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5-Step Guide to Developing a Long-Term Care Plan

Accessible Home Health Care

Everyones experience with aging is different, but signs like missed medications, issues with balance or falling, or diminished physical or home hygiene can indicate that it may be time for you and your family to hire a caregiver. Step 4: Check in on Legal Affairs Its always important to take a moment to check in on estate planning.

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Palliative Care in Liver Disease: A Podcast with Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson

GeriPal

They’re confused a lot of the time, and so we’re doing a ton of caregiver support. And honestly, a lot of this is for the caregiver because the patient half the time is like, who knows what their ammonia is? But the moment that they become encephalopathic, it’s gone, and we need that caregiver.

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POLST Evidence and Update: Kelly Vranas, Abby Dotson, Karl Steinberg, and Scott Halpern

GeriPal

But it sounds from your description that the basic concern would arise there too, that whether it’s the patient or the patient’s family caregivers that have values and goals that are promoting comfort oriented care and, oh by the way, they also completed a POLST, that’s entirely plausible. Karl: Okay.

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The Importance of an Advance Healthcare Directive

American In-Home Care

Essentially, it provides guidance to healthcare providers and loved ones about your desired level of care. Healthcare Power of Attorney: This document appoints a trusted individual, known as a healthcare proxy or agent, to make healthcare decisions on your behalf if you're incapacitated.

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Essential Questions to Discuss with Aging Parents for Future Planning

Home With Help

Its critical to know if your parents have legal documents such as a will, power of attorney, and healthcare proxy. From personal care and companionship to specialized support for conditions like Alzheimers and Parkinsons , our caregivers help seniors stay safe, comfortable, and independent at home.

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Caregiving Best Practices: Get Healthcare, Financial, and Legal Affairs in Order

Hope Hospice

Do you and your loved ones have an advance healthcare directive as well as the other documents necessary for managing legal and financial issues (e.g., Highlighting the urgency of this need to be prepared was an email I recently received from a gentleman who has attended Hope’s Family Caregiver Education Series.

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Caregiver Mistakes: Not Having Healthcare, Financial, and Legal Affairs in Order

Hope Hospice

Do you and your loved ones have an advance healthcare directive as well as the other documents necessary for managing legal and financial issues (e.g., Highlighting the urgency of this need to be prepared was an email I recently received from a gentleman who has attended Hope’s Family Caregiver Education Series.