Description: Posted: 29 Jan 2010 01:34 PM PST A friend recently forwarded me an update to a story first reported in the Washington Post in May 2009 about a home care nursing assistant, Marilyn Daniel. (Here’s the update). Using quotes and photographs, the author describes a typical day of visits—from transportation challenges to detailed, moving
Description: This is a short clip of Diane Meier, MD, FACP posted on getpalliativecare.org talking about who might be eligible for palliative care and for what reasons. Duration: 1min 6sec Link: Visit Site
Description: This post from Joanne Kenen on November 20, 2009 reviews some recent news in palliative care including NPR's report on the Gunderson Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse, Wisonsin. Joannes writing is very clear and includes some nice reflections. Link: Visit Site Related Resources: NPR Audio Podcast: Why This Wisconsin City Is The Best
Description: Social Workers Are AwesomePosted: 15 Mar 2010 02:00 AM PDT In 1927, Francis Peabody remarked that "The secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient." Medicine has made much progress since those days, but some might argue that some of the humanitarian cornerstones of caring that concerned Peabody have
Description: This is a short video of Diane Meier, MD, FACP posted on getpalliativecare.org talking about hospital palliative care teams. She speaks about the unique communication skills they provide within the healthcare system and specific symptoms that palliative care teams can treat best. Link: Visit Site
Description: CBS's 60 minutes recently spent time with the Palliative Care Team at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover, NH filming part of a segment that aired on sunday November 22nd called The Cost of Dying. Link: Visit Site Related Resources: Geripal Blog: Dying in 14 Minutes of 60 Minutes Geripal Blog: "How should costs fit into
Description: Many terminal patients linger through their final months with a miserable quality of life and too often with extreme levels of suffering. Today’s high-tech medical care can sustain technical life – the beating heart – but utterly fails to restore real quality of life for many. The result: Death Prolonged. This is the introduction
Description: This is a short clip of Diane Meier, MD, FACP posted on getpalliativecare.org talking about the differences between hospice and palliative care. She emphasizes the barriers that exist with certain Hospice requirements given that doctors are not all that accurate at predicting when a patient has only six months to live. Duration: 2min Link:
Description: This Gel Video is of Bridget Duffy speaking at the 2009 Gel Health conference. She talks about her recent experience as a patient with a broken leg and how that has continued to inspire her work improving the patient experience. Link: Visit Site Media Video: Related Resources: Gel Health Conference 2009 Video: Dr. Bridget
Description: This link is to a great television special that aired April 14th, 2010 on PBS. The special is hosted by Katie Couric who does a really nice job communicating between the viewers and some of the Sesame St. characters like "Elmo". Couric and Elmo begin discussing death and grieving when Elmo tells Couric that
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