GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

We need to figure out how to create this community of palliative care social work scholars. It creates that community where you’re like, “Oh, I’m not alone. I can figure out how to provide care in this way. And I’ve got a whole community of people to support me.” ” Barbara: Right.

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IT Families Family Clinic 101

GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

And that grew into a group of volunteers coming back and at least providing support groups, giving those men a place where they could talk at least. It’s by choice, just like in the community. There are clinics. Only about 5% of the population is female. So they can be referred by their primary care doctor or to us.

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Families Family IT Community 131

GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

Sharon Bober, clinical psychologist at DFCI, notes that clinicians can get caught in an anxiety cycle, in which they are afraid to ask, don’t ask, then have increased anxiety about not asking. And it actually came up during a clinical encounter that I had. So this is about two and a half, three years out from leukemia diagnosis.

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Illness IT Physicals Patients 129