Implicit Bias and Its Impact in Geriatrics, Hospice and Palliative Care
October 28, 2017
On this week’s podcast we have invited Dr. Kimberly Curseen to talk about how implicit bias influences us as providers…
Palliative care: the long view
December 21, 2016
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD In 1976, Balfour Mount published a landmark description of the first palliative care unit, in the Royal…
GeriPal Podcast Episode 1: Bed Alarms
October 12, 2016
Welcome to GeriPal’s innagural podcast episode titled “Bed Alarms”. This is the first in a series of podcasts on all…
When older adults enroll in hospice, symptoms improve
April 19, 2016
By Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD Hospice has taken some tough blows in the last few years. Funding cuts. A reporter at…
I’ll Have What She’s Having: Goldilocks and the Hospice Benefit
February 25, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) Two reports came out last week that can easily lead one to opposite conclusions about the…
An Update from the Hill: Advancing the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA)
November 5, 2015
Washington D.C. was an exciting place at the end of October. Sure there was a whirlwind deal to shore up…
Flags of Grief
June 19, 2015
by: Genevieve Flagello, LMSW, ASW I am a social worker two years into my career, currently working with veterans on…
Being Superman
April 23, 2015
by: Amy Getter, a hospice nurse who blogs regularly at hospicediary.com My all-too-frequent experience going from house to house visiting…
Not All Hospices are Alike
April 21, 2015
by: Patrice Villars We all want the best possible end of life care for patients, our families, ourselves. Most of…
Potpourri from clinical work VIII: TVs, tissues, timing, losing stuff, & no to hospice
April 10, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @alexsmithMD This is the 8th installment in my occasional post-being-on-service-digestion-of-what-just-happened-via-blogging potpourri from clinical work series. TVs. Our…