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Emerging Services Help Hospice Patients Reduce Anxiety About Pets’ Future

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Our volunteers can help with a pet’s daily needs – things like walking, feeding, and cleaning litter boxes. The documents associated with the pet placement plans are notarized, according to Diane McGill, founder and president of Pet Peace of Mind. We can get pets to grooming and veterinary appointments.

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‘Suncoast’ Film Points a Lens at Hospice Families’ Experience

Hospice News

The decision by Schiavo’s husband to suspend artificial life support and feeding for his wife, who was in an irreversible persistent vegetative state, prompted a seven-year legal battle with her parents. In the backdrop of these personal events, hangs the Schiavo case.

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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

GeriPal

Certainly SOME of those avoided hospitalizations, CPR, and ICU stays were due to documentation of those orders in the POLST. So just to make that more concrete, Scott and I did a study a couple of years ago as well looking just at OHSU patients who presented to the emergency department with POLST. But yeah, full treatment.

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The Secret is Out: Hospice Recertification Made Easy!

Hospice Nurse Hero

When this happens, you’ll want to use these tips to document the hospice recertification with ease. While the nurse practitioner can perform the face-to-face visit, it is up to the hospice medical director to review the documentation and certify the patient still meets hospice criteria. Use Comparison Documentation.

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RCT of Chaplaincy: Lexy Torke, Karen Steinhauser, LaVera Crawley

GeriPal

Today we have a star-studded lineup, including Lexy Torke of Indiana University, who discusses her RCT of a chaplaincy intervention for surrogates of patients in the ICU , published in JPSM and plenary presentation at AAHPM/HPNA. So I just want to say that I agree with you that it is frustrating that we have to prove our worth.

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The Language of Serious Illness: A Podcast with Sunita Puri, Bob Arnold, and Jacqueline Kruser

GeriPal

I felt like I was always told to present people with a buffet of options and, really, without guidance, ask them to choose, which is, it would always make me feel sick to my stomach. You’ve had three documented conversations to “clarify code status.” Alex: A feeding tube. I know, man, I just screwed up.