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

Seasons Hospice

You may also want to designate a healthcare proxy, who will be responsible for making sure your wishes are carried out. In your living will, you should clearly state your preferences for medical treatment, including life-sustaining measures such as artificial ventilation and feeding tubes.

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

GeriPal

It would have a CPR section and then it would have a healthcare proxy section. Because POLST doesn’t, I believe, correct me if I’m wrong, you can’t assign a durable power of attorney for healthcare or healthcare proxy. Kelly: Yeah, no, definitely. Karl: You can write it in. Abby: Yeah.

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Advance Care Planning Discussion: Susan Hickman, Sean Morrison, Rebecca Sudore, and Bob Arnold

GeriPal

I feel like we talked about this before, so I don’t want to sound like a broken record, but I maybe will sound like a broken record to get back to what is the definition of advance care planning? I think I’m heartened by the fact that over the last decade or so, the definition of advance care planning has evolved.