Seasons Hospice

OCTOBER 26, 2022

If You or Your Loved One Is In Hospice Care, Be Proactive. If you have been diagnosed with a terminal illness and are receiving hospice care, you may want to consider creating a living will. You may also want to designate a healthcare proxy, who will be responsible for making sure your wishes are carried out.

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End-of-life care Healthcare proxy Resuscitation Document 52

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.

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Document Feeding Resuscitation Article 195

GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

He’s been a hospice and nursing home director. And for a few reasons, which I’m sure we’ll get into, I think it’s probably most effective upstream of the acute care setting, more in the nursing home setting or for patients who are not presenting in the hospital or emergency department setting. Welcome, Abby.

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Document Nursing home Healthcare proxy Ventilator 266