Description: It feels like every passing day brings with it more news of an aggressive campaign to reign in the cost of Medicare hospice spending. For instance, federal government investigations of hospices that enroll patients who live longer than 6 months have resulted in the death of one of the most important organizations in our
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 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
Link: Visit Site Media Provided By: This is an informative continuing medical education video (January 8, 2008) from the University of California Davis Medical School on the role of the primary care physician in advanced care planning. Ben A. Rich, J.D., PhD., addresses the importance and role of advanced directives as well as the shortcomings
Description: The link below is to a November 6, 2009 episode of democracy now where Amy Goodman interviews Anna Deavere Smith who researched, wrote and perfoms "Let Me Down Easy" -- a solo act about various trials and tribulations within the U.S health care system. There is a short article and a great video interview
Synopsis: Every old man I see Reminds me of my father When he had fallen in love with death One time when sheaves were gathered...Link to Full Poem Source: Poem from "Collected Poems" Vol/Page/Date: 1947 Resource Type: Book Author/Source: Patrick Kavanagh keywords: father/son, remember, death, poetry, love Submitter: Peters Related Resources: Excerpt from "In Blackwater
Synopsis: In a dream I meet my dead friend. He has, I know, gone long and far... Link to Full Poem Source: Poem from "A Part" Vol/Page/Date: 1980 Resource Type: Book Author/Source: Wendell Berry keywords: poetry, wendell berry, death, friend Submitter: Peters Related Resources: Excerpt from "In Blackwater Woods"; a poem by Mary Oliver Two
Synopsis: Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone... Link to Full Poem Source: Selected poems by W.H Auden Vol/Page/Date: 1989 Resource Type: Book Author/Source: W. H. Auden keywords: poetry, death, W.H Auden Submitter: Peters Related Resources: Excerpt from "In Blackwater Woods"; a poem by
Synopsis: Visiting children and their families in the hospital, Clown Care founder Michael Christensen has learned to focus on "what's going right" in the room. Speaking at the first Gel Health conference, Christensen describes how his clown rounds got started, and finishes with an on-stage performance as Dr. Stubs. Source: GEL (Good Experience Live) Health
Synopsis: Dean Ornish talks about simple, low-tech and low-cost ways to take advantage of the body's natural desire to heal itself. This talk is very entertaining, interesting and packed with information that supports the healing wonders of the body-- even when illness and disease have already set in. Source: Website: TED ideas worth spreading Vol/Page/Date:
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