Traditions Health
APRIL 16, 2023
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.
Seasons Hospice
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
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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Hospice News
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
The hospice has participated in health fairs and hosts Senior Summits, which are community events designed to educate seniors about various aspects of medical, nonmedical, practical, financial and psychosocial support available to them as they age. We kind of piggyback on that to then engage as many people as possible.
Hospice News
JULY 5, 2024
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. There’s an entire section for advanced directives, what they are and how they are different from a living will. We have some templates on the website.
Seasons Hospice
OCTOBER 26, 2022
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. Once you have created your living will, it is important to keep it up to date.
GeriPal
MARCH 3, 2022
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. Lauren: Really?
Changing Lives Podcast
JULY 22, 2024
July is Bereaved Parents Month and to mark the event, this episode of Changing Lives will cover some strategies for dealing with the death of a child. While it’s understandable that a parent wouldn’t want to even imagine something that tragic happening to them, it can and does unfortunately happen to people every day.
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