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Guest Contributor: Kathy Brandt Most of us working in palliative care and hospice have a passion for the work we do. We

On September 7th, the Institute held a community gathering and ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the new headquarters of the California State University

Guest Contributor: Kathy Brandt I just finished a great interview with the head of a Medicaid nursing home diversion program as part

Interested in the very latest innovations being tried and tested by faculty across the nation? The poster reception at “Engaging the Next

By Kathy Brandt, guest contributor There are myriad ways to approach the development of a community-based palliative care program. You can begin

All over the country, people in communities are starting to have “the conversation.” What conversation, you may be asking? Some know it

Too many palliative care programs are launched without sufficient planning. This causes everyone a lot of unnecessary stress while depriving the patient

Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH, FACP, FAAHPM, the Harris Fishbon Distinguished Professor in Clinical Translational Research and Aging in the Division of Geriatrics,

The CSU Shiley Institute for Palliative Care is convening its first, national symposium this fall, inviting university faculty from all over the

The agenda for “Engaging the Next Generation” The First National Symposium on Academic Palliative Care Education and Research has been framed to

“Engaging the Next Generation” The First National Symposium on Academic Palliative Care Education and Research is a gathering of faculty from all

In our last newsletter, we began a discussion about implementing community based palliative care. This month, we’ll look at community partnerships and

Over 2,000 health professionals have received palliative care education since the CSU Shiley Institute for Palliative Care offered its first class in

When the CSU Shiley Institute for Palliative Care at Cal State San Marcos teamed with the San Diego Chapter of the Coalition

Are you a case manager or care coordinator? Are you seeing your caseload growing? Do you have more patients with multiple, complex

At the CSU Shiley Institute for Palliative Care, we look for opportunities to share enriching, stimulating information with our students, past, present,

By Maria Brown, MBA, CSU Shiley Institute for Palliative Care Staff Difficult decisions must surely have faced the rock star David Bowie

When we first decided to create a course on Aromatherapy, someone asked me “Why? Isn’t the Institute about educating about palliative care?