President Dianne Bobko opened the meeting and Mary Corcoran led us in the National Anthem. David Maahs started us off with an inspirational thought for the day. Dianne passed out Light Up Rotary pins to those who had missed last week's meeting.
Happy/Crappy News: Steve Anderson - just back from his trip seeing his Mother-in-law and then his family had a gathering that was wonderful. The little granddaughter who had eye cancer is doing fine and back to normal.
Rotarian Dwight Wilson, Director of Mission Hospice and Home Care in San Mateo was our featured speaker and he presented information on the recent changes in area of palliative care and hospice.
There's significant change occurring in treatment modalities and symptom management has become more important in overall care of the patient. With increasing treatment options, patients often misinterpret information provided to them. Medicare is also changing the way they pay for inpatient services. Specialty practice such as Oncology are being more accepting of palliative care involvement.