Public And Press

February 14, 2024

Facilitators and Barriers to Implementation of ALIGN, a Social Work Led Care Delivery Model, in Post-Acute Care to Address Unmet Palliative Care Needs (GP769)

Sarguni Singh MD, Ashley Dafoe MA, Dana Lahoff MSW, Brooke Holliman PhD, Stacy Fischer MD

April 25, 2023

The Holding Group is proud to have Bree Owens and Dana Lahoff presenting at the 2023 Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network (SWHPN) General Assembly

           Increasing Palliative Support for Cancer Patients in Skilled Nursing Facility Rehab:                     Examining the Results of an Innovative Pilot Study

 

April 7, 2023

Listen in as Dana Lahoff, LCSW and Dr Sarguni Singh talk about The Holding Group’s intervention on the monthly Coalition for Social Work and Health call

March, 2023

A Pilot Study of a Social Work Intervention to Provide Palliative Care for Older Adults with Cancer in SkilledNursing Facilities (FR214B)

Sarguni Singh, MD, University of Colorado School of Medicine/Division of Hospital Medicine. Ashley Dafoe, MA, Adult and Child Center for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science. Erin Nielsen, LCSW APHSW-C, The Holding Group. Dana Lahoff, LCSW APHSW-C, The Holding Group. Bree Owens, LCSW APHSW-C, The Holding Group. John Cagle, PhD MSW
Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2023 Apr;26(4):527-538.

May, 2021

Integrating Palliative Care Social Workers into Subacute Settings:Feasibility of the Assessing & Listening to Individual Goals and Needs Intervention Trial

Stacy M. Fischer, MD, Laurel Tropeano, LCSW, Dana Lahoff, LCSW, Bree Owens, LCSW, Erin Nielsen, LCSW, Jessica Retrum, MSW, PhD, Eleanor Jensen, DO,4 Colleen Ross, PhD, Mary Mancuso, MA, Melanie Drace, MPH, Angela Plata, MS, Aurora Melnyk, MSW, Matthew Golub, BA, and Wendolyn Gozansky, MPH, MD

April 23, 2021

The Holding Group is proud to have Laurel Tropeano participate in 2021’s 12th Annual Palliative Care Social Work Conference

Re-Imagining Palliative Care: Interprofessional Practice for Better Outcomes

November 16-20, 2020

The Holding Group is honored to present at this year’s annual meeting:

Palliative Care Social Work Interventions in Skilled Nursing Facility Settings

  • Jessica Retrum, MSSW, PhD – Associate Professor, Chair, Social Work, Metropolitan State University of Denver
  • Laurel Tropeano, LCSW, APHSW-C – Director of Research and Education, The Holding Group
  • Nicole Blanford – Graduate Research Assistant, Metropolitan State University of Denve

Friday, September 11, 2020

September SWHPN Summit: Enhancing Clinical Skills: Bridging Research into Practice

  • Session 3: The Status of Palliative Care Social Work in Skilled Care: Pilot of an Innovative Social Work Led Intervention, presented by Jessica Retrum, Ph.D. and Laurel Eskra Tropeano, LCSW

 

Saturday, May 11, 2019

We wanted to send a huge thank you to those of you who were able to join us for our most recent event, “A Conversation with Terry Altilio”! We had such a dynamic group and connected on many levels – let’s continue these important conversations.

 

 

The Holding Group Presents: A Conversation with Terry Altilio

Please join The Holding Group for an early evening of stimulating dialogue with Terry Altilio. The evening will begin with an interview about the joys and challenges in editing the newly published Palliative Care: A Guide for Health Social Workers, and broaden to group discussion around themes and opportunities in our work. Enjoy appetizers and adult refreshments in a unique and intimate atmosphere in which to connect, reflect and replenish.


Tuesday, February 17, 2017

“Think Outside of the Box: How Social Workers Used Data to Create a Successful Palliative Care Business” presented by Bree Owens, LCSW and Laurel Tropeano, LCSW

August, 2015

A Need for More Palliative Focused Care: A Survey of Colorado Skilled Care Facilities

Jessica H. Retrum, MSSW, PhD, Wendolyn S. Gozansky, MD, MPH, Dana G. Lahoff, LCSW, Erin L. Rosenberg, LCSW, ACHP-SW, Laurel Eskra Tropeano, LCSW, Bree Addison Owens, LCSW, ACHP-SW, Stacy M. Fischer, MD

Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. VOLUME 16, ISSUE 8, P712-713, AUGUST 01, 2015