Claritza Rios

Claritza is a dedicated physician educator with extensive experience in emergency and internal medicine. She understands that everyone should have access to palliative care and she has worked across several health care settings and specialties understanding that illness affects the whole person. In recent years, she has focused her efforts on novel ways of increasing access to palliative care, using technology to bring care to people's homes. Claritza is fluent in Spanish and loves music and watercolor.

Topics, Expertise and Experience

  • Cancers, All Types

  • Chronic Medical Conditions

  • Dementias

  • Neurodegenerative Disorders: MS, ALS

  • Heart Failure

  • Liver Disease

  • Complicated Grief

  • Anticipatory Grief

  • Symptoms Discussion

  • Death and Dying

  • Last Days of Life

  • Hospice Care Planning

  • Caregiver Support

Types of Support

  • Family Discord

  • Transition from Hospital to Home

  • Understanding the ER

  • Preparing for Hospital Stays

  • Disease Progression and Expectation Management

  • Uncovering Interpersonal Stressors

  • Family Care Discussions

  • Managing Moments of Crisis

  • Root Cause Analysis

  • Identifying Caregiver Distress and Strain

  • Creating Strategies for stress management

  • Realistic Expectation Setting

  • Outsourcing Care in Order to Obtain Caregiver Support

Who should work with Claritza?

  • Family Care Circles

  • Siblings Caring for Parents

  • Couples Navigating Illness

  • Individuals without Support: Patients and Caregivers