Improving the quality of care healthcare providers can deliver at the end-of-life can begin by understanding what excellent end-of-life care would look like for you as an individual person. While it is a topic many people do not want to discuss, if you are able to really sit down and decide how you would like for things to go, it can be one of the biggest gifts you ever give to your family and friends. Advance care planning includes health care, legal, and financial planning of our show tonight focuses on the health care and legal advance care planning options and explains the difference between palliative care and hospice.
In 2015, the Institute of Medicine release a report titled Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near End of Life. The report is available online for free and provides perspective on how we are doing as a nation to provide high quality care while honoring individual end-of-life wishes.
Tonight’s Guest include:
- Lynne Kennedy, PhD, RN, CHPN, CHTN: Clinical Palliative Care Director, Inova Health System
- Rebecca Geller, Esq. : The Geller Law Firm
Show originally aired on August 28, 2017
[DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS]About Melissa:
Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP, FGSA, FAAN. I am a nurse, nurse practitioner, nurse educator and nurse researcher with over 25 years of experience in the aging and long-term care healthcare space. You can visit my website at MelissaBPhD.com to learn more about me, how you can work with me directly,
and/or support future episodes of the podcast. Within the first 18 months of launching this podcast, we reached a ranking of top 10% globally. I have all of you who’ve been with me on this journey so far to thank for that!
The best way you can help the podcast continue to grow is to LIKE the podcast with a thumbs up, SHARE the podcasts you like with others, SUBSCRIBE, and LEAVE A REVIEW. These things only take a minute of your time, but they really do help increase my rating and ranking; but more importantly, these actions help other people find the podcast. For the most up-to-date news and information about the podcast and other products and services I am offering, please visit my website, sign up for my newsletter, and follow me on social media.
Find out more about her work HERE.
