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The Heart of Hospice Podcast

Hosted by Helen Bauer, BSN RN CHPN

The Heart of Hospice podcast is dedicated to helping personal and professional caregivers who are caring for someone with serious illness. We"re here to provide information and education so people can make informed choices about end of life care.

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All Episodes

00:56:46

How to Be the Best Caregiver You Can Be Without Being...

The Heart of Hospice Podcast ·

2025/06/27

Drs. Barry Jacobs and Julia Mayer join the podcast for a great conversation about bringing your best to caregiving, reminding us that caregivers don’t have to be perfect. As authors and clinical psychologists, Barry and Julia support family caregivers, guiding them through the messiness of caring for a loved one. As a married couple, they’ve had lived experience with caring for their parents and in-laws with Alzheimer’s and dementia. Dealing with caregiving issues in their personal lives

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00:29:59

Back to Basics: What You Need to Know About Transfers

The Heart of Hospice Podcast ·

2025/06/20

We’re getting back to the basics of hospice with Hospice Social Worker Lisa Pahl, sharing information about transfers from one hospice agency to another. It’s really important for patients and their decision makers to know they can transfer to another hospice agency if the care isn’t a good fit. Hospice team members should be knowledgeable about how transfers work and what needs to be done. Here are some things you need to know about transfers: • The patient or decision maker has

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00:29:59

Back to Basics: What You Need to Know About Transfers

The Heart of Hospice Podcast ·

2025/06/20

We’re getting back to the basics of hospice with Hospice Social Worker Lisa Pahl, sharing information about transfers from one hospice agency to another. It’s really important for patients and their decision makers to know they can transfer to another hospice agency if the care isn’t a good fit. Hospice team members should be knowledgeable about how transfers work and what needs to be done. Here are some things you need to know about transfers: • The patient or decision maker has

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00:44:38

Expert Guidance for Dementia Caregivers

The Heart of Hospice Podcast ·

2025/06/13

Elder law attorney Patrick Cawley is equipping dementia caregivers with the essential tools they need for estate planning, including advance care planning for end of life. Patrick guides family members as they navigate the health care system and complicated ways to pay for long-term care for their loved one. He is a certified dementia care consultant, and host of the Dementia Empowered podcast. Patrick has lived experience with a family member who has Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), so he

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00:27:29

Back to Hospice Basics: What You Need to Know About...

The Heart of Hospice Podcast ·

2025/06/06

On-call, after hours, 24/7 services - no matter what you call it, hospice care is available to patients and caregivers every hour of every day. Regardless of the day of the week, whether it’s a holiday, or the office is closed, a member of the hospice team is accessible all the time. Some hospice agencies have answering services or triage teams, but the final result of a call is connection with a nurse. If another discipline is needed, that’s going to be coordinated by the agency. No question

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00:41:07

Engaging the Remarkable Energy of Aromatherapy at End...

The Heart of Hospice Podcast ·

2025/05/30

Blending aromatherapy and sound bathing into the care of dying patients comes naturally to end of life doula and hospice nurse Carrie Oram. Carrie has witnessed deep, relaxing responses from clients as they experience the vibrations of Tibetan sound bowls. Regardless of diagnosis or disease progression, people who are at the end of their lives become more relaxed during treatments with aromatherapy. The benefits are many - calm, an elevated sense of happiness and wellbeing, comfort, connection

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00:29:50

Back to Hospice Basics - What You Need to Know About...

The Heart of Hospice Podcast ·

2025/05/23

We’re getting back to the basics of hospice, talking about Continuous Care with hospice nurse Gabby Jimenez of The Hospice Heart. Continuous care can be confusing. We’re talking about when it’s used, how it works, and where it happens.Here are some highlights from this episode: • Continuous Care (CC) is a level of care within the Medicare hospice benefit. It’s also called Crisis Care. • CC is used for symptom management and is managed by the hospice

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00:47:15

This is What Funeral Planning Should Look Like

The Heart of Hospice Podcast ·

2025/05/16

Funeral director Andre Roupp of Roupp Funeral Home believes each person and every family has a story, and he’s sharing all the ways funeral planning makes services personal and meaningful. When advance care planning doesn’t include funeral planning, there can be fallout that makes the family’s grief journey more difficult. Here are some highlights from Andre’s interview:Pre-planning a funeral can ease the immediate overwhelm of tasks that happen right after a death

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00:31:54

Back to Hospice Basics: What You Need to Know About...

The Heart of Hospice Podcast ·

2025/05/09

We’re getting back to the basics of hospice care with Social Worker Lisa Pahl to talk about respite care and how it works. Respite care is part of the care that hospice agencies provide but the details about it can be confusing. Here are a few things you should know about respite care: Respite care offers 5 days of care for a hospice patient to allow the caregiver time away.There is no regulation that states how often respite care has

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00:48:46

How to Thrive as a Sandwich Caregiver in 2025

The Heart of Hospice Podcast ·

2025/05/02

Christy Byrne Yates of Alz Authors has experienced all the unique challenges of sandwich caregiving. Caring for both of her parents with neurodegenerative diseases (dementia and Alzheimer’s disease) while she raised young kids taught her lessons she now shares with other caregivers. In this open and honest conversation, Christy shares the good times and the struggles of her caregiving experience. Christy is a Licensed Educational Psychologist, author, speaker, and coach

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00:46:24

Back to Hospice Basics: What You Need to Know About...

