Oct 20 2024 48 mins
Dr. Bob Uslander, based in San Diego, runs a medical practice called Empowered Endings with his wife and partner, Elizabeth. Their work focuses on supporting people through difficult end-of-life journeys and providing personalized in-home care, including palliative care, dementia care, geriatric care, and more. With a holistic, high-touch approach, their team of compassionate professionals ensures patients and their families receive the support they need during these challenging times.
A key aspect of their practice is integrating end-of-life doulas, which adds immense value to their model of care. Dr. Uslander and his team have also founded an institute and community to provide education, training, and support for healthcare professionals who are committed to improving end-of-life care. This community also includes individuals looking to ensure a gentle and peaceful transition for themselves or a loved one. They operate a foundation dedicated to these causes.
Dr. Uslander shared his journey from working in emergency medicine, where he experienced moral injury, to transitioning into palliative care. He discovered the beauty in fully supporting patients through their end-of-life process, realizing how underserved families often are in the traditional healthcare system. This realization prompted him to establish his own practice in 2016.
A major mission of Empowered Endings is educating the public about palliative care and hospice care. Palliative care focuses on managing symptoms and improving the quality of life for those with serious or complex illnesses, while hospice care is reserved for those who have a life expectancy of six months or less and are no longer pursuing aggressive treatments.
Dr. Uslander is also an advocate for MAID (medical aid in dying) and VSED (voluntarily stopping eating and drinking), supporting patients in California who qualify under the state’s legal framework which we talk about both processes and how they work. His practice offers a compassionate, empowering approach, helping individuals ma
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