Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder
JANUARY 16, 2025
Consider the case of a resident recovering from a traumatic brain injury and temporarily reliant on a ventilator. These MDS areas provide a holistic view of a residents communication abilities and guide the care team in selecting and implementing appropriate AAC solutions. In conclusion, AAC is more than a set of tools.
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
An expansion of “death literacy” is necessary to improve end-of-life care in the United States, according to Michael Connelly, former CEO of Mercy Health. This is the subject of Connelly’s recent book, The Journey’s End: An Investigation of Death & Dying in America. It’s just postponing it.
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Hospice News
MAY 17, 2023
It requires careful communication designed to identify what is most important to patients. While advance care planning is associated with end-of-life care, the process is also a frequent component of palliative care programs, which are oriented around patients’ own goals and wishes at any stage of their illnesses.
Seasons Hospice
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Five wishes are similar to living wills in that they express an individual’s preferences for end-of-life care. In your living will, you should clearly state your preferences for medical treatment, including life-sustaining measures such as artificial ventilation and feeding tubes.
Seasons Hospice
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
Patients with respiratory conditions may also benefit from wearing a mask in certain situations, such as when being transported for medical care. Ensure proper ventilation in the patients room to reduce the concentration of airborne viruses.
GeriPal
MARCH 3, 2022
And Lauren Ferrante has found in a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine that trajectories of disability in the year prior to ICU admission were highly predictive of disability post-ICU, on the same order of magnitude as mechanical ventilation. Julien: He basically had an end of life care discussion with this patient.
GeriPal
MARCH 28, 2024
And that helped them focus on that instead of, say, the blood pressure, the vasopressors or the ventilator settings that day. And then they had to be receiving 48 hours of continuous mechanical ventilation at a minimum and be an adult. On the admission, are you telling them, “Think about withdrawal and life-sustaining treatments?”
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