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Ep. 454 Empowered Endings: Changing the Landscape of End-of-Life Care with Bob Uslander MD
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Learn about an innovative model for compassionate end-of-life care that meets the needs of individuals and communities.
My guest Dr. Bob Uslander is the co-founder, with his wife Elizabeth, of Empowered Endings, a unique palliative and end-of-life care model addressing the physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual needs of patients and families. He discusses the flexible model of care he created and how it functions to assist people who don’t qualify for hospice as well as those who are receiving hospice care but need additional services. Learn more at his website:
This episode includes:
- Dr. Bob’s journey from emergency medicine to hospice and palliative care
- How recognizing gaps in the healthcare system inspired the work Dr. Bob is doing today
- The importance of end-of-life doulas for restoring balance to the care that is offered to people
- The types of patients served by Empowered Endings
- How his team supports patients utilizing medical aid in dying
- The lack of home-based palliative care is an issue in most communities
- Concerns that some doctors may not offer adequate support to patients and families choosing medical aid in dying
- How his foundation offers free bereavement support to families of loved ones who have utilized medical aid in dying
Links mentioned in this episode:
- NEW Gift Guides for Caregivers, People Receiving Care, and People Who are Grieving
- Get my two new books!! Stories from the Dark Night and The Tao of Death
- Get EOLU Podcast Merch here
- Conversations on Death with ChatGPT – Audiobook here; Print Book here
- Leave me a message by email: kwyattmd@comcast.net, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram
- Support your local bookstore by buying my books on Bookshop and Indiebound: 7 Lessons for Living from the Dying and The Journey from Ego to Soul
- Subscribe to this podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Stitcher Radio
- Check out the Series I’ve recorded in the past here
- Join the team at Patreon.com/eolu and receive free gifts like the “Mind if we talk about death?” mini-poster or Love Your Life sticker or coffee mug. PLUS get our regular bonuses: the monthly EOL News Update, monthly What to Watch recommendations, Behind the Scenes Bonus content, and automatic access to A Year of Reading Dangerously!
- Buy me a coffee
- Donate on Paypal
If you enjoy this content please share it with others and consider leaving a review on iTunes. Thanks again to all supporters on my page at Patreon.com/eolu, especially my newest donor Beth. Also thank you to Marie Nelson and Laura Lee for donating through Paypal! Your contributions make all the difference and ensure this podcast stays ad-free.
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Manage episode 417325830 series 92743
Learn about an innovative model for compassionate end-of-life care that meets the needs of individuals and communities.
My guest Dr. Bob Uslander is the co-founder, with his wife Elizabeth, of Empowered Endings, a unique palliative and end-of-life care model addressing the physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual needs of patients and families. He discusses the flexible model of care he created and how it functions to assist people who don’t qualify for hospice as well as those who are receiving hospice care but need additional services. Learn more at his website:
This episode includes:
- Dr. Bob’s journey from emergency medicine to hospice and palliative care
- How recognizing gaps in the healthcare system inspired the work Dr. Bob is doing today
- The importance of end-of-life doulas for restoring balance to the care that is offered to people
- The types of patients served by Empowered Endings
- How his team supports patients utilizing medical aid in dying
- The lack of home-based palliative care is an issue in most communities
- Concerns that some doctors may not offer adequate support to patients and families choosing medical aid in dying
- How his foundation offers free bereavement support to families of loved ones who have utilized medical aid in dying
Links mentioned in this episode:
- NEW Gift Guides for Caregivers, People Receiving Care, and People Who are Grieving
- Get my two new books!! Stories from the Dark Night and The Tao of Death
- Get EOLU Podcast Merch here
- Conversations on Death with ChatGPT – Audiobook here; Print Book here
- Leave me a message by email: kwyattmd@comcast.net, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram
- Support your local bookstore by buying my books on Bookshop and Indiebound: 7 Lessons for Living from the Dying and The Journey from Ego to Soul
- Subscribe to this podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Stitcher Radio
- Check out the Series I’ve recorded in the past here
- Join the team at Patreon.com/eolu and receive free gifts like the “Mind if we talk about death?” mini-poster or Love Your Life sticker or coffee mug. PLUS get our regular bonuses: the monthly EOL News Update, monthly What to Watch recommendations, Behind the Scenes Bonus content, and automatic access to A Year of Reading Dangerously!
- Buy me a coffee
- Donate on Paypal
If you enjoy this content please share it with others and consider leaving a review on iTunes. Thanks again to all supporters on my page at Patreon.com/eolu, especially my newest donor Beth. Also thank you to Marie Nelson and Laura Lee for donating through Paypal! Your contributions make all the difference and ensure this podcast stays ad-free.
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