Latest Palliative Podcast Episodes
How to Discuss Hospice Care with a Hesitant Family Member
Everyone Dies (Every1Dies) - May 17, 2024 21:00 - 39 minutesCompelling Reasons to Give Hospice a Try – and Why it’s Not “Giving Up” on Life When a family knows that a dying person needs hospice care but they are hesitant or resistant, it can be a challenging situation. This week we talk about the things to consider and discuss with the person facing the ...
Drew Mihalyo on Pharmacy Deserts and More
TCN Talks - May 15, 2024 09:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsDive headfirst into the complex world of hospice pharmacy care with Drew Mihalyo, the President of Pharmacy at Delta Care Rx, guiding us through the intricate landscape of medication procurement and cost-saving strategies. Drew's dedication to transparency has transformed how hospices purchase p...
Mothers and Their Daughters, A Blessing and a Curse
Everyone Dies (Every1Dies) - May 10, 2024 22:00 - 37 minutesMother’s Day can trigger complex emotions no matter what kind of relationship existed. Today we talk about how the loss of a mother can affect us, and how we can grow through it. In This Episode: 02:58 – Recipe of the Week: Ex-Girlfriend’s Mom’s Salsa Fresca (Pico de Gallo) 03:56 – An Obituar...
Public Facing Education via Social Media: A Podcast with Julie McFadden, Matt Tyler, Sammy Winemaker and Hsien Seow
GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast - May 09, 2024 06:45 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 256 ratingsOn today’s podcast, we’ve invited four hospice and palliative care social media influencers (yes, that’s a thing!), all of whom focus their efforts on educating the general public about living and dying with a serious illness. Their work is pretty impressive in both reach (some of their posts ar...
Why is the Death of a Sibling Different than Other Relationship Deaths?
Everyone Dies (Every1Dies) - May 03, 2024 21:00 - 41 minutesThe death of your sibling may receive little social acknowledgement, but the can affect you in many ways. Learn why it can have a profound and unique impact. This podcast is dedicated to Russell, the baby brother of Robert. In this Episode: 00:00 – Intro and Dedication 04:33 – Recipe of the W...
Beyond CAHPS: A Look Inside Consumer Experience
Transcending Home Care - May 02, 2024 14:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSend us a Text Message. When we talk about the shift to value-based care, we talk a lot about concepts like delegated risk, upside and downside bonuses and incentives, and of course, data. On the quality side, we default to using standard patient satisfaction scores and tools as benchmarks for ...
An Ounce of Prevention: Keys to Understanding and Preventing AI and Cybersecurity Risks
Hospice Insights: The Law and Beyond - May 01, 2024 18:23 - 26 minutesIn this episode, Meg Pekarske is joined by Jody Rudman, the leader of Husch Blackwell’s White Collar, Internal Investigations & Compliance group, where they explore the enforcement and privacy issues surrounding artificial intelligence. Jody shares insights on the most common types of cybersecur...
Top News Stories of the Month, April 2024
TCN Talks - April 30, 2024 19:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsDiscover the pulse of hospice and palliative care as I, alongside Mark Cohen, unravel the complexities and triumphs of the industry's latest happenings. We've curated a compelling lineup of topics that promise to enrich your understanding of the field, from the stark disparities in cancer rates...
Episode 24 - Dying does matter
Two Old Choughs - A Tale of Two Hospices - April 29, 2024 15:00 - 42 minutesIn this podcast episode for Dying Matters Week 2024, hosts Gina and Tamsin are joined by Cornwall Hospice Care Senior Nurse Claire Collings and Social Prescriber covering the North Coast of Cornwall, Sarah Webber. We also hear from Zoe Watson, who talks about her experiences of her Mum's stay w...
