Feeding Geriatrics Living will Social worker 
GeriPal
APRIL 4, 2024
In 1988, Cruzan’s parents requested that her feeding tube be removed, arguing that she would not want to continue in this state. On the one hand, this was unfortunate, as it meant Nancy Cruzan could not be disconnected from the feeding tube immediately. In 1990 the Supreme Court ruled…for the state of Missouri.
GeriPal
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
And I think social workers, advanced practitioners, nurses, really feel comfortable giving functional prognoses more so than time-based prognoses. Or the cases where someone actually said, “I never want a feeding tube.” Why did they choose to be DNR or not have a feeding tube? Rachelle: Yeah. Eric: Yeah.
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