GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

So it defines unrepresented as someone who lacks decisional capacity to provide informed consent to a particular medical treatment. And importantly, our social worker, Aunt Kelly, actually does a search and I would say 75% of the time she finds somebody maybe even higher than that, finds somebody who’s actually a surrogate.

Healthcare proxy 258

Healthcare proxy Social worker Ventilator Geriatrics 258

GeriPal

MARCH 9, 2023

To Brian’s point, that we are also integrating chaplains, social workers, it’s not necessarily two psychotherapists. They really wanted to have informed consent, a trustworthy guide, and a therapeutic setting. And having that transparency, our sessions are taped.

Palliative care 218

Palliative care Palliate Geriatrics Article 218

GeriPal

JULY 13, 2023

And so Ruth highlighted one of the features of this pragmatic trial that was different than the outpatient trial was that we didn’t need to consent patients and families for participation in this study. And so that’s how we were able to proceed with the study under this waiver of consent. I think you had to be age over 55.

Document 198

Document Palliative care 2018 Palliate 198