Accessible Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

There is an official document that names the individual who makes informed decisions for a loved one in the medical world. This is referred to as a healthcare proxy. At the end of the day, this is all about your older loved one’s healthcare.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

So like as an example, in New York State, if someone has no healthcare proxy that they’ve designated, there is a legal structure by which we can assign a surrogate, whereas other states don’t have that same structure. Yael 10:52 Yeah. And I think that’s where there’s so much state by state variability.

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Elder Care Matters

AUGUST 16, 2024

Learn why advanced healthcare directives are essential for elder care. Ensure your healthcare preferences are honored and reduce family stress by including these directives in your estate planning.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Certainly SOME of those avoided hospitalizations, CPR, and ICU stays were due to documentation of those orders in the POLST. Because we haven’t done our job to document the value of what we’re doing. And I use that as that documentation about what they want, recognizing that not everybody does that.

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GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

Missouri set a very high bar, explicit written documentation that applies to this specific circumstance, which the Cruzan’s eventually cleared. But legislation can change, clinical practice can change, but I think what we’ll talk about today is how we’re now opening the door to conversations rather than legal rules and documents.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

And I document those differently in my notes, and we have a goals of care template within our EMR that then I’ll document if transplants off the table, these are their wishes, and so I sort of have a contingency plan, but at minimum, everybody, everybody needs a healthcare representative who knows the patient’s wishes.

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GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

Do they have documents in the record like medical orders for life sustaining treatment or a healthcare proxy? So we know these patients are really, really sick. That’s not news to us. But what we don’t know is are they already on hospice?

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

And yet, I think for everyone who’s elderly, which is anyone who’s my age or older, I would say it’s very important and ought to be part of an annual exam that we ought to be asking that, and documenting it in the chart. I think Bob also noted documenting it. Eric: Anybody else’s thoughts on that?

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Seasons Hospice

OCTOBER 26, 2022

This document can specify your end-of-life wishes in the event that you become unable to make decisions for yourself. 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.

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Hope Hospice

APRIL 28, 2020

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., This couple did not have advance healthcare directives nor were documents in place that would enable the wife to handle her husband’s independent financial accounts and property.

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Hope Hospice

APRIL 28, 2020

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., This couple did not have advance healthcare directives nor were documents in place that would enable the wife to handle her husband’s independent financial accounts and property.

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Hope Hospice

APRIL 28, 2020

Second, this unprecedented medical and societal devastation shines a light on the importance of being certain that healthcare, financial, and legal affairs are in order, regardless of your age. 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.,

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