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Hastening Death by Stopping Eating and Drinking: Hope Wechkin, Thaddeus Pope, & Josh Briscoe

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To delve into these questions, we spoke with Hope Wechkin, medical director of EvergreenHealth home hospice, who authored an article describing a process of Minimal Comfort Feeding (MCF) for patients who have expressed an interest in not wanting to live with advanced dementia. Eric 01:13 Yeah, you got to jump in. Take it over.

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Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

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For a deeper dive, check out some of these other studies and resources we talked about in the podcast: The Influence of Nursing Home Culture on the Use of Feeding Tubes. Archives of Internal Medicine 2010. The Lived Experience of Providing Feeding Assistance to a Family Member with Dementia. Rehabbed to Death. Ruth: Oh, thanks.

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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

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That doesn’t really do much, but we’re not willing to do that for caregiver support. So, focusing on caregiver support, getting not the expensive stuff in people’s house, but the things that matter most, like grab bars for those who need it. Like us, subscribe to us on your podcast feed.