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

Seasons Hospice

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?

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

Hospice News

It requires careful communication designed to identify what is most important to patients. While advance care planning is associated with end-of-life care, the process is also a frequent component of palliative care programs, which are oriented around patients’ own goals and wishes at any stage of their illnesses.

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How Do I Make a Will?: End-of-Life Documentation

Seasons Hospice

There’s a swirling cloud of confusion and questions when it comes to end-of-life documentation. Those with life-limiting illnesses must resolve financial and medical questions before they are no longer able to make those important decisions. . Looking for hospice care? What Is End-of-Life Documentation?

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Hospice Does Not Require a DNR

1-800-HOSPICE

One common myth about hospice is that patients must forgo the option to be resuscitated when dying. While most patients in hospice make an advance directive stating a preference to not be resuscitated or intubated, this is not a requirement. Here we explore this choice and how it affects hospice care. What is a DNR? Conclusion.

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An Introduction to Advance Directives

Traditions Health

The term advance directive is also at times referred to as a living will as it varies from state to state. An Overview of Advance Directives An advance directive includes the end-of-life information you want your family and healthcare providers to know about your healthcare decisions if you become unable to communicate those choices.