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An Introduction to Advance Directives

Traditions Health

If you want to be resuscitated if your heartbeat stops. As the disease progresses, you may begin thinking more about Do-Not-Resuscitate orders and mechanical ventilation. Some of the things that you can include instructions on are: If you want healthcare providers to use a breathing machine. Some states ask for both things.

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Done Right, Advance Care Planning Can Reduce High-Acuity Utilization

Hospice News

It requires careful communication designed to identify what is most important to patients. While advance care planning is associated with end-of-life care, the process is also a frequent component of palliative care programs, which are oriented around patients’ own goals and wishes at any stage of their illnesses.

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Longleaf Medical Director: Hospice Care Needs a ‘Revolution’ 

Hospice News

Later, I was working for Kaiser [Permanente] here in Atlanta, and they had a palliative care program where you could grandfather into hospice and palliative medicine. I applied for that position and ended up doing the training and getting into palliative care. If I need to run a drip on someone, we will run a drip.

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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

GeriPal

She was resuscitated by EMS, but did not regain higher brain function, and was eventually diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state. I remember there was an Archives article from, or Annals, I forget, it was probably called Archives back then, Resuscitating Advanced Directives. ICU care was pretty rudimentary.

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What can we learn from simulations? Amber Barnato

GeriPal

A health services researcher and palliative care physician, Amber lauds the ability of simulation studies to isolate one variable in a study. Being a palliative care physician, the one that came immediately to mind was Knocking on Heaven’s Door. As we’ve written about on GeriPal when we were a blog (a decade ago!)

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The Language of Serious Illness: A Podcast with Sunita Puri, Bob Arnold, and Jacqueline Kruser

GeriPal

Alex: We are delighted to welcome Jacky Kruser, who’s a pulmonary critical care doctor and health services researcher at the University of Wisconsin. Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome back Bob Arnold, who is a palliative care doctor, VitalTalk co-founder. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Jacky: Thank you.

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Palliative care for children: planning and communication

Elizz

As the parent of an ill child, you are in the best position to orient your child’s health care team to his or her preferences, needs and goals. By sharing information surrounding end-of-life care, it will help build a collective understanding and establish great communication. What the palliative care team needs to know.