GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

Yael 10:34 More like a living will kind of a thing. But like, if you look at a surrogate document, it walks you through step by step, the hierarchy of decision makers, but also, like, how that surrogate should be making decisions. Is the patient in your descriptor? Do they have a health care decision maker? Because if you.

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Healthcare proxy Social worker Ventilator Geriatrics 258

GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

And yet, I think for everyone who’s elderly, which is anyone who’s my age or older, I would say it’s very important and ought to be part of an annual exam that we ought to be asking that, and documenting it in the chart. I think Bob also noted documenting it. Eric: Anybody else’s thoughts on that?

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Palliative care Geriatrics Palliate Document 173

Shining Light Hospice

MARCH 20, 2023

This can be anything from preparing legal documents like wills, living wills, or trusts to ensuring that their loved ones have access to important files – and even to their social media profiles. Some terminally ill patients might want to participate in plans for a funeral or memorial service, or even to write their obituary.

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Caretaker Hospice Grief Books 98

GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

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. And I really want to encourage people to … Wes Ely writes beautifully about that in his book. Eric: While they’re ventilated in the ICU, would you do that too? Julien: Absolutely.

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Geriatrics Ventilator Events Palliative care 235