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Three Things to Expect When Heading Home for Hospice Care

Traditions Health

The POC includes information about needed medications, services, medical supplies, and equipment, and outlines a schedule of visits from the doctor, nurse, medical social worker, home health aide, chaplain, and volunteers. A living will makes known your end-of-life preferences in case you arent able to communicate them.

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How is Palliative Care Considered Compassionate?

Seasons Hospice

Palliative care teams often include doctors, nurses, social workers as well as counselors who specialize in spiritual and emotional support. Palliative care teams are composed of doctors, nurses, social workers, and other professionals who provide round-the-clock care. Why Choose Palliative Over Curative?

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

All right, and finally we have Yael Zweig, who is a geriatric nurse practitioner at NYU. Yael 10:34 More like a living will kind of a thing. Yael 19:06 Yeah, I mean, I just was kind of smiling as the two of you were talking about your social worker that, you know, can help find people. Joe 01:59 Ann Arbor.

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Advance Care Planning Discussion: Susan Hickman, Sean Morrison, Rebecca Sudore, and Bob Arnold

GeriPal

Alex: We are delighted to welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Susan Hickman, who is professor at the Indiana University schools of nursing and medicine, and is director of the IU Center for Aging Research at the Regenstrief Institute. I have done a lot of work on POLST and nursing homes and I’ve seen POLST forms. What is advanced?

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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

GeriPal

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Hospice Nurses: Admission Tips You Can Use Right Now

Hospice Nurse Hero

One of the most common frustrations hospice nurses have is related to how long it takes to complete hospice documentation. If the doctor believes the patient has six months or less to live, they can notify hospice for a consultation and/or admission. doctor, hospital, nursing home) are added to the electronic medical record.

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Should We Shift from Advance Care Planning to Serious Illness Communication?

GeriPal

And I ran into a nurse in the stairwell eating, because we don’t have any space to eat and she’s eating. And then the infusion nurse comes and she walks a few steps and she talks about what it was like to hear that prognosis. Pick up your crazy heart and give it one more try.”

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