehabbed to Death,” joins Eric and I as co-host.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

She is a guest host and she’s a palliative care social worker. Alex 00:31 And we have Kate Duchowny, who’s a social epidemiologist and assistant professor at the University of Michigan, where it is freezing cold. Eric 00:04 And Alex, we have somebody in the room with us. Alex 00:07 We do. Welcome back, Anne.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Of note: these lessons apply to geriatrics, primary care, hospital medicine, critical care, cancer care, etc, etc. social worker, chaplain), everyone should be able to ask a question or two about spiritual concerns, social concerns, or physical concerns. In other words, in addition to being a specialist (e.g.

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GeriPal

MAY 12, 2022

Social pain and loneliness. Rajagopal (goes by “Raj”), one of the pioneers of palliative care in India. Raj is an anesthesiologist turned palliative care doctor. He is also author of the book, “ Walk with the Weary: Lessons in Humanity in Health Care ,” and was featured in this Atlantic article. Community-based palliative care networks .

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GeriPal

APRIL 28, 2022

The fact that my cartoons, thanks to social media, I’m able to sort of get them out there in front of people. Heck, I’m not even sure to call it a podcast, as I think to get the most out of it you should watch it on YouTube. Why, because today we have Nathan Gray joining us. His work has been published in places like the L.A.

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GeriPal

APRIL 27, 2023

Furthermore, direction to external websites is not an endorsement from AAHPM or HPNA, or the Annual Assembly. Palliative Care the Next Generation: How the Service May Grow and Evolve AccentCare , a portfolio company of private equity firm Advent International, is another example. We’ve got a very large palliative care practice,” Rodgers told PCN.

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Hospice News

MAY 25, 2023

Nikki Davis: I’m a nurse practitioner and have been working in geriatrics and palliative care for about 21 years now. This article is based on a discussion with Anthony Spano, Director of Client Development at Netsmart and Nikki Davis, Vice President of Palliative Care Programs at Contessa Health.

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GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

In the US, geriatrics “grew up” as an academic profession with a heavy research base. Clinical growth of geriatrics programs has lagged academic research, despite the rapid aging of the population. . Summary Transcript Summary. This was in part due to the tremendous support of the National Institute on Aging. By diagnosis?

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This is according to Amber Ash, pediatric hospice and palliative care social worker at Ohio-based Hospice of the Western Reserve. Trauma-informed education should be a normalized part of hospice’s interdisciplinary training to help staff recognize and respond to a range of experiences, Ash indicated.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 12, 2023

Alex: We are delighted to welcome to the GeriPal Podcast, Kellie Flood, who is a geriatrician at the University of Alabama Birmingham and associate Chief Quality Officer for Geriatrics and Care Transitions. And also to have those folks proactively assessing and addressing geriatric syndromes. Kellie, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Oncology practices have increasingly collaborated with palliative care providers — or built their own service lines — to better support cancer patients throughout their health care journeys. Integrating palliative care deeper into oncology practices “empowers” these providers to improve utilization and quality, she indicated. An estimated 1.9

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary In May we did a podcast on KidneyPal (the integration of palliative care in renal disease) , which made us think, hmmm… one organ right next door is the liver. Maybe we should do a podcast on LiverPal? (or or should we call it HepatoPal?) Alex 00:12 This is Alex Smith. Eric 00:13 And, Alex, who do we have with us today?

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GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

Jennifer’s study is most widely known for the “kicker” – not only did it improve quality of life, palliative care was associated with a couple months longer survival. . Areej’s study is remarkably novel in that it is, to our knowledge, the first study of palliative care during curative treatment. . hint: coping). Celine Dion. Transcript.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

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. It was built in 1955, so it wasn’t designed for a geriatric population. I’ve known Michele a long time, since the Joint Medical Program.

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Hospice News

JUNE 2, 2022

Do you have a doctor and a social worker that can work on, for instance, Medicaid eligibility. This article is based on a Q&A session with Jason Banks, Senior Director of Post Acute Sales at nVoq, during the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference. The Q&A took place on April 27, 2022. We had two palliative care clinics.

