GeriPal
JANUARY 16, 2025
So we thought that really coalescing around this term, which is still difficult because sometimes you think of unrepresented is politically unrepresented or it is a challenging definition with three parts to it that’s really hard to capture with any one term. But we think unrepresented is an advance beyond the previous terminology.
GeriPal
AUGUST 11, 2022
I think we shouldn’t be doing advanced care planning before somebody has a serious illness or something that’s likely to end their lives, beyond having a healthcare proxy. Eric: It’s definitely the American family physician article that you-. I’ve felt that way for 20 years. I don’t believe in it.
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GeriPal
OCTOBER 19, 2023
It would have a CPR section and then it would have a healthcare proxy section. Because POLST doesn’t, I believe, correct me if I’m wrong, you can’t assign a durable power of attorney for healthcare or healthcare proxy. Kelly: Yeah, no, definitely. Karl: You can write it in. Abby: Yeah.
Seasons Hospice
OCTOBER 26, 2022
You may also want to designate a healthcare proxy, who will be responsible for making sure your wishes are carried out. This person is known as a healthcare proxy or durable power of attorney for healthcare. When it comes to end-of-life wishes, there are definitely some that will not be honored in a living will.
GeriPal
MARCH 24, 2022
I feel like we talked about this before, so I don’t want to sound like a broken record, but I maybe will sound like a broken record to get back to what is the definition of advance care planning? I think I’m heartened by the fact that over the last decade or so, the definition of advance care planning has evolved.
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