Best Advancecareplanning Podcasts (2024)

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Helping End of Life Professionals Fill Their Cup 58:04

1h ago58:04

58:04

Erin Whalen, founder of Compassionate Coaching, is working to help end of life and grief professionals love their work again. Using her unique gifts, Erin and the Compassionate Coaching theater troop employ “playback theater” to develop engaging programming that centers around giving and receiving empathy. They work with end of life teams to mitiga…

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Prognosis Superspecial: A Podcast with Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley 49:09

43m ago49:09

49:09

We are dusting off our crystal balls today with three amazing guests who have all recently published an article on prognosis over the last couple months: Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley. To start us off we talk with Kara Bischoff about the article she just published in JAMA Network on a re-validation of the Palliative Performan…

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What You Need to Know About Hospice Medications withPharmacist Ellen Fulp 51:00

41m ago51:00

51:00

Pharmacist Ellen Fulp is passionate about using medications appropriately to care for patients who are at their most vulnerable. As a part of the hospice interdisciplinary team, Ellen collaborates with the hospice director and nurse to ensure quality of life is supported, and a patient’s suffering is reduced. Caregivers and patients often misunders…

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson 51:58

36m ago51:58

51:58

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded back in 2000 that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening for dementia in older adults. Are there, though, populations that it may be helpful in, or should that change with the advent of the new amyloid antibodies? Should it? If so, how do we screen and wh…

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Ageism and Elections: Louise Aronson and Ken Covinsky 47:39

6d ago47:39

47:39

Emergency podcast! We’ve been asked by many people, mostly junior/mid career faculty, to quickly record a podcast on ageism and the elections. People are feeling conflicted. On the one hand, they have concerns about cognitive fitness of candidates for office. On the other hand, they worry about ageism. There’s something happening here, and what it …

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What You Need to Know About Finding Your Grief Style 52:05

1d ago52:05

52:05

Funeral director and author Jodi Clock knows personally how each person finds a grief style that’s the best, healthy fit for themselves. As host of the “I Woke Up Dead - Now What?” podcast, Jodi is having conversations about our common experiences with death, shares best practices, and asks the tough questions in order to prepare for end-of-life re…

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Palliative Care in Liver Disease: A Podcast with Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson 51:24

5d ago51:24

51:24

In May we did a podcast on KidneyPal (the integration of palliative care in renal disease), which made us think, hmmm… one organ right next door is the liver. Maybe we should do a podcast on LiverPal? (or should we call it HepatoPal?) On today’s podcast, we do that by inviting four palliative care leaders who are integrating palliative care into th…

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How to Have the Hard Conversations Before the Hard Things Happen 54:36

19d ago54:36

54:36

Hospice nurse Eileen Spillane of Befriending Death has learned to be comfortable with the uncomfortable. Eileen is the Founder of Befriending Death and has been a Registered Nurse for over thirty years, specializing in Oncology, Critical Care, and Obstetrics. She is a certified Life Coach from New Ventures West, a former Zen Hospice Project Volunte…

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What You Need to Know About Integrative Palliative Care 1:00:53

15d ago1:00:53

1:00:53

“What do I need to know about you as a person to take the best care of you?” This is how integrative palliative medicine physician Dr. Delia Chiaramonte starts conversations with her patients. It’s a Dignity Question that lets her patients know she cares about them as a person. Delia works in integrative palliative medicine to care for the whole pe…

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Anxiety in Late Life and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Alex Gamble and Brianna Williamson 56:18

16d ago56:18

56:18

“Anxiety is a lot like a toddler. It never stops talking, tells you you’re wrong about everything, and wakes you up at 3 a.m.” I’m not sure who wrote this quote, but it feels right to me. We’ve all had anxiety, and probably all recognize that anxiety can be a force of action or growth but can also spiral to quickly take over our lives and our sleep…

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End of Life Doula Provides Beautiful Family-Involved Home Funerals 54:25

