GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

This topic came up with Bernie published an article in New England Journal called Deciding for Patients Who Have Lost Decision-Making Capacity Finding Common Ground in Medical Ethics. You write about this, you’ve written this New England Journal article, you’ve written past articles.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

Start by reading this article by Sean Morrison, Diane Meier, and Bob Arnold in JAMA , and this response from Rebecca Sudore, Susan Hickman, and Anne Walling. So what we’re talking about here are living wills, right? This is the latest in our series of podcasts on concerns about, and potential of advance care planning.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

MAY 11, 2022

This includes: Most recent doctor’s note Recent hospital records Insurance information (for verification) Patient’s location for admission Power of Attorney or Living Will (if available). Recommended Article: 3 Common Mistakes Hospice Nurses Make and How to Avoid Them. Hospice Admission Tips. Don’t hate the messenger!)

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

Eric: I got a question because it was a ways back, but we did a podcast on keep your hands to yourself from a JAMA IMR article that showed that use of mechanical ventilation for nursing home residents with advanced dementia doubled between 2000 and 2013, that was a John Tino study. How do I reconcile these two issues?

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 6, 2022

There was an article that came out about cancer center advertising. Tony: And don’t call it a living will because wills are about dying. But the thing about leading with benefits, it’s the exact same psychology. Eric: Also, since we’re talking about cancer centers, too, we did a post. God, that was a while ago.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

I had heard of course heard of imposter syndrome in the past but I didn’t make the connection to myself until I read this article and saw my thoughts printed on the page. Even declining to review an article for a journal is accompanied by some stomach knots (it’s so hard to find reviewers!) It’s more of a conversation.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

There is a lively debate going on in academic circles about the value of Advance Care Planning (ACP). It’s not a new debate but has gathered steam at least in palliative care circles since Sean Morrisons published a JPM article titled “ Advance Directives/Care Planning: Clear, Simple, and Wrong.”

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GeriPal

MAY 15, 2025

Kate 06:26 I invited patients with end stage renal disease to complete a short advanced directive, a medium length advanced directive with some more options and the really full, lengthy living will advanced directive with all the. Alex 06:40 Legalese, the Ayn Rand version and more. Alex 25:41 Yeah.

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