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End-of-Life Care for Patients With Advanced Dementia - NYTimes.com
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Tags: Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, End-of-Life Decision Making, Mortality, Hospice and Palliative Care
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Patients w/advanced #Alzheimer's seldom offered #hospice care. Study finds no reliable way to predict time to death. http://nyti.ms/bOGzRw
New Form Aims to Clarify End-of-Life Wishes | Iowa Hospital Association Blog
blog.iowahospital.org — “IPOST facilitates a consistent process in which treatment choices are based on patient and family discussions and are documented, communicated and honored across different health care settings – for example, as a patient moves from home, to a hospital, to a nursing home and then to hospice services. The standardized form acknowledges a patient’s advance directives and creates a portable and actionable set of medical treatment orders.” View full resource at blog.iowahospital.org
Most Recently Shared on March 20, 2012 at 5:19 pm By:
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Oncologist: Patients too rushed to do end-of-life care planning - Related Stories - Hospice and Palliative Medicine SmartBrief
smartbrief.com — “Chico, Calif., oncologist Dr. David Potter says when patients' conditions deteriorate, physicians may default to aggressive treatment because many people have not made advance directives. Potter says the health care system rushes people, so they do not take the time to prepare directives, and there…” View full resource at smartbrief.com
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Oncologist: Patients too rushed to do end-of-life care planning http://t.co/IhX5Idhh
Ahearn: N.J. to help end-of-life patients choose care - NorthJersey.com
northjersey.com — “New Jersey encourages patients to prepare advance directives, also called living wills, setting forth their preferences.” View full resource at northjersey.com
Most Recently Shared on January 4, 2012 at 4:11 pm By:
Important column from The Record's James Ahearn: POLST gives individuals new voice in end-of-life decisions http://t.co/WeSacMUF
A surprising study on end-of-life care - The Washington Post
washingtonpost.com — “End-of-life directives don’t change emergency treatments.” View full resource at washingtonpost.com
Most Recently Shared on December 13, 2011 at 10:03 pm By:
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The 'Five Wishes' for Meaningful Advanced Care Planning : IMNG Oncology Report
oncologyreport.com — “Influenced by Mother Teresa, these 'wishes' can help cancer patients express their end-of-life choices.” View full resource at oncologyreport.com
Most Recently Shared on November 28, 2011 at 8:21 pm By:
Bob Finn - Medical News Net Health News
Betsy Bates Freed takes a look at Five Wishes, the "living will with a heart and soul" - http://t.co/iaWn1dSb
TODAYonline | Singapore | Some people are not afraid to talk about dying
todayonline.com — “SINGAPORE - When he embarked on an end-of-life care planning pilot project two years ago, Dr Ian...” View full resource at todayonline.com
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Read more about Project Care, an Advance Care Planning (ACP) program piloted by TTSH, in which patients, families... http://t.co/3FWfE4OW
Medical News: 'Living Will' Effects Vary With Local Norms - in Practice Management, Medicolegal from MedPage Today
medpagetoday.com — “In parts of the country where medical treatment for terminal patients tends toward the aggressive side, advance care directives appeared to reduce end-of-life treatment costs modestly but significantl” View full resource at medpagetoday.com
Most Recently Shared on October 4, 2011 at 9:29 pm By:
'Living Will' effects vary with local norms: http://t.co/6d815isx
Help from Home for end-of-life patients - Tan Tock Seng Hospital
ttsh.com.sg — “Help from Home for end-of-life patients - Tan Tock Seng Hospital” View full resource at ttsh.com.sg
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Read more about the Holistic Care for Medically Advanced Patients (Home) programme, which aims to improve the... http://t.co/ZEXJd6ns
Study suspects nursing home scam in dementia care
sfgate.com — “One-fifth of Medicare nursing home patients with advanced Alzheimer's or other dementias were sent to hospitals or other nursing homes for questionable reasons in their final months, often enduring tube feeding and...” View full resource at sfgate.com
Most Recently Shared on September 29, 2011 at 1:26 pm By:
Study suspects nursing home scam in dementia care http://t.co/wehlJ9NT
Medical News: Transfers Not Good for Nursing Home Dementia Patients - in Geriatrics, Dementia from MedPage Today
medpagetoday.com — “Advanced dementia patients commonly go through potentially unnecessary and difficult transitions from the nursing home to other care settings in their last months of life, researchers found.” View full resource at medpagetoday.com
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Decisions on Feeding Tubes in Advanced Dementia | GeriPal - Geriatrics and Palliative Care Blog
geripal.org — “Decisions on Feeding Tubes in Advanced Dementia | GeriPal - Geriatrics and Palliative Care Blog” View full resource at geripal.org
Most Recently Shared on July 12, 2011 at 2:01 pm By:
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40% of tube fed dementia patients need physical or pharmacological restraints to keep tubes in place http://goo.gl/fb/YBxx7 #MDchat
Medicare expenditures for advanced dementia patients vary widely, study shows - McKnight's Long Term Care News
mcknights.com — “Implementing high-quality palliative care programs for nursing home residents with advanced dementia could prevent expensive hospitalizations and burdensome interventions, such as feeding tubes, a new study finds.” View full resource at mcknights.com
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Medicare expenditures for advanced dementia patients vary widely, study shows - McKnight's Long Term Care News
mcknights.com — “Implementing high-quality palliative care programs for nursing home residents with advanced dementia could prevent expensive hospitalizations and burdensome interventions, such as feeding tubes, a new study finds.” View full resource at mcknights.com
Most Recently Shared on May 17, 2011 at 12:23 pm By:
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Medicare expenditures for advanced dementia patients vary widely, study shows http://bit.ly/mAI8Vs #healthcare
A Push for Better End-of-Life Planning - Health Blog - WSJ
blogs.wsj.com — “Studies show that advance directives can help reduce the use of costly end-of-life care that isn't wanted by patients.” View full resource at blogs.wsj.com
Most Recently Shared on March 16, 2011 at 4:15 pm By:
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A Push for Better End-of-Life Planning http://ow.ly/4fGoc #healthcare
A Push for Better End-of-Life Planning - Health Blog - WSJ
blogs.wsj.com — “Studies show that advance directives can help reduce the use of costly end-of-life care that isn't wanted by patients.” View full resource at blogs.wsj.com
Most Recently Shared on March 15, 2011 at 5:15 pm By:
Hisham Rana, MD Doctor and Physician
News: A push for better end-of-life planning in the U.S. http://on.wsj.com/gQ2anX - #health
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