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Hospice Does Not Require a DNR

1-800-HOSPICE

One common myth about hospice is that patients must forgo the option to be resuscitated when dying. While most patients in hospice make an advance directive stating a preference to not be resuscitated or intubated, this is not a requirement. Here we explore this choice and how it affects hospice care. What is a DNR?

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Aging and the ICU: Podcast with Lauren Ferrante and Julien Cobert

GeriPal

GeriPal podcast with Tom Gill on the Precipitating Events Study, distressing symptoms, disability, and hospice. I want to say like 2017, 2018, something like that. Julien: He basically had an end of life care discussion with this patient. GeriPal podcast with Linda Fried on frailty. It was amazing. Alex: Yeah.