Dr. G at the Heart of Healthcare

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Happy November!

Happy National Family Caregivers Month! 2024 theme is I Care…

Happy Birthday to Dr. G’s Son Elisha Guidry!

Mourning Dove Medical Presents Dr. G at the Heart of Healthcare

Guest

Karla Thornton https://www.instagram.com/theoff_dutycaregiver?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

T-shirts https://www.instagram.com/teachshirtsandco?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Mission-Educate & Empower in three parts, helping listeners ‘SEE’ what’s needed to navigate the healthcare system.

1. Story (theme) Karla is a previous guest of the podcast. Last year she helped us to be mindful towards caregivers during the holidays https://open.spotify.com/show/2u3BXV3MNZBzhGPaQftlDs This year she is an off-duty caregiver reclaiming her identity as she grieves the loss of her mother. Rest in Peace🥰Yolanda “Yoli” Jones May 29,1937 - May 20, 2024

2. Educate -Teaching points

- Burdensome Cost of Caregiving 💵

- Grief & Relief: when loved one dies (distinction of grief for person before dementia)

- Rebuilding marriage and career 💍

- Pets navigating loss: Maximus 🐾

- Truth telling: being kind to self

- The Holidays or Not!

3. Empower -A valuable a resource https://www.caregiveraction.org

Website info https://mourningdovemedical.com

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It’s National Care at Home Month💜

Happy Home Care & Hospice Month!

Happy #NPweek ♥️

New book available for preorder

THE POCKET GUIDE FOR HOSPICE NURSE PRACTITIONERS: Vital Members of the Hospice Interdisciplinary Team”

https://mourningdovemedical.com/nurse-practitioners

Mourning Dove Medical Presents Dr. G at the Heart of Healthcare

Guest

Jonathan Louis

- CEO of Alpha Comfort Care, Inc., a hospice and home care agency in Atlanta, Georgia

- Director of Business Development at Eprine Home Care, a position he has held since 2021 growth New York City and Long Island https://eprine.com

Mission-Educate & Empower in three parts, helping listeners ‘SEE’ what’s needed to navigate

the healthcare system.

1. ​ Story (theme) Met Mr. Lewis’ colleagues at ELEVATE during Hospice Action Week 2024 in DC.
2. Educate -Teaching point “Agents of Change” in Home Care. This agency serves underserved populations such as minorities, those with disabilities, and/or funded by Medicaid.
3. Empower -A valuable a resource https://www.comfortcarenow.com

Website info https://mourningdovemedical.com

Video podcast https://youtu.be/IH3wlckGjHA?si=CWa-uUkiZV5HOMKV #hapc #EducateAndEmpower #PeaceOfMind #TheRealDealAboutHospice #Hope #NPweek #HospiceMonth #HomeCare #StrongerTogether

Happy World Hospice & Palliative Care Day 🌎🌍🌏

2024 theme: “Ten Years Since the Resolution: How Are We Doing?“ https://ehospice.com/international_posts/world-hospice-and-palliative-care-day-theme-2024/#:~:text=Every%20year%20we%20mark%2C%20celebrate,on%20Saturday%2012%20October%202024.

https://nationaltoday.com/world-hospice-and-palliative-care-day/

Mourning Dove Medical Presents Dr. G at the Heart of Healthcare

Guests-

Judi Lund Person, MPH, CHC

- Worked in hospice since 1980, social worker by trade

- 1981 started working on the Medicare Hospice Benefit MHB

- Photo on Capitol Hill September 1982 https://www.nhpco.org/panetta-reflects-on-hospice/

Lauren Templeton DO, FAAHPM, HMDC

- Weatherbee Resources Consultant

- Previous podcast guest: Hospice Regulatory Myth Busting S1E9 What do we mean by Goals of Care? S1E20 Recap & Highlights of #ALC2023 S1E36 The Holiday Season S1E35

Mission-Educate & Empower in three parts, helping listeners ‘SEE’ what’s needed to navigate the healthcare system.

