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The Language of Serious Illness: A Podcast with Sunita Puri, Bob Arnold, and Jacqueline Kruser

GeriPal

And I have gone through my not-so-long career, but it’s coming up on nine years now, seeing the way that we have talked about CPR in such problematic ways, in ways that really do not enable true informed consent. So I think consenting to a course of treatment involves that two-way conversation. Sunita: Oh, yeah.

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5 tips to improve and better utilize your home care plans [Free tip sheet]

AlayaCare

How this helps the client: Making your goals and objectives SMART for the client allows for informed consent and agreement on the goals of care. “It’s really important to the goals that we put in place, because those are what we’re going to use to measure and to identify when we’re done.

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5 tips to improve and better utilize your home care plans [Free tip sheet]

AlayaCare

How this helps the client: Making your goals and objectives SMART for the client allows for informed consent and agreement on goals of care. It's really important to the goals that we put in place, because those are what we’re going to use to measure and to identify when we’re done.

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Surgical Communication: A Podcast with Gretchen Schwarze, Justin Clapp and Alexis Colley

GeriPal

I think the two spaces it comes out of, one is informed consent, which is this idea that people need to have an understanding of their disease and treatment. But if you have surgery, you’re definitely having some bad things happen to you because it hurts to have surgery. Gretchen: Absolutely. Is this all pie in the sky?

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

Let them have this one piece of joy left, which is their opioid use disorder”, which, by definition, is not bringing them joy, right? I have to do them where I work, but I use them as an opportunity for informed consent. Jessie: Rught.

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Psychedelics – reasons for caution: Stacy Fischer, Brian Anderson, Theora Cimino

GeriPal

Brian: The standard definition that we take a lot, from the work of David Kissane, has been poor coping, the sense of helplessness or hopelessness, and a lack of purpose and meaning. They really wanted to have informed consent, a trustworthy guide, and a therapeutic setting. Alex: Oh, definitely. What is this?

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Involving the inner circle: Emily Largent, Anne Rohlfing, Lynn Flint & Anne Kelly

GeriPal

And one quibble with that of course is that we think the definition of capacity is that it’s task and context specific. Emily: Looks like informed decision making around family involvement. Eric: Yeah. I love the idea of both the context. The context matters, right? Why is it important? What are you worried about?