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An Introduction to Advance Directives

Traditions Health

The term advance directive is also at times referred to as a living will as it varies from state to state. This healthcare proxy should be someone you trust to make decisions for you, in the event you are unable to do so. This can be any person you choose, including a family member or a close friend. Some states ask for both things.

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How is Palliative Care Considered Compassionate?

Seasons Hospice

They provide compassionate support for the emotional weight of such decisions as well as practical advice on legal matters, living wills, and advance directives. These could be anything from simple activities like playing cards or listening to music to more involved events such as attending a theatre performance or taking a trip out of town.

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Hospices’ Mythbusting Strategies: ‘It’s Not Brink-of-Death Care’

Hospice News

Hospices’ public outreach efforts have evolved in recent years, with providers finding new strategies to dispel myths that have long impeded access to care. Nearly half, or 49.1%, of all Medicare decedents utilized hospice services in 2022, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home.

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Startup Buried in Work Seeks to Aid Families with End-Of-Life Burdens

Hospice News

Hospice News sat down with Zuckerman to discuss how Buried in Work was founded and where the company is going. There are companies that want to offer these as an employee benefit to help them alleviate stress and prepare them in the event something happens in their family. And are you working with any hospices?

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Can I Include End of Life Care Wishes in My Will?

Seasons Hospice

If You or Your Loved One Is In Hospice Care, Be Proactive. If you have been diagnosed with a terminal illness and are receiving hospice care, you may want to consider creating a living will. This document can specify your end-of-life wishes in the event that you become unable to make decisions for yourself.

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Aging and the ICU: Podcast with Lauren Ferrante and Julien Cobert

GeriPal

This idea that for critically ill patients in the ICU, geriatric conditions like disability, frailty, multimorbidity, and dementia should be viewed through a wider lens of what patients are like before and after the ICU event was transformative for our two guests today. GeriPal podcast with Linda Fried on frailty. Julien: Yeah.

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Five Wishes: Taking Control of Your Final Days

Hope Hospice

In simple language, the booklet guides you through documenting choices regarding such topics as designating a decision-maker in the event you are non-responsive, your preferred level of life-sustaining medical support, your desired alertness level when pain medication is needed, and how you want your remains cared for after death.