Seasons Hospice

OCTOBER 26, 2022

If you have been diagnosed with a terminal illness and are receiving hospice care, you may want to consider creating a living will. This document can specify your end-of-life wishes in the event that you become unable to make decisions for yourself. What Items Should Be Present In Your Living Will?

End-of-life care 52

End-of-life care Healthcare proxy Resuscitation Document 52

GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

But I do think POLST, which I conceptualize as an advance care planning tool, really sits in between those worlds of decisions that are relevant for the present versus the few future. I think I’m heartened by the fact that over the last decade or so, the definition of advance care planning has evolved.

Palliative care 144

Palliative care Geriatrics Palliate Document 144

GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

Julien: He basically had an end of life care discussion with this patient. 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. And I thought that was pretty striking. Eric: Yeah. Why do you think that is?

Geriatrics 187

Geriatrics Ventilator Palliative care Events 187