Hospice in Prison Part 2: An interview with the Pastoral Care Workers
June 29, 2023
I don’t know ’bout religion I only know what I see And in the end when I hold their hand…
Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf
June 22, 2023
In the early 1990’s, California Medical Facility (CMF) created one of the nation’s first licensed hospice units inside a…
Artificial Intelligence: Charlotta Lindvall, Matt DeCamp, Sei Lee
June 15, 2023
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has tremendous potential. We talk on this podcast about potential uses of AI in geriatrics and…
The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto
April 13, 2023
Social connections impact our health in profound ways, whether it is the support we receive from family and friends in…
RCT of Chaplaincy: Lexy Torke, Karen Steinhauser, LaVera Crawley
April 6, 2023
Do we need an RCT to establish the worth of chaplaincy? Einstein once said, “Everything that can be counted does…
Storytelling in Medicine: A Podcast with Liz Salmi, Anne Kelly, and Preeti Malani
March 30, 2023
Two weeks ago on the GeriPal podcast we talked about why and how to write for the general public. This…
Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega
March 24, 2023
In November of 2022, Ava Kofman published a piece in the New Yorker titled “How Hospice Became a For-Profit Hustle.” …
Private Equity Gobbling Up Hospices plus Hospice and Dementia: Melissa Aldridge, Krista Harrison, & Lauren Hunt
August 25, 2022
Two major shifts are transforming the landscape of hospice. First, private equity firms are gobbling up hospices. As Melissa Aldridge,…
How to discuss stopping screening: Mara Schonberg
June 23, 2022
Cancer screening is designed to detect slow growing cancers that on average take 10 years to cause harm. The benefits…
Palliative Care in A Conflict Zone: Help Us Support Our Hospice and Palliative Care Colleagues in Ukraine
June 20, 2022
Stories from our colleagues in Ukraine have been both inspiring and troubling. Staff has been working overtime with fewer resources,…