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Can I Include End of Life Care Wishes in My Will?

Seasons Hospice

If You or Your Loved One Is In Hospice Care, Be Proactive. If you have been diagnosed with a terminal illness and are receiving hospice care, you may want to consider creating a living will. You may also want to designate a healthcare proxy, who will be responsible for making sure your wishes are carried out.

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POLST Evidence and Update: Kelly Vranas, Abby Dotson, Karl Steinberg, and Scott Halpern

GeriPal

He’s been a hospice and nursing home director. And whether tube feeding should be on there, that’s never an emergency decision. It would have a CPR section and then it would have a healthcare proxy section. Kelly: Yeah, no, definitely. Welcome, Abby. Abby: Thanks for having me. Welcome, Karl.

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