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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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. I have done a lot of work on POLST and nursing homes and I’ve seen POLST forms. So what we’re talking about here are living wills, right?

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Hospice Nurse Hero

MAY 11, 2022

If the doctor believes the patient has six months or less to live, they can notify hospice for a consultation and/or admission. doctor, hospital, nursing home) are added to the electronic medical record. Recommended Article: 3 Common Mistakes Hospice Nurses Make and How to Avoid Them. Hospice Admission Tips.

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

In a separate study in Chest , Lauren found pre-ICU frailty was associated with post-ICU disability and new nursing home admission. So, maybe the person with advanced dementia is coming in from the nursing home and nobody can find the living will from however many years ago. How do I reconcile these two issues?

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 6, 2022

There are 86-year-olds living in a nursing home with frailty, who I say, “I’m a geriatrician.” There was an article that came out about cancer center advertising. Tony: And don’t call it a living will because wills are about dying. ” “Oh, yeah. That’s great. ” Okay.

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