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Tips for Taking Care of a Confined Older Adult at Home

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Books, puzzles, or simple arts and crafts can provide mental stimulation to keep your clients mind active. The room should be well-ventilated and at a comfortable temperature, typically between 68 and 74 degrees Fahrenheit. Choose activities that align with their interests and energy level.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

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Let’s say they’re in the ICU now on a ventilator. So on the clinical side, people are really focused on how long do they have to be on the ventilator and managing that. Eric 27:31 They are unrepresented, they’re in the ICU on a ventilator. Should we keep them on the ventilator? They have one.

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Advance Care Planning Discussion: Susan Hickman, Sean Morrison, Rebecca Sudore, and Bob Arnold

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I think for a person in long-term care who has mild to moderate dementia, a POLST is part of the care plan because these are decisions that are likely to need to be made in the setting of the current illness. I don’t need a checkbox form, I don’t need to know about CPR or mechanical ventilation.