Allyson Mitchell

In Hospitals and Hospices, ‘Music as Care’ Offers a New Kind of Comfort (Gift Article) A violinist plays for her father. A singer takes requests. In hospitals and hospices, bedside performers offer a new kind of care.

Sharing a beautiful story of the Peabody musicians who bring incredible care & comfort to patients - and staff - at Hopkins 🩷

The impact is their work highlights the power of music & importance of personal connection.

@nytimes.com

A few important nots:
- hospice is not a place
- palliative care is not hospice
- talking about death does not make people give up or die
- at the end of life food does not make you stronger
- taking morphine for advanced cancer pain does not mean you’re dying/an addict/giving up
#palliativecare

Photo of a WAMU NPR coffee mug balancing on the arm of a tan sofa, with an out-of-focus Christmas tree in the background.

Cheers! ☕️

If other medical specialities were stigmatized like palliative care #hapc #palliativecare

Inpatient referrals for psychology are often like- can we help a patient with 'strategies'.

In reality, we spend time with people & listen to what's going on, "how are you really?" Often there's a question or message to pass on to the medical team.

It's not really about strategies. It's listening.

The patient's daughter told the healthcare team that her dying mom loved the beach. Without asking, @thanhneville.bsky.social made these "heartbeats in a bottle" for the patient's husband and daughter, and they loved it so much. Sometimes, small acts of #kindness can go a long way.

👏🏼 Thank you 👏🏼 @ranaawdish.bsky.social for sharing your incredible work!

Align with patients & families by communicating with honesty, sensitivity, AND by avoiding 🚫Never-Words🚫 when discussing
serious illnesses.

Tacking this up in the office and sharing with learners!

I’d love to be added if there is space. Hoping to connect with more of this lovely 🦋 community!

That’s an ⭐️incredible⭐️ skull! As you said, who wants a boring basket when you can have a skull?!

Thank you for sharing! And for normalizing honest conversations with children about death.

Their honestly and practicality is really something 🩷 and often worth a laugh!

He asked if various people will die. When he asked “will daddy die?”, and I told him yes, he paused to think then said… “our dogs will be really, really sad”.

I was touched by his empathy 🥹 My husband, while initially touched, was alarmed that only the dogs will be bereft 😆

#hapcmom

an elderly woman says oh i know in a surprised expression Alt: Sophia from Golden Girls excitedly saying “oh i know”

My 3.5yo recent asked me about death and I have never been more prepared to answer a toddler’s question… all thanks to our incredible #ChildLifeSpecialists who teach us (in adult #hapc) how to talk to little ones (even our own 🩷)

Amazing work! And a vital piece of communication not often discussed. Thank you for sharing this 🩷

FF #493 - 'The Last Visit': Saying Goodbye to Patients | Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin Background: As patients approach the end of their lives, finding the right words to bid farewell and acknowledge the conclusion of their relationship can be a daunting task for health care professiona...

How do we say goodbye to patients nearing end of life? #hpm #hapc Glad to have a colleague among authors of this recent Fast Fact www.mypcnow.org/fast-fact/th...

Ahhh. When #CardioSky studies an elegantly simple #nursing intervention to determine outcomes in
Stage D #HF 🥰

Makes those #PalliSky advanced therapeutics evals even better!

#ACCCVT @aksmitchell.bsky.social

Hi! So glad to see a #SWHPN friend here. Hopefully our Palliative Social Work community will continue to grow! 🩷💪🏼

Hi! Ooo very important distinction! Other way around - Midwesterner now living in Baltimore. Also at Hopkins, too! There a handful of us Midwesterners around here 😊

Palliative peeps with dogs on a trail in sunny weather

The team that plays together stays together!

☀️ Gorgeous morning ☀️ for a #palliative team walk at Lake Roland with family and friends (both the two & four-legged 🐶).

Yay! Tag-Team Back Again on Bluesky @jaepattonnp.bsky.social

Resharing this Baltimore Banner starter pack. If you’re from Maryland, or just interested in local news, this group is worth following. There’s some arts, news, opinion and sports in the mix here. I’ll keep adding to it as more people join.

go.bsky.app/SxUmtPP

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Table of negative binomial regression

A sobering empirical piece in JAMA.

Homicide has long been THE LEADING CAUSE of maternal/peripartum death.

Here they show:
* restrictions on divorce
* restrictions on abortion…
both correlate with pregnancy homicide (albeit differently, depending on age/race) 🛟🩺

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Channel your sadness, your anger, your grief. Pick a cause you believe in and commit. Give it your time, your energy, your whole heart. Passionate individuals who will act on their beliefs are stronger than politics. Our causes will not die. Have faith in our collective goodness.

So if you are interested in building community or #hospice and #PalliativeCare ( #hapc ), please come join us Wed Nov 13, 2024 at 9p ET on Bluesky using the hashtag #hapc and see what can happen when good people get together.

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👋🏼Hi!👋🏼 just your friendly #hapc #icu clinical social worker who believes in the power of building camaraderie & community for #hcw because #weCANdohardthings… especially together… preferably with coffee. Nice to meet ya!