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Hastening Death by Stopping Eating and Drinking: Hope Wechkin, Thaddeus Pope, & Josh Briscoe

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To delve into these questions, we spoke with Hope Wechkin, medical director of EvergreenHealth home hospice, who authored an article describing a process of Minimal Comfort Feeding (MCF) for patients who have expressed an interest in not wanting to live with advanced dementia. Alex 00:14 We have a very full house today. Hope 00:31 Thanks.

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Future Leaders Class of 2022: Shradha Aiyer, Vice President, Axxess

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Mobile technology is not just used for documentation, but it’s really an integrated workflow for the caregiver at the bedside. They have so many more insights using technology from telehealth and telemedicine that’s feeding into that mobile device, which is so powerful for them. What drew you to this field?

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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

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In 1988, Cruzan’s parents requested that her feeding tube be removed, arguing that she would not want to continue in this state. On the one hand, this was unfortunate, as it meant Nancy Cruzan could not be disconnected from the feeding tube immediately. And I think that’s where we want to be.

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

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Certainly SOME of those avoided hospitalizations, CPR, and ICU stays were due to documentation of those orders in the POLST. And whether tube feeding should be on there, that’s never an emergency decision. Because we haven’t done our job to document the value of what we’re doing. Welcome, Abby. Good to know.

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Artificial Intelligence: Charlotta Lindvall, Matt DeCamp, Sei Lee

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Summary Transcript Summary Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has tremendous potential. We talk on this podcast about potential uses of AI in geriatrics and palliative care with natural language processing guru Charlotta Lindvall from DFCI, bioethicists and internist Matt DeCamp from University of Colorado, and prognosis wizard Sei Lee from UCSF.

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HSPN Staffing Summit: Leveraging Technology for Person-Centered Care

Hospice News

Daniel eventually passed away about eight years ago, but not before he was placed on that trach and peritoneal dialysis and feeding tube and many other interventions and, all the while, not really focusing on what he wanted as a good quality of life. Dr. Benton has a master’s degree in medical ethics and a doctorate in public health.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

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And Katie, I was going through your Twitter feed, and a tweet I noticed was this one, “All opioid guidelines caution long-term use in people with active substance use disorder.” Katie, welcome back to GeriPal. Katie: Oh my gosh, can’t believe I’ve been here more than once now. Bragging rights. That was from our what?