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Done Right, Advance Care Planning Can Reduce High-Acuity Utilization

Hospice News

Those were a group of outcomes that we looked at that included mechanical ventilation, hospital admissions within the last 30 days of life, intensive care unit admissions, receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and chemotherapy within the last two weeks of life. The hospice indicator is stratified. You noted the importance of communication.

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The Importance of an Advance Healthcare Directive

American In-Home Care

Understanding Advance Healthcare Directives Advance healthcare directives are legal documents that outline your healthcare preferences and medical treatment instructions in case you cannot communicate your wishes. It covers scenarios such as life support, resuscitation, and organ donation preferences.

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Hospice Nurses Take a Holistic Approach to Dementia Care

Nurse.com

The process helps primary care professionals identify a person’s care goals and document and communicate their medical and personal preferences. “If Documenting care preferences in advance — Planning care early in the disease process is a meaningful way to identify, document, and communicate a patient’s goals. Refusing care.

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Firestorm

The Nurse Break

Peeking out of the small window in the resuscitation room, it seemed the world had been dipped in a bucket of hell. It has been well documented that during a disaster the bulk (and often, the most critically injured) of patients will arrive by their own means and not by ambulance, and that is exactly what happened. the firestorm.

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How to Advocate for Your Senior’s Health

Accessible Home Health Care

This conversation can include topics regarding: What to do if/when a surgery/procedure is needed What to do if/when resuscitation is needed What to do if something is life-threatening What to do if something is non-life threatening. Our personal caregivers are here to help you and your loved ones receive the best care possible.