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Bloom Healthcare CEO: Integrating Palliative Care Into Every Decision

Hospice News

We often fill that gap with a lot of care management services, and that could be nursing, social work, pharmacy, but they’re generally going to get to know their nurse really, really well. That becomes another trusted care partner and decision maker.

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Key Research Trends: State CON Laws, Dementia Patient Trajectories Reshaping Hospice

Hospice News

Though CON regulations are not necessarily an indicator of quality, size or ownership status, they can give lawmakers a window into the relationship between quality and oversight, as well as other variables that impact end-of-life experiences, according to John Cagle, associate professor at the University of Maryland’s School of Social Work. “We

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Social Workers as Leaders on Palliative Care Teams: A Podcast with Barbara Jones

GeriPal

Barbara highlights social workers’ inherent leadership qualities and tasks us to consider whether our own team and organizational structures are allowing for optimal social work engagement and influence. So in preparation for this, I read a couple articles about social work leadership in palliative care.

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Intentionally Interprofessional Care: DorAnne Donesky, Michelle Milic, Naomi Saks, & Cara Wallace

GeriPal

Of note: these lessons apply to geriatrics, primary care, hospital medicine, critical care, cancer care, etc, etc. I think geriatrics very proud of interprofessional care. DorAnne 30:25 I also wanna make a shout out for pain and symptom management with social work and chaplains. I don’t know.

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Anti-Asian Hate: Russell Jeung, Lingsheng Li, & Jessica Eng

GeriPal

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. Jessica, welcome back to GeriPal. Geriatrician?

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Involving the inner circle: Emily Largent, Anne Rohlfing, Lynn Flint & Anne Kelly

GeriPal

I’d hazard that maybe half the patients I care for at the intersection of geriatrics and palliative care fall in the gray zone. Invoking this principle, Emily argues for an expanded role for patients in the gray area and their inner circle working together along a spectrum of cooperative decision-making.

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

GeriPal

So, you actually just got a first author publication, JAMA, looking at a nursing and social work intervention in heart failure, ILD, and… What was the third again? Alex: Yeah, two psychologists talking about psychological issues in palliative care and geriatrics. So, yeah, I was hoping to make some changes around that.