LTC: Seize on opportunity as senators support palliative care access
By
Allison Silvers
Jul 15, 2022
On June 17, 2022, Senators Rosen (D-NV), Barrasso (R-WY) and Fischer (R-NE) sent a letter to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) asking it to support access to palliative care wherever...
The finality of saying yes
By
Martie Moore
Jun 03, 2022
“I do not know that you understand what it feels like to say, ‘no’ to treatments, aggressive interventions or medications and ‘yes’ to the finality of death. It isn’t until you have to speak...
Correcting the misperception of palliative care
By
Andrew Esch
Jun 01, 2022
Palliative care is an often-misunderstood term, even for patients and providers who believe they understand what it is.
A lasting lesson from Barbara Bush
By
Anthony Back, M.D., and Terry Fulmer, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
Jun 08, 2018
For many patients and their families, the notion of choosing to stop life-prolonging treatment is unthinkable. Disagreements over when to “give up” can tear families apart, precisely at a time...
‘Omni-mom’ Barbara Bush gives providers a gift
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 18, 2018
The tributes to former First Lady Barbara Bush will wash over the media landscape for at least a few news cycles, as well they should. But then, unfortunately, the world will go back to its twisted ways...
Could end-of-life care be getting worse?
By
Oct 11, 2017
With more providers and patients than ever focusing on palliative and hospice care, shouldn’t the quality improve at least a little bit? Not necessarily.
The key business principle always applies, even with death
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 30, 2016
No matter how you slice whatever you do for a living, you are employed to provide one thing: good customer service. Knowing what your “customer” wants and needs, and then getting it to him...
A good book’s unintended lesson and tears for a great friend
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 27, 2015
One of the best signs of a good book is its unplanned lessons. While its title might profess how to fix this or do better at that, a high-quality book also will lead the reader to enlightenment for reasons...
Tomorrow’s nursing homes must integrate palliative care
Jan 09, 2015
Palliative care, a form of patient-centered care focused on quality of life for the seriously ill, should be the standard of practice for all elderly patients with complex illness in nursing homes.
Best practices to advance palliative care and hospice training
By
Jim Triandiflou
Jul 23, 2014
The goal of palliative care is to provide patients of all ages and in any stage of illness with relief from the pain and stress they’re experiencing.