22d ago54:25

54:25

End of Life Doula Trina Wacasey works to ensure that clients and families have the kind of personalized death care they want. Using family-guided care customized to fit their beliefs, needs, and wants, Trina guides caregivers through deaths, post-mortem care, and rituals after death. After working in the corporate world, Trina was drawn to the work…

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Urinary Incontinence Revisited: George Kuchel & Alison Huang 45:06

23d ago45:06

45:06

I have to start with the song. On our last podcast about urinary incontinence the song request was, “Let it go.” This time around several suggestions were raised. Eric suggested, “Even Flow,” by Pearl Jam. Someone else suggested, “Under Pressure,” but we’ve done it already. We settled on, “Oops…I did it again,” by Britney Spears. In some ways the s…

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Revolutionary Advocacy for Military Veterans at End of Life 56:25

1M ago56:25

56:25

Today’s guest Dr. Qwynn Galloway-Salazar is a Veteran, death doula, compassionate educator, and the founder of In Their Honor, a national initiative raising awareness and addressing Veterans' unique challenges as they approach the end of life. Qwynn is also the spouse of a combat veteran and understands the role of veteran caregivers. 1 in 4 Medica…

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Cachexia and Anorexia in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Eduardo Bruera 48:37

1M ago48:37

48:37

I always find cachexia in serious illness puzzling. I feel like I recognize it when I see it, but I struggle to give a clear definition or provide effective ways to address it. In today's podcast, we had the opportunity to learn from a renowned expert in palliative care, Eduardo Bruera, about cachexia and anorexia in serious illness. Eduardo establ…

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Learning the Truth About Autism and Grief 41:59

2M ago41:59

41:59

Dr. Kenneth Doka and Alex Lamorie of the Hospice Foundation of America’s Autism and Grief Project are advocates for people with autism. Dr. Doka is a prolific author, editor, and lecturer, past president of the Association for Death Education and Counseling, and a member and past chair of the International Work Group on Death, Dying, and Bereavemen…

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Sexual Function in Serious Illness: Areej El-Jawahri, Sharon Bober, and Don Dizon 51:47

1M ago51:47

51:47

As Eric notes at the end of today’s podcast, we talk about many difficult issues with our patients. How long they might have to live. Their declining cognitive abilities. What makes their lives meaningful, brings them joy, a sense of purpose. But one issue we’re not as good at discussing with our patients is sexual health. On today’s podcast Areej …

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The Remarkable Story of Humanist Chaplain D.S. Moss 59:11

2M ago59:11

59:11

Devin (D.S.) Moss brings a sense of reverence for life and a curiosity about death to his work as a chaplain. During a conversation with a Zen Master about Buddhist beliefs about the afterlife, the suggestion was made to him that he would make a good chaplain. Devin didn’t think he could do the work of spiritual care because of his humanist beliefs…

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Palliative Care for Kidney Failure: Sam Gelfand, Kate Sciacca, and Josh Lakin 45:48

1M ago45:48

45:48

The landscape of options for treating people with kidney failure is shifting. It used to be that the “only” robust option in the US was dialysis. You can listen to our prior podcast with Keren Ladin talking about patients who viewed dialysis as their only option, and structural issues that led to this point (including this takedown of for profit di…

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How to Best Serve Military Veterans on Hospice 51:08

2M ago51:08

51:08

1 in 4 Medicare hospice patients is a U.S. military veteran. End of life workers need to know how to take care of their special needs and enhance their quality of life. It’s important for EOL teams to know the signs of PTSD and how to listen when these patients (and their caregivers!) are communicating what they need. Many military veterans experie…

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What It Really Takes to be a Hospice Caregiver 1:04:16

2M ago1:04:16

1:04:16

Christina Keys can tell you the realities of being a caregiver for someone with a serious illness - the good, the bad, and the ugly. As the sole caregiver for her mother following a catastrophic stroke, Christina experienced financial, emotional, mental, physical, and relational impacts. The relationship between the two women was complicated, follo…

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How Pharma Invents Diseases: A Podcast with Adriane Fugh-Berman 47:03

