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How We Got Here

Hospice with Edo Banach

  • S1
  • 46:27
  • April 13th 2021

Edo Banach is the President and CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Edo joins How We Got Here for a conversation about hospice including its origins and why misconceptions about it persist. He also talks about where his passion for community-based support comes from and reflects on an end-of-life experience he was a part of that had a profound impact on his life. Edo, Chris, and Christina share what song they'd each like to hear at the end of their lives. Edo discusses three steps that can be taken to address gaps in hospice care delivery.

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This season of How We Got Here is sponsored by Anthem.

How We Got Here Podcast

Whether we’re in it or bearing witness to it, caregiving impacts everyone and profoundly shapes our purpose and identity. How We Got Here is a podcast that enriches our understanding of what it means to give and receive care by talking to people about the circumstances that introduced them to caregiving and how these experiences changed them.

Meet the Hosts

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Christopher MacLellan
Co-host

Affectionately known as “The Bow Tie Guy” to a vast network of family caregivers, Chris MacLellan is the Founder and CEO of The Whole Care Network™ and the author of “What’s The Deal with Caregiving?” Chris brings his signature soothing style to How We Got Here.

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Christina Best
Co-host

Christina Best is a writer and editor, and she is currently the editor-in-chief of Caregiving.com. Christina is committed to creating opportunities for caregivers and those that support them to connect and share stories and information.

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Bill Odman
Executive Producer

Bill Odman, the “OD” in ODVOX Productions, is a full-time professional podcast producer and voice-over talent living in the American Midwest. Bill brings a varied and successful background spanning more than 35 years in information technology, management, health care, and performance to voiceover and podcast production projects.

Bill is an Executive Producer for and the “voice” of the Whole Care Network (WCN). You can hear his work on such podcasts as “Healing Ties 2.0” (WCN) and “Your Future Self” (WCN), “PodPourri” (The Ehlers Group), and upcoming podcasts from Caregiving.com, as well as the audiobook Gay Rights and the Mormon Church: Intended Actions, Unintended Consequences (available on Audible and iTunes).