Inflammation: What it is, How It Causes Disease, and How You Can Decrease It
Everyone Dies (Every1Dies) - April 26, 2024 20:00 - 49 minutesInflammation can be a killer – how do we combat it? Together, diseases related to chronic inflammation account for 50% of deaths worldwide. The relation among obesity, inflammation, and metabolic syndrome is an interrelated mesh that can lead to an early death if we do not learn how to manage c...
Rapid Response Podcast: Breaking Down the Medicaid 80/20 Rule
Transcending Home Care - April 26, 2024 13:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Tune in to our latest podcast episode for a rapid response to the final Medicaid Access Rule. Join host Tony Kudner and special guest David Totaro of BAYADA Hearts for Home Care as they dissect the implications of the 80/20 rule on home care providers. From understanding...
Palliative Care Nursing: Podcast with Betty Ferrell about ELNEC
GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast - April 26, 2024 06:45 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 256 ratingsAs Betty Ferrell says on our podcast today, nurses play an essential role in care of people with serious illness. Who spends the most time with the patient in the infusion center? Doing home care? Hospice visits? In the ICU at the bedside? Nurses. ELNEC (End-of-Life Nursing Education Consort...
Episode 23 - I just want to be me
Two Old Choughs - A Tale of Two Hospices - April 25, 2024 07:00 - 42 minutesIn this episode about inclusivity and in particular how we improve awareness and therefore care for the LGBTQIA+ community, our hosts Tamsin and Gina are joined by Michael Thomas - Education Facilitator at Cornwall Hospice Care and George Kestell who experienced the care at Mount Edgcumbe Hospic...
Episode 55: Samantha Giles
On the Marie Curie Couch - April 24, 2024 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsActress Samantha Giles sits down with Marie Curie bereavement expert Jason Davidson to explore her experiences of death and grief. If you'd prefer, you can read a full transcript of the episode. On the Marie Curie Couch aims to open up conversations about death, break down the taboo and encou...
Judi Lund Person: Unleashed
TCN Talks - April 23, 2024 17:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsJudi Lund Person, former vice president of regulatory and compliance at NHPCO, shares her journey into the hospice industry and her passion for ensuring patients and families receive the care they need and want. Judi emphasizes the importance of addressing bad hospice care and uncovering fraud ...
Grief Groceries - Care Packages for the Bereaved
Everyone Dies (Every1Dies) - April 19, 2024 22:00 - 34 minutesGrief groceries are a meaningful and practical way to extend support to those navigating the challenging path of grief. The next time a loved one is going through a difficult time, skip the “let me know what I can do” offer and drop off grief groceries instead. Provide comfort and emotional supp...
The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine: Bob Wachter
GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast - April 18, 2024 06:45 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 256 ratingsEric asks the question that is on many of our minds - is the future of AI more Skynet from Terminator, in which AI takes over the world and drives humanity to the brink of extinction, or Wall-E, in which a benevolent and empathetic AI restores our humanity? Our guest today is Bob Wachter, Chai...
A Command Performant(s): RAC Audits on the Rise
Hospice Insights: The Law and Beyond - April 17, 2024 16:25 - 10 minutesRecovery Audit Contractors (RACs) have played a relatively limited role in the hospice space, often overshadowed by UPICs, SMRCs, and Center for Program Integrity audits. In this episode, Husch Blackwell’s Meg Pekarske and Bryan Nowicki talk about a recent wave of record requests issued by a RAC...
Deaths by Firearm Violence: How Attention to Safety Can Make a Big Difference
Everyone Dies (Every1Dies) - April 12, 2024 13:00 - 27 minutesIn 2020, firearms became the leading cause of death for American children and teens in the United States, overtaking motor vehicle accidents. Firearm violence - which includes accidental death related to firearms, suicide, mass shootings, and homicides - has become a health crisis. Many of these...
