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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

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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POLST Evidence and Update: Kelly Vranas, Abby Dotson, Karl Steinberg, and Scott Halpern

GeriPal

And for a few reasons, which I’m sure we’ll get into, I think it’s probably most effective upstream of the acute care setting, more in the nursing home setting or for patients who are not presenting in the hospital or emergency department setting. It would have a CPR section and then it would have a healthcare proxy section.

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Palliative Care in Liver Disease: A Podcast with Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson

GeriPal

Sarah 24:24 See, I usually always present it as these are things we should think of. This is a normal thing we need to talk about and not present it as something, oh, because of how sick you are, we’re going to talk about this, really try to normalize it. Sarah 24:19 Well, I don’t know. Amy 24:21 For me, I always.

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

Seasons Hospice

You may also want to designate a healthcare proxy, who will be responsible for making sure your wishes are carried out. What Items Should Be Present In Your Living Will? This person is known as a healthcare proxy or durable power of attorney for healthcare. Who you want to make decisions on your behalf.

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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

GeriPal

Even if you haven’t completed a healthcare proxy, durable training for healthcare, most states say here’s a list of people who can make that decision in order. And the problem, it goes down in many states to close family members, any friend who knows the patient. Bernie: And so Alex, it was horrible.

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Advance Care Planning Discussion: Susan Hickman, Sean Morrison, Rebecca Sudore, and Bob Arnold

GeriPal

But I do think POLST, which I conceptualize as an advance care planning tool, really sits in between those worlds of decisions that are relevant for the present versus the few future. They said durable power of attorney for healthcare, like assigning a healthcare proxy. That’s not unique to POLST as an order.