2M ago47:03

47:03

Who gets to decide on what it means to have a disease? I posed this question a while back in reference to Alzheimer's disease. I’ll save you from reading the article, but the main headline is that corporations are very much the “who” in who gets to define the nature of disease. They do this either through the invention of disease states or, more of…

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The Amazing Work of an End of Life Doula 58:10

2M ago58:10

58:10

This trio of End of Life Doulas is educating the public and other doulas about EOL doula work, and how they support people as they die. Diane Button, Gabby Jimenez, and Angela Shook are sharing their wisdom along with practical guidance for doula work. With heart, compassion, and respect for the intensity of death, the three EOL doulas discussed th…

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Public Facing Education via Social Media: A Podcast with Julie McFadden, Matt Tyler, Sammy Winemaker and Hsien Seow 47:51

2M ago47:51

47:51

On 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 are seen by millions of viewers) and breadth of work. We…

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Shelley Henry is an Advocate for Quality Hospice Care 47:15

3M ago47:15

47:15

Hospice nurse Shelley Henry is supporting nurses working in end of life care with advocacy, video tips, and support for their self care. Shelley uses the two words “divine intervention” to describe how she got ino working with patients at the end of their lives. After 20 years in the hospice industry, Shelley remains committed to preserving the art…

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A Beautiful Conversation About Death with Sarah Cavanaugh 1:02:21

3M ago1:02:21

1:02:21

Sarah Cavanaugh believes having conversations about death helps us clear the air and find peace, whether those discussions are in person or in our hearts and minds. Sarah is the founder of Peaceful Exit, a company that explores all aspects of grief and loss. She co-designed a curriculum to open the conversation around the physical, psychological, a…

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Palliative Care Nursing: Podcast with Betty Ferrell about ELNEC 47:39

3M ago47:39

47:39

As 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 Consortium) celebrates it’s 25th anniversary in 2025. We talk tod…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Advancecareplanning Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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The Heart of Hospice Podcast

Hosted by Helen Bauer, BSN RN CHPN

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GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast

Alex Smith, Eric Widera

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Helping End of Life Professionals Fill Their Cup 58:04

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Prognosis Superspecial: A Podcast with Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley 49:09

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What You Need to Know About Hospice Medications withPharmacist Ellen Fulp 51:00

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson 51:58

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Ageism and Elections: Louise Aronson and Ken Covinsky 47:39

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What You Need to Know About Finding Your Grief Style 52:05

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Palliative Care in Liver Disease: A Podcast with Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson 51:24

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How to Have the Hard Conversations Before the Hard Things Happen 54:36

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What You Need to Know About Integrative Palliative Care 1:00:53

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Anxiety in Late Life and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Alex Gamble and Brianna Williamson 56:18

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End of Life Doula Provides Beautiful Family-Involved Home Funerals 54:25

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Urinary Incontinence Revisited: George Kuchel & Alison Huang 45:06

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Revolutionary Advocacy for Military Veterans at End of Life 56:25

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Cachexia and Anorexia in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Eduardo Bruera 48:37

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Learning the Truth About Autism and Grief 41:59

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Sexual Function in Serious Illness: Areej El-Jawahri, Sharon Bober, and Don Dizon 51:47

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The Remarkable Story of Humanist Chaplain D.S. Moss 59:11

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Palliative Care for Kidney Failure: Sam Gelfand, Kate Sciacca, and Josh Lakin 45:48

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How to Best Serve Military Veterans on Hospice 51:08

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What It Really Takes to be a Hospice Caregiver 1:04:16

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How Pharma Invents Diseases: A Podcast with Adriane Fugh-Berman 47:03

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The Amazing Work of an End of Life Doula 58:10

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Public Facing Education via Social Media: A Podcast with Julie McFadden, Matt Tyler, Sammy Winemaker and Hsien Seow 47:51

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Shelley Henry is an Advocate for Quality Hospice Care 47:15

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A Beautiful Conversation About Death with Sarah Cavanaugh 1:02:21

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Palliative Care Nursing: Podcast with Betty Ferrell about ELNEC 47:39

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