2 VALUABLE BENEFITS OF A LIVING WILL
Elder Care Matters
MAY 18, 2023
A Living Will is one of the most valuable advance directives that people can include in their estate plans, and it is also one that people all too often overlook.
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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand
GeriPal
APRIL 4, 2024
This topic came up with Bernie published an article in New England Journal called Deciding for Patients Who Have Lost Decision-Making Capacity Finding Common Ground in Medical Ethics. You write about this, you’ve written this New England Journal article, you’ve written past articles.
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Hospice Nurses: Admission Tips You Can Use Right Now
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This includes: Most recent doctor’s note Recent hospital records Insurance information (for verification) Patient’s location for admission Power of Attorney or Living Will (if available). Recommended Article: 3 Common Mistakes Hospice Nurses Make and How to Avoid Them. Hospice Admission Tips. Don’t hate the messenger!)
Books on Becoming A Better Mentor (and Better Person): Bob Arnold
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FEBRUARY 2, 2023
I had heard of course heard of imposter syndrome in the past but I didn’t make the connection to myself until I read this article and saw my thoughts printed on the page. Even declining to review an article for a journal is accompanied by some stomach knots (it’s so hard to find reviewers!) It’s more of a conversation.
Should We Shift from Advance Care Planning to Serious Illness Communication?
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FEBRUARY 24, 2022
There is a lively debate going on in academic circles about the value of Advance Care Planning (ACP). It’s not a new debate but has gathered steam at least in palliative care circles since Sean Morrisons published a JPM article titled “ Advance Directives/Care Planning: Clear, Simple, and Wrong.”
Advance Care Planning Discussion: Susan Hickman, Sean Morrison, Rebecca Sudore, and Bob Arnold
GeriPal
MARCH 24, 2022
Start by reading this article by Sean Morrison, Diane Meier, and Bob Arnold in JAMA , and this response from Rebecca Sudore, Susan Hickman, and Anne Walling. So what we’re talking about here are living wills, right? This is the latest in our series of podcasts on concerns about, and potential of advance care planning.
Aging and the ICU: Podcast with Lauren Ferrante and Julien Cobert
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Eric: I got a question because it was a ways back, but we did a podcast on keep your hands to yourself from a JAMA IMR article that showed that use of mechanical ventilation for nursing home residents with advanced dementia doubled between 2000 and 2013, that was a John Tino study. How do I reconcile these two issues?
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