{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"KZYX News","title":"Palliative Care celebrates new location","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":389,"description":"June 7, 2022 — The Madrone Care Network celebrated its move from a cramped little shop behind an audio store to a 1700 square foot office building on Monday. The network started offering palliative care to patients in Mendocino County just a few months before the start of the pandemic. Physician’s assistant and founder Lynn Meadows, who was a well known longtime midwife in the community, said now, at 71, she has “evolved along this pathway of life,” to the transition for people in their last few years. She was inspired by Mother Teresa’s work in Calcutta, and considered going to India herself, but realized “through studying her, I became aware that there are people right here in Ukiah who need love.” She started a palliative care center at Adventist Health Ukiah Valley before starting the community-based version, “because the need is so great.”\r\nPalliative care is similar to hospice care, but it differs in a few key ways. Patients in a MediCare hospice have to follow a strict protocol, like agreeing not to call 911 or pursue more curative care, like chemotherapy. Palliative care patients are often receiving treatments, and are not required to have a diagnosis of a six-month life expectancy. “Some of our patients have been with us for years,” Meadows concluded.\r\nMedical director Dr. Ron Sand described services that range from spiritual care and basic food needs to bureaucratic wrangling. Patients receive nursing, social work, optional care from a non-denominational chaplain, and the services of a community health worker. This person offers transportation, technology for patients so they have appointments with remote providers, and food boxes. Many of the patients are with MediCal through Partnership Healthcare, which offers an insurance benefit for palliative care. Blue Shield also offers a benefit, though MediCare does not yet pay for palliative care. Sand said Madrone Care is currently serving about 80 patients in Mendocino and, more recently, Lake Counties, but...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/xZpAumwbhFUpJUYcwaQ1-q6snzOyqAm13l7cW6AWPCM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMzkz/NjAwNjc2OWMyZmFk/YWY2YTdmYjI5M2Mz/YWMxNy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}