KGNU Interview with TRU CEO Michael McHale

May 11, 2020 by TRU Community Care

TRU Community Care President and CEO Michael McHale joins KGNU News Director Maeve Conran and co-host and end-of-life educator Kim Mooney to discuss the evolution of end-of-life care, advance care planning, and the landscape of hospice and palliative care in the age of COVID-19. Topics include the use of telehealth in the care of hospice patients, the business and ethics of end-of-life care, and the tools available to navigate the relief of suffering, the dying process, and grief support for the family afterwards.

Listen to the discussion here.

TRU Community Care (TRU) affirms life at every step of your journey with illness and loss. Our vision is to lead a healthcare transformation by engaging with our communities and offering innovative, meaningful care for those living with illness and loss.

Founded as Boulder Hospice in 1976, TRU is a Colorado-licensed, Medicare and Medicaid-certified, nonprofit health care organization serving Boulder, Broomfield, Adams, Jefferson, Arapahoe, Denver, and Weld Counties and beyond. With a focus on providing a continuum of care for members of our community living with advanced illness and loss, TRU’s programs include TRU Hospice, TRU PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly), TRU Palliative Care, Landmark Memory Care, and TRU Grief Services.

TRU Hospice is proudly accredited by The Joint Commission and is a five-star-level hospice in NHPCO's We Honor Veterans program created in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). TRU is a member of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI), the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC), Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE), and the National PACE Association (NPA).

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