GeriPal
JANUARY 16, 2025
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. Let’s say they’re in the ICU now on a ventilator. Should we keep them on the ventilator?
GeriPal
OCTOBER 19, 2023
It would have a CPR section and then it would have a healthcare proxy section. Because POLST doesn’t, I believe, correct me if I’m wrong, you can’t assign a durable power of attorney for healthcare or healthcare proxy. It would probably have maybe three sections. Karl: You can write it in.
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GeriPal
APRIL 4, 2024
And now ICU care has flourished, and we can keep people alive in the sense that their heart is beating and we can sustain their ventilation and circulation. For example, I had another patient in the ICU who she was on a ventilator. ICU care was pretty rudimentary. It’s certainly not common in my practice.
GeriPal
JULY 11, 2024
I think one of the challenges, especially about liver, is it doesn’t have a dialysis, it doesn’t have an ecMo, it doesn’t have a ventilator. And the flip side, you have someone who’s relatively stable, who doesn’t make through the night because of a catastrophic bleed. What the patient’s wishes are.
Seasons Hospice
OCTOBER 26, 2022
You may also want to designate a healthcare proxy, who will be responsible for making sure your wishes are carried out. In your living will, you should clearly state your preferences for medical treatment, including life-sustaining measures such as artificial ventilation and feeding tubes. Where do you want to die?
Traditions Health
APRIL 16, 2023
This person will be allowed to make healthcare decisions for any treatments that you have not included on your advance directive if you are unable to make treatment decisions yourself. This healthcare proxy should be someone you trust to make decisions for you, in the event you are unable to do so.
Hope Hospice
APRIL 28, 2020
Advance Healthcare Directives (also known as advance directives, living wills, or durable power of attorney for healthcare) are legal documents that specify your preferences for medical treatment and designate a healthcare proxy (also known as agent or surrogate) should you no longer able to make decisions due to illness or incapacitation.
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