The Heart of Hospice Podcast ·

2025/04/25

We’re getting back to the basics of hospice care with Hospice Social Worker Lisa Pahl to talk about who’s on the hospice team and what each person brings to the care of patients and caregivers. This episode focuses on the core members of the hospice interdisciplinary team (doctor, nurse, social worker, and chaplain) as well as hospice aides (Certified Nurse Assistants) and hospice volunteers. Each person on a hospice team brings very specific and essential skills to the care

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00:51:29

The Dementia Darling Shares Practical Tips for...

The Heart of Hospice Podcast ·

2025/04/18

Carrie Aalberts (AKA the Dementia Darling) supports dementia caregivers with her heart and soul, and a whole lot of strength. With a Master of Science specializing in Gerontology and over a decade of hands-on experience in various care settings, Carrie has established herself as a leading voice in dementia education and support. As the founder of Dementia Darling, she has cultivated an online community of more than 63,000 followers, creating a nurturing space for caregivers to find education,

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00:57:48

Today Is The Best Day To Make Your End Of Life Plan -...

The Heart of Hospice Podcast ·

2025/04/16

It’s National Healthcare Decisions Day 2025! This episode features clips from some of our favorite guests, highlighting wisdom and thoughts about advance care planning for the end of life. You’ll hear some of the brightest and best voices working in the end of life care industry talk about managing hard conversations about dying and death, funeral planning, and choosing a proxy or medical power of attorney who will speak for you. We hope it makes you laugh, cry, think, and make decisions

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00:30:22

Back to Hospice Basics: What You Need to Know About...

The Heart of Hospice Podcast ·

2025/04/11

We’re getting back to the basics of hospice - talking about starting hospice care, and what you can expect from a hospice admission. Hospice nurse Beth Cavenaugh helps to navigate this topic. There are a lot of moving parts that compose the admission to hospice care. Here are some of the main things you should know about hospice admissions: The admission process includes assessment visits from the hospice nurse, social worker, and chaplain as well visits from other disciplines like a

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00:44:30

How To Manage Seagulls in End of Life Caregiving

The Heart of Hospice Podcast ·

2025/04/04

Patty Webster of The Conversation Project is talking with me about the swoopers and seagulls that are sometimes part of the caregiving experience. As part of her caregiving journey with her dad and siblings, Patty realized that she had been a “swooper”, offering her opinions about her dad’s care during an intermittent visit. Here’s what Patty says she learned:Supporting the primary caregiver is an important part of caregiving from a distance.“Swoopers” and

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00:48:51

How to be a Better Advocate for Yourself and Your...

The Heart of Hospice Podcast ·

2025/03/28

In this fourth and final episode of our special series in partnership with Stanford Healthcare, our guest Susan Evans shares the ins and outs of caregiving, and talks about her work to support other caregivers dealing with the challenges of Alzheimer’s Disease. As a caregiver, Susan worked to ensure her dad was safe and well cared for. She and her brother incorporated humor into their caregiving journey, and now she works to ensure other caregivers have the resources they need. Here are a

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00:57:53

What You Need To Know About Palliative Care For...

The Heart of Hospice Podcast ·

2025/03/21

Dr. Jocelyn Jiao and Social Worker Mike Polisso of the Stanford Healthcare Palliative Team know the value of getting to know patients and families from the start of the care relationship.As part of an interdisciplinary team providing neuropalliative care for people and families living with serious neurological illnesses, they’re supporting patients and caregivers and training other healthcare workers in palliative care. Here are some topics discussed in this interview: Jocelyn discussed

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00:50:40

Stanford Healthcare Presents a Caregiver's Honest and...

The Heart of Hospice Podcast ·

2025/03/14

With courage and vulnerability, Sheralin Samuels shares her experience as a caregiver for her mom, and their journey through Early Onset Alzheimer’s disease. Here are a few highlights from this episode, created in partnership with Stanford Health Care: Sheralin’s mom Carlys began showing symptoms in 2012, and a definitive diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease wasn’t found until about 10 years later. Carlys spent a year in hospice care before she was discharged. As a sandwich caregiver, Sheralin

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00:50:39

The Truths You Need to Know About Palliative Care...

The Heart of Hospice Podcast ·

2025/03/07

This episode is the first in a 4-part special series in partnership with Stanford Healthcare, sponsorsored by Kensington Senior Living.Grant Smith, M.D. and Emily Linderman, BCC from the Palliative Care team at Stanford Health Care are sharing all the basics of palliative care - when to start it, who can benefit from it, and what a PC team does for patients and caregivers. Here are a few highlights from our conversation: Palliative care teams are transdisciplinary (consisting of workers

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00:50:24

Social Worker Rosie Gaston Reveals How You Can Have a...

The Heart of Hospice Podcast ·

2025/02/28

Social Worker Rosie Gaston brings energy and compassion to the care of people and families dealing with life-limiting illness. As a passionate clinical social worker, she’s worked for over a decade supporting individuals, families, and professionals through the intricate journey of end-of-life care. Rosie founded A Better Ending in 2022 to focus on personalized support, community education, and fostering professional development in the end-of-life care domain all while continuing to serve

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