GeriPal

AUGUST 31, 2023

That’s a whole different case than the new world we’re in now where resuscitation science and critical care has created a situation where people have all kinds of time to be that far away from the end and really contemplate it, and like Juliet is saying, adapt to it, deal with it, and be at the correct stage. That’s great.

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Living With Hospice

MARCH 5, 2022

But I just soon do this now and get it over with make sure we're all squared away, ready to go so that when the time comes, we don't have to deal with making all these tough decisions in the middle of our grief. One more thing before we move off of legal medical directives are very important, especially a do not resuscitate a DNR.

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Palliverse

JUNE 5, 2023

She died suddenly and the family asked the nurses to perform CPR – cardiopulmonary resuscitation. We wanted to try to calm their distress, to try to prevent complicated grief. Photo by Nik on Unsplash We thought she still had weeks left to live. We didn’t know it would only be hours. The nurses calmly and gently refused.

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