Healthcare Surrogate Part One
A Health Care Surrogate is the person that knows you and what quality of life means to you. A person you trust to be your voice should you never not be able to interpret detailed health information an...
9 Apr 202313min
Needless Suffering At The End Of Life
We review a few types of needless suffering by patients and families with discussion of the causes and potential interventions. Having information and acknowledging patient concerns, addressing fears ...
9 Apr 202319min
The Burden of Serious Illness
Today we wanted to talk about the burden of serious illness. In addition to the symptoms the patient experiences, there is additional burden on the patient and their loved ones. In this episode, we ta...
24 Mar 202321min
Hospice Is Not A Death Sentence
Hospice is not a death sentence. It is help by specially trained disciplines and offers many caring people to provide assistance to a patient and support the family as end of life approaches. We want ...
24 Mar 202316min
Introduction To Hospice
Hospice is a medical service that visits you in your home, providing assistance and care to patients and their family through a life-limiting illness. To receive hospice, you must qualify for and elec...
24 Mar 202336min
Palliative Care - It's Not Hospice
Palliative Medicine is a newer medical specialty to provide care and symptom management for patients with serious illness. Palliative medicine is not the same as Hospice. There are physicians that are...
24 Mar 202317min
DNR and Life Sustaining Treatments
A Do Not Resuscitate order, or DNR, is instruction to your medical team of how to respond to your death. When crisis of death occurs, and a DNR order is on the record, it instructs the physician and n...
24 Mar 202319min
Introduction To Serious Illness
This episode discusses some things to consider that might indicate if a person has a serious illness. Serious illness is not necessarily a terminal illness. However, if a person has any of these conce...
24 Mar 202330min
