Hospice News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

An expansion of “death literacy” is necessary to improve end-of-life care in the United States, according to Michael Connelly, former CEO of Mercy Health. This is the subject of Connelly’s recent book, The Journey’s End: An Investigation of Death & Dying in America. It’s just postponing it.

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Seasons Hospice

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Five wishes are similar to living wills in that they express an individual’s preferences for end-of-life care. What Items Should Be Present In Your Living Will? Any other wishes you have for end-of-life care. The post Can I Include End of Life Care Wishes in My Will?

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

And Lauren Ferrante has found in a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine that trajectories of disability in the year prior to ICU admission were highly predictive of disability post-ICU, on the same order of magnitude as mechanical ventilation. Julien: He basically had an end of life care discussion with this patient.

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