Hospice News March 7, 2025
Goals-of-care conversations are often a gateway to hospice for many patients and families, and health care providers need to develop the skills necessary for effective discussions.
Effective goals-of-care conversations should be timely, compassionate, clear and patient-centered, helping families make a graceful transition and develop trust, according to Margot Allen, Division Director of Psychosocial Support for BAYADA Hospice.
Hospice News spoke with Allen about the key ingredients to a successful goals-of-care conversation, how providers can develop those skills and help communicate them throughout the health care continuum.
What does an effective kind of goals of care conversation look like?
When talking about an effective goals-of-care conversation, make sure that you’re involving everybody necessary. So we want to make sure that we’re...
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