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GeriPal

MAY 9, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary On today’s podcast, we’ve invited four hospice and palliative care social media influencers (yes, that’s a thing!), And his major social media endeavor is titled How to Train Your Doctor. all of whom focus their efforts on educating the general public about living and dying with a serious illness.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

They need social workers like I have. And I think that is a sign that geriatrics has a really important role in the future of dementia care. There’s an article in the New York Times about the decline and fall of geriatrics as a specialty. They need more people working with them. They need more nurses.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Today’s podcast is both similar and different. Similar in that the underlying theme of the power of stories. Different in that these storytelling initiatives, the Nocturnists and the Palliative Story Exchange , are focused on clinicians sharing stories with each other in small groups to heal. Transcript Eric 00:01 Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Don, welcome to GeriPal. Don: Thanks for having me, Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome back Abby Rosenberg, who’s Chief of Pediatric Palliative Care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Director of Palliative Care at Boston Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School in Boston. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary Last week we talked about a trial of a nurse and social worker outpatient palliative care intervention published in JAMA. See also our accompanying editorial , first author Ashwin Kotwal who joins today as a co-host, and a podcast I recorded with JAMA editor Preeti Malani). Alex, who are our guests today?

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

To provide context, we are joined by Karen Steinhauser, a social scientist at Duke who has been studying spirituality for years (and published one of the most cited papers in palliative care on factors considered important at the end of life , as well as one of my favorite qualitative papers to give to research trainees ). Alex: So, yeah.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 15, 2024

We discuss: What is considered a hate incident, how is it tracked, what do we know about changes over time The wider impact of Anti-Asian hate on older Asians, who are afraid to go out, leading to anxiety, social isolation, loneliness, decreased exercise, missed appointments and medications. Russell 00:19 I’m glad to be here.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

It was started by a social worker who really saw some gaps in care with those at end-of-life, particularly those with chronic long-term illness, having important conversations. Despite this, in my 20-year career as a palliative care physician, I have yet to see a death doula in the wild. Why Beth? Jane, welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Eric and I are joined today on this podcast by Anne Kelly palliative care social worker to discuss these issues with Liz. Alex: And joining us as she has many times, Anne Kelly is a social worker at the San Francisco VA. Today Liz Dzeng discusses her journey towards studying this issue in detail. Welcome, Liz.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

I’d hazard that maybe half the patients I care for at the intersection of geriatrics and palliative care fall in the gray zone. Alex: And a voice that will be very familiar to our listeners, a dynamic and enthusiastic social worker in palliative care at the San Francisco VA, Anne Kelly. Welcome back, Anne. Welcome back, Lynn.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 31, 2023

You’re a senior author on this article in JPSM, where you interviewed some geriatricians and other people caring for older adults, nurse practitioners, social workers, et cetera. I think this is actually bread and butter geriatrics. Brad: I completely forgot about that. That’s great. Alex: That was great.

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GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary One marker of the distance we’ve traveled in palliative care is the blossoming evidence base for the field. Ten years ago we would have been hard pressed to find 3 clinical trial abstracts submitted to the annual meeting, much less high quality randomized trials with robust measures, sample sizes, and analytics plans.

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GeriPal

MARCH 30, 2023

Our listeners will be familiar with Anne Kelly, who’s a social worker at the San Francisco VA, on the palliative care service, who wrote a JAMA piece of my mind title The Last Visit. There’s this beauty that’s there, whether we’re doing geriatrics, infectious disease, palliative care. Anne: Hi, guys.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

J Palliat Med. J Palliat Med. J Palliat Med. The last time this happened to me I immediately went on the defensive despite years of training in serious illness communication skills. Afterwards, I thought there must be a better way. Foundations for Psychological Thinking in Palliative Care: Frame and Formulation. doi:10.1089/jpm.2021.0256

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Alex 00:56 Today we are delighted to welcome Wendy MacNaughton, who is a trained as a social worker and is an author and illustrator and author of how to say Goodbye, a book of visual journalism. To learn more about CME for other GeriPal episodes, click here. This is Eric Widera. Alex 00:53 This is Alex Smith. She has a TED talk.

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GeriPal

MAY 4, 2023

We talk about why it’s so hard with Abby Rosenberg (chief of PC at DFCI and Boston Childrens), Nick Purol (clinical social worker at DFCI and Boston Childrens), Daniel Eison (pediatric PC doc and co-host of PediPal). But when I have, I find that they’re often some of the hardest patients to care for. Abby: Thank you. Happy to be here.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

Alex: Also returning Rebecca Sudore, who is professor of medicine at the UCSF in the division of geriatrics, and is a geriatric and palliative care doctor. Susan: Thanks so much, Alex. Alex: And we have returning, Bob Arnold, who is a palliative care doctor at the University of Pittsburgh. Welcome back, Bob. Bob: Thank you.

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