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…
Stopping statins in serious illness doesn’t change survival…or does it? Sorting out the message
March 26, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD We’ve talked previously on GeriPal about Dumb Medicine: continuing preventative treatments near the end of life…
The art of being a hospice genie: experience, presence, and caring
March 17, 2015
Blog by: Amy Getter, a hospice nurse who blogs at hospicediary.com I had been drained with frustration and immersed in…
CoPs – obstacle, or inspiration?
February 16, 2015
by Jerry Soucy, RN, CHPN The title of Amy Getter’s Geripal piece poses a critical question: As we face…
Back to basics: are we losing sight of what hospice care is all about?
January 7, 2015
by: Amy Getter, a hospice nurse who blogs regularly at hospicediary.com In our ever-challenging and changing medical system, the current…
Advance care planning tool PREPARE, now in Spanish!
November 2, 2014
by: Alex Smith @AlexSmithMD and Rebecca Sudore @PrepareForCare Do you have Spanish-speaking patients? If you do, then point them toward…
Can Someone with Debility or Adult Failure to Thrive still be Admitted to Hospice?
September 25, 2014
I’m hearing a lot of questions about whether someone with frailty, debility, or adult failure to thrive can still be…
Hospice patients should have access to physical therpay to improve function
July 22, 2014
by: Alex Smith, @alexsmithMD I’m going to acknowledge up front that this is a rant. One of the skilled nursing…