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

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. When creating a living will, it is important to be as specific as possible about your wishes. Be Familiar With Advanced Directives.

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End-of-life care Healthcare proxy Resuscitation Document 52

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

And every time I do palliative care and I think I want to jump ahead, like somebody says, “Oh, so and so wants hospice. Can you just talk to him about hospice?” ” Inevitably, it’s always when I jump to hospice, they’re all, “Wait, what’s hospice? Get the hospice referral.

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Document Feeding Definition Palliative care 222

GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

GeriPal podcast with Tom Gill on the Precipitating Events Study, distressing symptoms, disability, and hospice. He, his Twitter feed though is brilliant. So, maybe the person with advanced dementia is coming in from the nursing home and nobody can find the living will from however many years ago. Eric: Yeah. Alex: Yeah.

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Geriatrics Ventilator Palliative care Events 187