Please join our host Lynda Meeks, along with Nancy Good-Kennedy, as they discuss the importance of having difficult conversations and finding hope, joy and gratitude in the face of fear.
The article referenced in the podcast:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6691601/
Nancy's Key Things to Remember:
Set up – free from distraction, eye level, cell phones off
Permission - Is this ok?
Assess understanding - Are they aware of disease progression
Share - Prognosis, functional decline
Explore - Goals, fears, worries, trade-offs
Close - Summarize