Últimos Cuidados
* End-of-life care for Latinos

Radio Bilingüe explores Latino approaches
to death and dying in an original series.

Q: What is Últimos Cuidados?

A: Últimos Cuidados is a Spanish-language radio campaign that promotes hospice care among Latinos. Culturally-relevant news reports, talk shows, mini-dramas, educational messages and other broadcasts introduce Radio Bilingüe listeners to the range of hospice options available to them. First-hand testimonials play a central role in disseminating this timely message.


Q: What is hospice?

A: Hospice is a specialized form of care for patients and families confronting the final stages of terminal illness. Hospice care seeks to enable patients to carry on alert, pain-free lives and to manage other symptoms so that their last days of life may be spent with dignity and quality at home or in a home-like setting.


Hospice care emphasizes living well, rather than fighting disease. Hospice patients do not receive medical treatment to cure illness, such as chemotherapy and organ transplants. Instead, hospice doctors and nurses focus on controlling symptoms such as pain and discomfort, which invasive treatment would exacerbate.


Q: When can I hear Últimos Cuidados?

A: You can hear Últimos Cuidados at various times.

The special "Últimos Cuidados" edition of "Linea Abierta" takes place live, the first Wednesday of each month, at 12 noon (PST). It is re-broadcast the following morning at 2 a.m. (PST) on Radio Satélite Bilingüe. See local listings for additional times.

Educational and promotional messages are broadcast throughout the day during regular Radio Bilingüe programming. "The Ballad of Don Pedro" is also broadcast during regular programming.

Feature stories produced as part of the "Últimos Cuidados" series are broadcast during "Edición Semanaria," Radio Bilingüe's weekly news magazine. "Edición Semanaria" is heard on Radio Satélite Bilingüe at the following times:

	Friday		4 p.m.
	Saturday		7 a.m., 9 a.m., 4 p.m.
	Sunday		7 a.m., 10 a.m.

* Check local listings for times on individual stations.


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Últimos Cuidados is produced by Radio Bilingüe in partnership with the California Hospice and Palliative Care Association. The series is funded in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and the Project on Death in America of the Open Society Institute.