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

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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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How Value-Based Care, Investors Could Impact Palliative Care Staffing

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Nathan Goldstein, currently professor of geriatrics and palliative medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. We’re seeing more and more nurse training programs, more social work training programs, etc.,

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Employee Spotlight: Ana

Hospice Promise

She fell in love with hospice social work during an internship at a local non-profit hospice while completing her undergraduate studies at Northern Arizona University. Once Ana graduated and moved back to Phoenix to work in Children’s Behavioral Health, she was quickly reminded of her love for Geriatrics and Hospice.

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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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Telehealth vs In-Person Palliative Care: A Podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson

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Alex 01:56 And returning guest, Vicki Jackson, who’s a palliative care doc, chief of the Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine at MGH , professor at Harvard Medical School, and co director of the Harvard Medical School center for Palliative Care. So those social workers were involved. Simone, welcome to GeriPal.

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

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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

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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.