42: Hospice and End-of-Life with Jules Stracquadanio

Dr. Lakelyn is joined by RN Jules Stracquadanio to talk about the difficult topic of end-of-life and hospice care. Together, they’ll unravel common misconceptions and discuss how to navigate these sensitive conversations.

Episode highlights include:

- The importance of discussing end-of-life wishes to preserve 

- Understand the misconceptions and realities of hospice care

- The benefits of hospice care for the individual and their families 

- Resources to support individuals and families at the end-of-life

Helpful links from the episode:

- The Five Wishes: fivewishes.org

- The Conversation Project: theconversationproject.org

- The Death Deck: thedeathdeck.com

- National Alliance for Care at Home: www.caringinfo.org

- Hospice Foundation of America: hospicefoundation.org

- Book: Gone From My Sight: The Dying Experience by Barbara Karnes

- Book: The Eleventh Hour: A Caring Guideline for the Hours to Minutes Before Death by Barbara Karnes

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