Ambivalence in Decision-Making: A Podcast with Joshua Briscoe, Bryanna Moore, Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby & Olubukunola Dwyer
GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast - April 11, 2024 06:45 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 256 ratingsAmbivalence is a tough concept when it comes to decision-making. On the one hand, when people have ambivalence but haven't explored why they are ambivalent, they are prone to bad, value-incongruent decisions. On the other hand, acknowledging and exploring ambivalence may lead to better, more eth...
Top News Stories of the Month, March 2024
TCN Talks - April 09, 2024 15:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this week’s podcast Mark Cohen joins me once more for the Top News Stories for the prior month. This is a new format as Mark has retired from publishing the Hospice News Today as he has transitioned it to Cordt Kassner and the daily publication has been rebranded as Hospice and Palliative Ca...
How to Cope When a Complicated Parent Dies
Everyone Dies (Every1Dies) - April 05, 2024 21:00 - 45 minutesParental death in midlife may result in lingering feelings of loneliness, feeling alone on the earth for the first time in their lives. Their death can bring back memories of former losses, unresolved conflicts, and doubts about life’s purpose. Knowing that we are not alone as we struggle with t...
Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand
GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast - April 04, 2024 06:45 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 256 ratingsIn 1983, a 25 year old Nancy Cruzan was thrown from her car while driving home in Missouri, landing in a water filled ditch. She was resuscitated by EMS, but did not regain higher brain function, and was eventually diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state. In 1988, Cruzan’s parents ...
The TPE Carousel. . . Around and Around We Go
Hospice Insights: The Law and Beyond - April 03, 2024 19:34 - 15 minutesHospice Targeted Probe and Educate reviews (TPEs) continue to be initiated all over the country. That means it’s time to check in with Husch Blackwell's Hospice team on the latest developments. In this episode, Meg Pekarske and Bryan Nowicki discuss a new TPE topic and describe both the time-tes...
Lessons Learned with Samira K. Beckwith, one of the matriarchs of community-based Hospice
TCN Talks - April 01, 2024 18:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsWhen Samira K. Beckwith graces our mic, you're not just hearing from a healthcare visionary; you're learning from a powerhouse who transformed her battle with Hodgkin’s disease into a beacon of hope for hospice and palliative care. Her journey, shaped by personal trials and the work of legends l...
Episode 35: Take-Home Points
PediPal - April 01, 2024 11:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsPediPal goes on the road! Dan brings his microphone to Phoenix, AZ, for the 2024 Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, ambushing unsuspecting guests with that classic PediPal question, "What are your take-home points?" Sarah, unable to attend the conference, shares her take-homes f...
Are You Prepared to Die? Get Ideas for Your Advance Care Planning
Everyone Dies (Every1Dies) - March 28, 2024 15:00 - 45 minutesWhen we plan for our inevitable death, we can make our end of life easier for our loved ones. Life is hard, loss is hard, grief is hard. A final gift we can offer those who love us is to have our paperwork in order so they do not have to expend their energy on these details. Learn what kinds of...
PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen
GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast - March 28, 2024 06:45 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 256 ratingsOne marker of the distance we’ve traveled in palliative care is the blossoming evidence base for the field. Ten years ago we would have been hard pressed to find 3 clinical trial abstracts submitted to the annual meeting, much less high quality randomized trials with robust measures, sample size...
How health equity makes care better for everyone
HealthChangers - March 27, 2024 11:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsOn this episode of the HealthChangers podcast, Michael Ann Benchoff, assistant director of health equity programs at Regence, talks about why the fight for health equity is so important. We also discussed the work that Regence is doing to make the health care system more inclusive and effective ...
Episode 54: Tayshan Hayden-Smith
On the Marie Curie Couch - March 27, 2024 06:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsTV presenter, activist and footballer Tayshan Hayden-Smith sits down with Marie Curie bereavement expert Jason Davidson to explore his experiences of death and grief. If you'd prefer, you can read a full transcript of the episode. On the Marie Curie Couch aims to open up conversations about d...
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- Hospice 11
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- Terminal illness 3
- Grief 3
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