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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

GeriPal

I’m unsure what they do, how often they’re used, and who pays for their work. We also invited Beth Klint to speak about the doula’s role within a traditional hospice organization. I have a lot of questions, because I have never worked within end-of-life doula in my 20 years of doing palliative care. Why Beth? John: I do.

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High Peaks Hospice celebrates 35 years by looking back at their beginning

High Peaks Hospice

So Ann and David decided to do what they could to start hospice services locally. In 1982 Medicare authorized reimbursement for hospice care. Camillus, director of Uihlein Mercy Nursing Home in Lake Placid, worked to ensure hospice services would be available to nursing home residents.

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