1. Story (theme) Judi was honored last NHPCO ALC 2023 https://www.nhpco.org/nhpco-annual-leadership-conference-celebrates-volunteers-and-awards-honorees/📸 https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAWPHw

- She took care of her mother who had COPD on hospice care; Interviewed Dane Cicely Saunders; Co-presents with Dr. Templeton

2. Educate -Teaching points

- Individualized plan of care

- Interdisciplinary team IDT care

- Care for Patients AND Family

- Symptom Management

- Volunteers

- Past keeps Passion

- Communication

- Hospice CARE Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9803

-The end of life is a challenging time but you are not alone when a Hospice IDT is there for the dying until death occurs, and afterwards for 1 year of family bereavement

- Medical Specialists: hospice can partner with you for difficult conversations

- Avoid crashing into hospice by selecting best agency in your zip code S1E36

3. Empower -A valuable a resource Lund Person & Associates https://hospiceconsultant.com

Website info https://mourningdovemedical.com

Video podcast 🔗https://youtu.be/n7BXTXkfqng?si=yTFF4dDFrBncUKGy #hapc #EducateAndEmpower #PeaceOfMind #TheRealDealAboutHospice #Hope #MedicareHospiceBenefit #WHPCDay24

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Mourning Dove Medical Presents Dr. G at the Heart of Healthcare

Guest-

Joe’l Simone Maldonado ​⁠

-Lives in South Carolina

-Licensed funeral director since 2010

-Fascinated during childhood by uncle who was a Mortician

-In 2020 started creating courses from YouTube page and started The Multicultural Death & Grief Care Academy

-Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/thegravewoman?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== (https://www.instagram.com/thegravewoman?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)

Mission-Educate & Empower in three parts, helping listeners ‘SEE’ what’s needed to navigate the healthcare system.

1. Story (theme) Dr. G met the Grave Woman in Seattle at the Deathcare Superconference 2024 https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/conference.html (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/conference.html) hosted by NHFA, NEDA, FCA, PMA

2. Educate -Teaching points

-Deathcare has legal and cultural implications as we learned in Seattle;

-Defined: Realization of mortality.

-Sacred work, beyond the funeral home, includes spiritual community, hospice and palliative care, florist, etc.

-What are the 3 steps of embalming?

-Impact of culturally inclusive deathcare.

3. Empower -A valuable a resource

https://www.thegravewoman.com

Website info

https://mourningdovemedical.com https://mourningdovemedical.com/

Video podcast 🔗 https://youtu.be/SsEpmlAE9LM?si=P1k6TxTJz9ynMJ2N

#hapc #EducateAndEmpower #PeaceOfMind #TheRealDealAboutHospice #Hope #TheGraveWoman #Deathcare #MortuaryScience #MortuarySchool

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Mourning Dove Medical Presents Dr. G at the Heart of Healthcare

Guest-

Cal Cates (they/them)

-Healwell CEO founded in 2009

-Serves on NHPCO committees (Diversity Advisory Council DAC, Integrative & Rehabilitative Therapies Steering)

-Impacted by experience of massaging grandfather’s hand when he died

Mission-Educate & Empower in three parts, helping listeners ‘SEE’ what’s needed to navigate the healthcare system.

1. Story (theme) Cal & Dr. G met at last year’s NHPCO ALC 2024. This year they recap the final NHPCO ALC held in Denver, Colorado. https://www.nhpco.org/alc2024/

2. Educate -Teaching points

- NHPCO + NAHC = The Alliance of Care at Home https://allianceforcareathome.org

- Massage therapy is a discipline, not a modality. It’s more than “rubbing skin and muscles.” Cal discussed how human vulnerability allows massage therapist to inhabit full scope of a collaborative care provider.

3. Empower -A valuable a resource https://healwell.org

Website info https://mourningdovemedical.com

Video podcast 🔗 https://youtu.be/XvNDGStL998?si=UjOfmQNO3OhdF-SR #hapc #EducateAndEmpower #PeaceOfMind #TheRealDealAboutHospice #Hope #MassageTherapist #Healwell